05-28-2008, 09:19 AM
Greetings,
I am an old ‘combat’ re enactor, and although biased to that form of historical interpretation for public performances, I would like to hear from you all as to the merits and minuses of this as opposed to the non combatant form of re enacting.
I realise of course that where combat is concerned, as a safety measure if nothing else, certain historical compromises need to be made, which I guess purists will claim detracts from the overall message. There again, one can argue that if combat is done well (and this is not always the case) then that is a tremendous way of advertising our interests to the general public at large, hopefully to bring in even more recruits!
Anyway, I would appreciate your views re this issue both for and against. Perhaps there is a middle ground in all this?
Ken.
I am an old ‘combat’ re enactor, and although biased to that form of historical interpretation for public performances, I would like to hear from you all as to the merits and minuses of this as opposed to the non combatant form of re enacting.
I realise of course that where combat is concerned, as a safety measure if nothing else, certain historical compromises need to be made, which I guess purists will claim detracts from the overall message. There again, one can argue that if combat is done well (and this is not always the case) then that is a tremendous way of advertising our interests to the general public at large, hopefully to bring in even more recruits!
Anyway, I would appreciate your views re this issue both for and against. Perhaps there is a middle ground in all this?
Ken.
Ken.
