Greetings, my Faithful Readers!
This week's Links List is about tournament styles. Whether you're all for more fun, or you're for the most historical atmosphere possible, this is the Links List for you. This list is for the heavy weapons fighter, for the fencer, for the Herald, for the Marshal, for the Autocrat, and for the observer. There will be something in here for each of you.
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Aoife
Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon
m/k/a Lisbeth Herr-Gelatt
Riverouge, Endless Hills, AEthelmearc
Cunnan's Tourney Styles
http://cunnan.sca.org.au/wiki/Tournament_style
(Site excerpt) BERTIE BEETLE TOURNEY Also known as a body parts tourney.
Each fighter has to collect a "body part": left leg, right leg, left arm,
right arm, body and head. It's run like a meat grinder. During a bout each
fighter's blows to various body parts (limbs etc.) are recorded. The loser
of the bout stays on.
Chronique Glossary of Terms
(see Seven Sins Tournament)
http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_s.htm
Mol Atlantia-Tournament formats
http://mol.atlantia.sca.org/Handbook/Types.html
(Site Excerpt) Elimination Tournaments
Single Elimination
Double Elimination
Triple Elimination
Atlantian Speed Tournament
Determination of Initial Pairings
Byes
Challenge-ins
Crossovers
Philosophical Fighting
http://www.ansteorra.org/regnum/marshal/rapier/publications/acad20/philo...
(Site Excerpt) There are those who view each individual bout in a tournament
as a duel, of whatever kind, generally to the death. Again this mindset
lends itself well to a competitive framework. I have heard those who prefer
this viewpoint say that it helps to get their adrenaline going to "believe"
the blade they are facing is real and that their opponent is out to kill
them. I can certainly see where this would lend a competitive edge and at
the same time provide a bit more of the renaissance mindset. The drawbacks
tend to deal with persona play, in that it is impossible to explain why you
are in a duel with someone who is supposed to be your friend and how you can
get away with seeing or speaking with them later if they, or you, are
supposed to be dead. Again the competitive edge from this viewpoint also
tends to downplay the display of the ideals we proclaim to be attempting to
display somewhat, but not as much as the Sport mindset would seem to do.
A Heraldic Tree for Use in SCA tournaments
http://www.cs.usu.edu/~watson/bartholomew/htree.htm
(Site Excerpt) Happily, all is not lost. The idea of keeping score
certainly isn't new, and they did keep track of who was doing well out on
the field. As an example, a Sir John Tiptoft set out a series of ordinances
in 1466 related to scoring within the joust, 'reserving always to the queen
and to the ladies present the attribution and gift of the prize, after the
manner and form accustomed.' As further example, jousting cheques were used
to track the performance of each of the participants in the day's
activities, an example of which appears in figure 1, from the Field of Cloth
and Gold joust between members of the English and French royalty in 1520.2
King Rene's Tournament Book
http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/renehome.html
(Site Excerpt) .Item, immediately after a lord or baron arrives at the inn,
he should display his coat of arms in the window. He should have the heralds
and pursuivants put up a long board attached to the wall in front of his
lodgings, on which is painted his blazon, that is to say his crest and
shield, and those of his company who will take part in the tourney, knights
and squires alike. And he should have his banner displayed at a high window
of the inn, hanging over the road; and for doing this the heralds and
pursuivants ought to be paid four sous for putting up each coat of arms, and
each banner, and they must supply the nails and ropes to nail and raise and
lower the banners, pennons and coats of arms whenever it is necessary. And
note that the captains of the tourney should do the same as the other lords
and barons in front of their inns: there is no difference, except that at
the windows of their inns they should display their pennons with their
banners: and the barons who put up their banners at the windows are required
on their honor to display the coats of arms of at least five other
tourneyers with their banners, as a company.
How to run a Pas de' Armes
http://www.geocities.com/rodrigodenavarra/Pasdearmes.html
(Site Excerpt) The Company of the Grail has come to the current outline
after careful study of other Tourney company practices, and historical
research. Essentially the pas de'armes is a challenge of peace. One or more
defenders, known popularly as the 'tenans', would make it known that they
would hold a particular place on a particular day. Such challenges were
designed to showcase the prowess, courtesy, and in general to celebrate the
knightly virtues with a demonstration of prowess and Chivalry.
Tenans of Noble Folly
http://www.mallet-argent.com/noble_folly.html
(Site Excerpt) The Tenans of Noble Folly, inspired by the tournament
societies and secular knightly orders of the 14th and 15th centuries,
attempts to foster attitudes of chivalry through the tournament experience.
Striving to bring our message chiefly using "chivalry by example," we
pioneered and have sponsored the pas d'armes tournament format; helped other
groups to organize themselves into similar companies; and have tried to
encourage and guide the new "chivalric renaissance" in and out of the SCA.
Golden Chain Tournament
http://www.aethelmearc.org/goldenchain.shtml
(Site Excerpt) We, the Chivalry of AEthelmearc, wish to announce the
creation of the Golden Chain Tounament. Throughout the year certain events
will be designated as holding "Golden Chain Tounaments". At these
tournaments members of the Chivalry will attend for the specific purpose of
evaluating fighters for their potential as future members of the Chivalry as
well as to actively fight and teach technique.
History of Jousting
http://www.theija.com/history.htm
(Site Excerpt) The earliest tournaments appear to have evolved in mainland
Europe. There are many references to such European events during the 12th
century, and during this century such events became quite popular amongst
the mounted soldiery of the continent. In addition, there are certain
documents which detail the arrival of the sport in England during the reign
of King Stephen in the mid 1100's.
Stefan's Florilegium: Tournaments-Art
http://www.florilegium.org/files/COMBAT/tournaments-art.html
(Excerpt from ONE message) A 13th century-style Ransom Tournament. Setup:
The fighting field should be large enough for the fighters to be fighting in
small, separate melees but should have an open area big enough to hold a
general melee of all fighters. At one end of the field set up the retreat,
a roped-off area in which there will be no combat. There should be two
entrances into the retreat, well-separated. Spectators can watch from the
retreat, so it might be placed in front of a hill, bleachers, stage, etc.
Of the Undertaking of a Tournament
http://www.aemma.org/misc/medievalTournament.htm
(Site Excerpt) In order to work in this area of formalizing an approach to
the rules of engagement with respect to tournaments, I have used a number of
treatises that reference early period [ 1 ] historical swordplay (XVI and XV
centuries) from the medieval period including King René's "Book of the
Tournament" to help define a method of conducting a tournament that is
relatively consistent with the medieval period.
Vexillator: On More Period Tournaments
by Master Arval
http://www.dreiburgen.org/vbrigade/articles/tourney.html
(Site Excerpt) A re-creative tournament can have two aims: providing lots of
fighting with less interference from the list officers, and creating a grand
medieval pageant. These two goals can be served by the same tournament, but
they can also be at odds. It is important that the participants understand
what they are trying to accomplish before they start. For example, a
re-creation of a late-period tournament might well turn out to be more
ceremony and procession than fighting; it must be understood that it is a
display, almost a piece of theater, intended more for the spectators than
for the participants.
The Medieval Tournament
(a past Links List)
http://scatoday.net/node/448
