Cut & Thrust

Armour Requirements

Some kingdoms have additional armour requirements for Cut & Thrust that are above and beyond Society minimums. We have gone through each of the kingdom's rules looking for additions to the Society's rules, these are our findings. Only kingdoms with publically active cut & thrust programs are listed here.

Kingdom Knee Elbow Wrist Gorget Other
Æthelmearc Rigid Rigid Rigid Cervical Vertibrae, and Clavical Padded/Rigid for Torso
Ansteorra Padded Rigid (cops)1 8oz Leather or equiv padding    
An Tir Rigid Rigid Rigid Padding of collarbones if not covered by gorget Padding of ribs. Padding on the forearms.
Atenveldt          
Atlantia Rigid Rigid Rigid exposed sections of the collarbone  
Caid          
Ealdormere          
East          
Gleann Abhann   Rigid Rigid 4 / Vambrace   Padded/Rigid for Torso, Collarbone
Middle Padded       Padded/Rigid for Torso
Northshield Padded   Vambrace / Demigauntlets Pad Collarbone  
Outlands Padded   Demigauntlets (Sword Hand)    
Trimaris          
West Resilient Padding 3 Resilient Padding 3 Resilient Padding 3 Resilient Padding 3  

Key
Recommended Additions

Footnotes

  1. Quote from the Ansteorra Kingdom rules: At a minimum, a fighter should wear commercially available "street hocky" style elbows
  2. Quote from the Midrealm Kingdom rules: Cut-and-Thrust Swordplay is first and foremost a training partnership. It establishes the place where the Period Art and Science of Combat combines with that we call 'fighting'. It is a place where the Art is the Fight. Victory is not declared simply by 'who hit whom first' but is realized by how well each participant used his or her knowledge of period technique to strike their partner.
  3. Resilient Padding is defined in the West Kingdom rules as any material that absorbs some of the force of a blow. Examples include, but are not limited to:
    1. 1/4 inch (6 mm) closed cell foam
    2. 5 mm neoprene (mouse pads)
    3. 8 ounce (4 mm) leather
  4. Quote from the Gleann Ahbann rules: Standard abrasion-resistant gloves alone will not be sufficient, unless the hilt of the sword protects the area in question.