What is it about SCA Combat that draws people into the lists? Whence comes the passion that drives us to array ourselves in stifling armor despite summer’s heat? Why do we repeatedly ask some of our best friends, and complete strangers alike, to pick up a club and try to hit us? The answers are as varied and numerous as the combatants themselves.
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Within these pages, I hope to present and discuss the rules, conventions and basic principles of SCA Combat. Hopefully, the principles I intend to outline will be of use to even experienced fighters. So, take it for what it’s worth, sift it for yourself, and let’s work toward making everyone a better, more thoughtful, fighter!

Once, long ago but not very far away, there was a young man named Miles.  Miles wanted to become a great warrior. So he thought, and thought again, and said, “I shall go on a quest to find Perfect Mastery.”  And so he did. Miles hung his sword, picked up his shield and started out. Continue reading Miles and the Knight – An SCA Fighter’s Fable →