Bouts

You can use any weapon you want. Yes, really! If you want to fight with a cavalry sabre, and your opponent wants to fight in armour with a longsword, great! We expect all competitors to own or borrow, and use, whatever safety great they feel is appropriate.

We will be more than happy to advise on what might be appropriate for a given bout, if you are unsure. If we think you are unsafe, we will say so before they bout, but the final decision, and responsibility, is between you and your opponent.

We do, however, expect all bouts to held with an eye towards friendly competition. If we think two people are getting heated and out of control, the bout will be stopped, and the conditions will be revised.

Fighters

We are inviting a wide spectrum of martial artists from around the world. SCA heavy fighters, rapier fighters, stick fighters, classical fencers, and Asian martial artists. If we know of the fighter, and they have a reputation that has reached our little corner of the world, we are trying to invite them.

That said, we don’t know everyone, and not everyone will be able to make it. If you know someone who absolutely should be invited, let us know! We will have a limited amount of personal invitations reserved for such people, and we will be happy to send them.

If you really want to come, and you just can’t, you are allowed to extend your invitation to one other person. They won’t be your champion, or fight for your name, but your recommendation will speak to your reputation, so chose carefully. We are also extending a limited number of invitations to select schools and groups, and we would like them to chose amongst themselves a few fighters to represent their whole school.