Friday 17 February 2012

protect yer noggin kids

Feck it....I want a helmet. None of this piddly fencing mask shit for me.

Why?

Simple really...I hate concussions, I had a few and I don't want more. As it is I really ought to take better care of my head...and now having done a little research, I'm growing concerned about the risk of "sub-concussive" injury as well.

So I guess the real question is: shall I go medieval...or reinvent the wheel?

Monday 30 January 2012

Uniforms redux....or maybe a rant/wibble.

Sigh...I should like to go on record as saying that the HEMA/WMA uniform that is widely (though not wholly) adopted, is a really good thing. This "look", if you will, which might be best described as that of the "bad ass fencer" (ie. standard fencing kit...but in black), is the best thing for our little community and its growth. Sport/olympic fencing has a positive and respectable reputation in the minds of the public...and since we are fencers of a sort it only makes sense that we ought to adopt this traditional uniform.

To not do so would seem rather odd to those outside of our art.

However, while this is the uniform I wear...and will continue to do so (quite proudly too...as I cut quite a dashing figure). There are times when I long for some historical kit. What I think I need is something like Sweden's "Living HEMA organization.

Perhaps that super secret UK "living HEMA" group will one day see the light of day...one can but dream.