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No problem. I wear a fencing mask for padded weapon sparring and have found it to be more than up to the challenge. I used to wear my SCA bascinet for waster work where there was danger a whack to the melon, but I'm using the mask exclusively now.

Escrima helmets could be a viable option
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I wear a pair of simple turn shoes. I used to wear sneakers, but found that they were too "grippy" on the court floor. Great for basketball, crappy for pivoting. When I fight melees in the SCA, I wear the ever popular East German Officer's boot. For tournements and demostrations, it's turn...

It seems to me that lower leg blows were the reason plate and splint greaves were adopted before plate and splint cuisses. I've fought SCA for around 8 years and can see how lower leg blows would change the dynamic. I've got no problem with them, I'd simply add a set of cuir-bollei greaves and be se...

Greeings all,
I've recently started doing ARMA drill with some like minded individuals. I've played SCA for around 8 years and I am having problems changing the short from choppy strokes I learned to the full strokes that ARMA advocates. Has anyone had similar problems?
Thanks,
Ek