In the SCA, we group all non-combat skills and knowledge under the very broad heading of ‘Arts & Sciences’ (commonly referred to as A&S). Example activities In the workshop Foodstuffs Textiles Creative arts Entertainment …and pretty much anything else you can think of. If it’s a skill people used in …
Also called ‘heavy fighting’, this is exactly what comes to mind when you think of a medieval knight. Our combatants wear a mixture of chain-mail, leather, and plate armour (according to strict armour standards) and wield non-metal weapons so that our fights can be completely un-choreographed, full speed, and full …
Would you like to learn how to dance around your opponent like Zorro or Inigo Montoya!? Our ‘Rapier’ experts wield sword, dagger, cane, and buckler in swift and elegant bouts. Rapier fighters use blunted metal swords, and fight ‘to the touch’, like modern fencing. Safety gear is required (see the …
Sword-fighting is all very well, but you’ve always fancied yourself more of a Robin Hood type. Well, you’ve come to the right place! Archery is popular in the SCA, and our Barony has some of the best. Our target archery has similar rules and equipment to many other groups, so …
Every week we have a class where we do the dances of 15th and 16th Century Europe, which we know about from Italian, French and English documents. We do a variety of dances to suit everyone from beginners to the experienced. We do some dances that are familiar to long …
