Steel Fighting

9:00-10:00- Authorizations and Inspections

10:00-12:00- Sword Style 'Dance Card' Tourney

This tourney is a free-flowing point accruing style competition. The idea is that we will have a 'dance card' of at least 5-10 different styles of sword and defensive/offensive secondaries (like sword and dagger, sword and buckler, two handed sword, etc.). Each style won will count as a point but fighters must complete the 'dance card' of styles before they can repeat any one style for point. Once a 'card' is completed, the fighters may do another 'card' of fighting to accrue more points. If you don't win your fight in a style, that style may be repeated until you win for the point.

Example: Fighter A ‘dances’ with Fighter B with sword and dagger. Fighter A wins and reports it to list-table for point. Fighter B then can go 'dance' with Fighter C with sword and dagger for a potential point. Fighter A moves onto another style.

Fighters must approach each other for fights because the list-table will be only recording points and not pairing the fights. Fighters may fight as little or as many times as they can throughout the time of the tourney and may drop in or out whenever they like. At the end of the tourney time, points will be added up and the person who has won the most won "dances" will receive the tourney prize. The hope is to have everyone have fun and get as many or as little fighting as they want with multiple different styles and partners.

1:00- Chieftains Cloak and Dagger Tourney

To fit with the nefarious theme of the event, we will be holding a cloak and dagger tourney! This will be a round-robin tourney (if a lot of people show up- switch to double elimination). The only styles allowed to be fought with must involve either a dagger OR a cloak. Examples: sword and dagger, sword and cloak, case of dagger, etc.). Fighters will have their choice of style and fights do not have to be matched styles. The prize for this tourney is a Darkwood dagger donated by Luckie and Rolant!

After the Cloak and Dagger Tourney- til ½ hour before court- Cut and Thrust Melee practice:

This will be practice for all who can fight in the cut and thrust melee experiment. Phase style and bouts will be announced the day of event depending on whom attends and would like to participate.

Pick-up fighting will be allowed in-between tourneys as time, space, and marshals allow.

If you have any questions, Mistress Luckie Glasbrenner will be Marshal in Charge for cut and thrust at the event. You can contact her at: jennifer.semsar@slu.edu