Activities

Combat

SCA participants engage in armored combat, rapier combat, archery, thrown weapons, and equestrian activities.

Armored Combat

SCA armored combat is fought in real armor with simulated weapons. The weapons have the appropriate weight and heft of medieval weapons, but are made of rattan. SCA armored fighting is not scripted or choreographed in any way. The fighters do not know ahead of time what their opponents will do. Marshals are people who are trained in the safety aspects of SCA armor and weapons. They are responsible for keeping the fighting safe for all participants and spectators.

Rapier Combat

The ultimate goal of SCA fencing as stated by the rules is to safely simulate fencing "with a real blade, extremely sharp on point and edge." SCA fencing usually entails bouts between a pair of combatants but the rules also allow competition between groups of fencers. "Battles" with over one hundred fencers on each side are common at large gatherings.

Archery and Thrown Weapons

Target archery is the sport of shooting a bow and arrow at a nonliving target. It is distinguished from SCA Combat Archery in that we use actual points on the arrows and shoot into a relatively soft target.

Thrown Weapons involves throwing weapons such as knives, axes, hurlbats, and spears at a wooden or other nonliving target for competition.

Equestrian Activities

Equestrian activities take place in a variety of forms and venues: Martial Games and contests, Non-martial games and contests, and noncompetitive events to include, training sessions, quests, trails rides and camping events. A martial competitive event is an event where one or more of the competitive games involves skill-at-arms in conjunction with horsemanship. A non-martial competition event is an event where none of the games involves skills-at-arms.

Equestrian activities within the SCA endeavor to recreate the equestrian pursuits of the Middle Ages.

Arts and Sciences

Our "Arts & Sciences" are the crafts, skills, and technologies from the time period and cultures that the SCA covers. Participants research, study, and practice these skills and then share their results with others. You will see them in use and on display at our events - the recipes used for a feast, the armor worn in combat, the scrolls presented in Court, and the costumes (garb) we wear, just to name a few.

Heraldry

Names and Armory

To enhance the medieval ambiance of SCA events, participants typically adopt pseudonyms and heraldic insignia with a medieval flavor, which they use on a long-term basis. Thus a person whose legal name is "John Doe" might choose to be known as "Hrolf Einarsson" to his SCA friends. And at SCA tournaments and wars he might bear a device on his shield consisting of six black lions on a gold background.

An SCA device is a heraldic insignia which is used to indicate that the owner of the device is present. The SCA uses the word armory to refer to heraldic insignia in general.

Participants generally select their own SCA name. It is considered bad form to assume a name too reminiscent of another participant or any famous person, be they modern, historical, or fictitious. Also, intrusively modern names should be avoided. Armory, too, must be chosen with care to avoid modern-style designs and designs that make inappropriate claims.

Every chapter of the SCA has an officer, called a herald or pursuivant, to assist participants in choosing appropriate names and armory.

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