Youth Armoured Combat Draft:Adult Participation

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Training

1. All training of youth combatants at official SCA activities, whether or not it includes sparring, must be done under the supervision of a rostered youth armoured combat marshal
2. Other than parents, any authorized adult fighter can provide training, which does not include sparring, as long as a Youth Marshal is present.
3. Parents can always actively train their own children.
4. Group training activities and exhibitions, involving multiple youth and one or more adults, are allowed at the discretion of the youth armoured combat marshal in charge.
5. Adults in a training situation with youth armoured combatants must use weapons appropriate to the division of the youth being trained whether or not sparring occurs.
6. Adults in a training situation with youth armoured combatants are not required to meet the armour standards of youth armoured combat.
   1. It is recommended that trainers wear armour appropriate to the training.

Sparring

1. Sparring is performed as training with the intent of teaching defensive and/or offensive skills to youth combatants.
2. Sparring can also be part of a demonstration, educational, or morale building exercise.
3. For the purposes of youth armoured combat, sparring has a definite meaning.
   1. If the adult is holding a weapon and is attempting to throw shots at the youth, this IS sparring.
   2. If both the adult and the youth are striking each other with weapons, regardless of force or speed, this IS sparring.
   3. If the youth is striking an adult who is holding a shield or buckler and the adult is merely blocking shots, this IS NOT sparring.
   4. If the youth is striking the adult but the adult is not striking the youth, this IS NOT sparring, but considered blow calibration or practice targeting.
4. Parents can always spar with their own children.
5. Only authorised youth armoured combatants, youth armoured sparring partners, and youth armoured combat marshals can spar with youth combatants.
6. Sparring with youth is normally conducted as one-on-one combat (one authorized adult sparring partner vs. one youth).

Competition

1. Adults are not allowed to participate as combatants in youth armoured combat tournaments or melees.