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You will fight differently, in a much more unrealistic way, if you know your opponent can't grab you, trip you, or punch you. Eh, I've done plenty of backyard, no rules, hey-we're-all-friends-just-have-a-cup type things with full out grappling, throws, and so on and I have to say that in my experie...

Thirdly, is there any martial value to joining the SCA? While there are a very few people whom I know of who would be interested in using the ARMA method, there's an SCA group nearby (Albany, NY) that I could conceivably join. Obviously, I'd still want to cross-train. I've been in the SCA for a num...