09-04-2012, 08:52 PM
In viking reenactment the fighting took a competitive turn and has developed into a martial art of its own.
It's reasonable safe to develop a fighting system and tactics using purpose made blunt steel weapons for the majority of the Roman hand held arsenal. Of course one also needs built-in safety measures, kit (padded gloves!) barriers, weekly training and an enemy.
Kit wise this means that one has a your $5000 kit for museum display and a $500 kit for fighting...
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It's reasonable safe to develop a fighting system and tactics using purpose made blunt steel weapons for the majority of the Roman hand held arsenal. Of course one also needs built-in safety measures, kit (padded gloves!) barriers, weekly training and an enemy.
Kit wise this means that one has a your $5000 kit for museum display and a $500 kit for fighting...
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