User:Angele

Board/Committee approval for rule changes

The Board of SCA Ltd Australia and SCANZ Inc have liability, so should have sign off on rule changes. If not, are they happy for a non-member (eg not a member of SCA Ltd) to make decisions that affect their liability.

This also affects one of the Rules of the Lists - the Sovereign can't just waive something like our requirement for mesh during mixed combat.

Armoured Combat - Fighters Handbook

• Fighters Handbook pdf
• Fighters Handbook Landing page
• Fighters Handbook Title Page
• Fighters Handbook Change Log

Armoured Combat Editing Notes

Combat Authorisation Reqs

• Update to lochac.sca.org urls where available
• Suggest upping minimum age for banner bearers to 16. War is an armoured combat activity, and no armoured combatant may be under 16. It walks like a duck, sounds like a duck...

Armour requirement

• Update as per rulings and clarifications in text of notes.
• get a diagram of the parts of the hand and wrist which must be armoured.

Melee Weapon standards

• Footnote re towball covers can be removed but this exemption is now no longer relevant due to the existence of low-profile thrusting tips.
• "Restraints are not required on great weapons or spears used single-handed, or on single-handed back-up weapons less than 45 centimetres in length." Society rules don't include a max length for back-up single-handed weapons not requiring lanyards. Is this a specifically Lochac thing?
• incorporate changes from rulings in notes

Missile Weapon Standards

• Define rigid and non-rigid quivers (use rigid material standards?)

Changes to rules

• also need to update change log page when changes are incorporated
• should also require the approval of the SCA NZ Inc committee and SCA Ltd Australia Board as they hold the liability.
• changes to the rules which would affect our exemptions should also include an update to those exemptions from Society Earl Marshal.

Armoured Combat - Marshals Handbook

• Marshals Handbook Landing Page

Armoured Combat - Siege Handbook

Siege Handbook pdf

Editing notes - Siege

Siege Engines and Structures

• Pick what metric conversion is being used for imperial measurements - 1/2 inch = 12 or 13mm?
• Change log notes - Adjustment of measurement units, conversion to NZ/Aus English standard spelling

Rapier Combat Handbook

• Rapier Handbook Landing Page
• Rapier Handbook pdf
• Rapier Combat Handbook Title Page

Rapier Editing notes

Remove reference to indemnities

• these are covered by membership and event and practice attendance and are not specific to combat.

Rapier - Introduction

• Rules change process described should match Armoured Combat requirements - announcement in court, publication in Pegasus etc.
• Update web link to new location when changed

Rapier - Canon

• Consider separating sections

1. General Information
2. Behaviour On The Field
3. Use of Weapons and Parrying Devices
4. Acknowledgement of Blows
5. Melee/War Combat

• Metric conversion of imperial units

Rapier - Equipment Specifications

• Metric conversion of imperial units - Armoured Combat uses 6mm for 1/4 inch

Rapier - Authorisations

• We're keeping indemnities for minors for 21 years??

Rapier - Administration

• What are SCA Lochac (NZ & AUS) requirements for working with youth?
• Why is Rapier not under the Group Marshal - as it is at Kingdom level?
• Chiropracter as health professional?
• Quarter Courts don't exist anymore - use grievance procedure as per Kingdom Law

Rapier - Glossary

Suggested further glossary items:

Cloak

Draw cut

Tip cut

Push cut

Percussive cut

Blade grasps

Abrasion-Resistant Material

Material that will withstand normal combat stresses (such as being snagged by an unbroken blade) without tearing. Examples include, but are not limited to:

• broadcloth
• a single layer of heavy poplin cloth (35% cotton, 65% polyester; "trigger" cloth)
• sweat pants
• Woven knit tights or lycra /spandex mix tights.

Nylon pantyhose and cotton gauze shirts are examples of unacceptable materials.

Puncture-Resistant Material

Any fabric or combination of fabrics that passes the Standard Fencing Armour Test set out under rule 3.2.1.5. Examples may include, but are not limited to:

• 2 mm leather
• four layers of heavy poplin cloth
• ballistic nylon rated to at least 550 Newtons
• commercial fencing clothing rated to at least 550 Newtons.

Kevlar is not an acceptable material, as it degrades rapidly.

Rigid Material

Puncture-resistant materials that will not significantly flex, spread apart, or deform under pressure of 12 kg applied by a standard mask tester repeatedly to any single point. Examples of rigid material that may comply with the standard for Rigid Material are:

• 0.8 mm stainless steel 1.0 mm mild steel
• 1.6 mm aluminium, copper, or brass
• One layer of hardened heavy leather (8oz, 4 mm).
• The mesh of a standard fencing mask

Resilient Padding

Any material or combination of materials - equivalent to 6mm (0.25 inches) of closed cell foam - which absorbs some of the force of a thrust or blow. The standard padded bib of a fencing mask may meet this requirement, depending on construction.

Standard Fencing Armour Test (SFAT)

used for testing Puncture Resistant Material.

Fleche

running at an opponent with rapier extended

Lists

Melee

Parrying Devices

Non-rigid parrying device

Parrying Gauntlet

Rubber band gun

Pole Weapon

Rapier (referred to as Heavy Rapier in the Society Rules)

Cut and Thrust Rapier.

Equestrian Handbook

• Equestrian Handbook