Re: [Middlebridge] event/demo

In message <950610183253_92402939@aol.com> writes:
> In a message dated 95-06-10 13:10:43 EDT, you write:
>
> >One thing that we did to give the kids something neat to do, (my lord
> >Berwyn should remember this) was let them pick up a sword and take a
> >couple of swings at a fighter on his knees. Call it "Whap-a-Fighter" if
> >you will, it was still a lot of fun, even for us fighters, who got to do
> >a lot of dying for the kids!
>
> We used to do that here in Rudivale as well (calle dit 'bop-the-knight'),
> until someone read something in the Pale that was interpreted as "we can't do
> that any more". Somehting about minors fighting and people not signing
> wavers.
>
> Berwyn
>
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> From: BRgarwood@aol.com
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We had an amusing experience with this with our nephew. He's five, and always
asking to see Uncle Steve's armor when we come to visit. So Saeric let him try
out a sword on the Pell for a while. Meantime, Saeric's sparring with a friend.

The kid loved it and has quite a swing, so after he'd been really whacking at
the pell for a while, Saeric invited him to take a whack at Uncle Steve. The
nephew's eyes grow a few sizes as he looks WAY up at Saeric and he's obviously
thinking he's feeling a lot smaller than he did just a few minutes ago... ;-)

Saeric says he thought the rules against minor fighting were more to keep kids
from being swung at than the other way around. Before the episode with the
nephew, I would have thought having kids swing at a fighter was a cute idea.
But I have to report that we did experience a minor injury. At one point the
kid swung at the pell and the sword bounced back and hit him in the chin.
Another time he swung and slipped and fell. Minor scrapes, and in the family,
but at a public demo I suppose parents could get bent out of shape over similar
accidents.

Ciara

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From: "Traylor" <tray0003@gold.tc.umn.edu>
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Received on Sun Jun 11 00:37:04 1995