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Tselinyal wrote:Big question here in the Cold North (for me anyway)
I have been fighting in various societies for awhile (SCA 12+ years) and spent one season in Belegarth before realizing there is an illusion of safety, but illusions break.
After receiving a mild concussion, I took a year or two off. Seeing another fighter with a full concussion recently has me back to help as a marshal.
I'm not sure about insurance and event rules, would like a bit of direction please.
It seems to me that the weapons used are great for hitting unarmored people, but the concussions seem to be caused by wild head hits with large swords that move the head significantly. In the SCA this is prevented by heavy helms that disallow such movement.
Case in point, I can hit your head with a sword tap, even a pretty good one, this is illegal target, but happens, no effect.
On a wild swing however I can cause your head to "spin" and the cloth cover/foam padding accelerates this by sticking somewhat. That's concussion territory, and light helms won't prevent your brain from concussing in your head. Hockey and football helmets aren't that useful in the above case, hence the problems in the NHL.
Short of football neck and helmet restraints and SCA monster helms, what rules exist to prevent this?
Anastasia of Chamonix wrote:At my realm, I will occasionally invoke a "house rule" that causes a person who hits another person in the head to be dead. Others have used a 10 push-ups rule as a house rule for this problem.
You will see a dramatic drop in head-shots and a lot of shot control from your people when you bring in these rules. I bring the rule out once a year to remind people not to make sloppy shots. Some people do try to block with their head. I make them sit out (out of concern for their safety if they make a habit of leaning in, ducking in, or getting low). We teach them footwork and body posture so they take their shots while keeping their head out of harms way. The combination of these two training tools is highly effective in preventing injury.
Anastasia of Chamonix wrote:At my realm, I will occasionally invoke a "house rule" that causes a person who hits another person in the head to be dead. Others have used a 10 push-ups rule as a house rule for this problem.
Gámhain wrote:Anastasia of Chamonix wrote:At my realm, I will occasionally invoke a "house rule" that causes a person who hits another person in the head to be dead. Others have used a 10 push-ups rule as a house rule for this problem.
Second head shot - you're dead
Naturally, this works better at local unit or realm practices than at an event, but the idea is to make people more mindful of weapon control and safety.
Tselinyal wrote:Marshalling a war in SCA is where we learn backstabs are OK.
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