09-27-2012, 04:08 PM
Quote:Perhaps I was mistaken in my understanding of "combat". The example you give (blunt tipped projectiles thrown at a defensive formation to demonstrate it's effectiveness) is in my belief a totaly valid part of a re-enactment spectacle. Just as the riders doing demos hacking off cabbage heads.
Edit: sorry John, cross posted. You make a very valid point.
That sort of demonstration of weaponry is fine Indeed!
It is a limited display though, whereas I have only seen
One group show combat against cavalry!
Standing passively without defending ones position does disservice to
The infantry in a display, and is not really combat! There again, showing safety
Comes first! (although there is always the exception)
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
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[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel