Arts of Combat and Chivalry

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

The Society Marshal's Policies

• Armored Combat Rules, Regulations, and Policies; Marshals' Handbook (PDF format)
• Rapier Combat Rules, Regulations, and Policies (PDF format)
• Target Archery, Thrown Weapons, and Missile Combat Rules, Regulations, and Policies (PDF format)
• Equestrian Rules, Regulations, and Policies (PDF format)

Kingdom Marshallate/Combat Policies

See the directory of Kingdom Earl Marshalsfor links to each kingdom's combat policies.

SCA Armored Combat

• SCA combat/armor/martial arts postings
archived from rec.org.sca (the Rialto)
• The Perfect Armor Improved (HTML) or PDF-format
how to make cuirboulli (water-hardened leather armor). By Duke Cariadoc
• On Minimum Weight Requirements for Shields and Weapons (HTML) or PDF-format
includes weights of period weapons and shields. By Duke Cariadoc
• Fighting "Closed Form" Heater Style (HTML) or PDF-format
by Duke Cariadoc
• SCA Tournament Companies
groups devoted to recreating the experience of actual medieval tournaments.
• Knighthood, Chivalry, & Tournaments Resource Library
• House Ironrose
for the warrior women of the SCA.
• A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Pictures of various SCA activities, including combat

See also "Combat/Chivalry-related" pages

Rapier Combat

• Academie d'Espee - Kingdom of Atlantia - promotes the practice and enjoyment of combat with the rapier and related weapons.
• The League of Rapier Academies - East Kingdom Academy of Defense; promotes study, service, and skill in period fencing and recognizes contributions of its members through ranking in the style of the London Masters of Defense.
• Æthelmearc Rapier Combat Page
• The Arte of Defense Homepage
• Primary Resources for the study of Duelling and Fencing

Archery, Siege & Throwing Weapons

• SCA Archery Homepage (Target and Combat)
Kingdom rules, Interkingdom Archery Competitions, Archery Vendors and Suppliers.
• An Tir Thrown Weapons Resource page
  Live steel activities with instructive "How to Guides"
• Thrown Weapons Interkingdom Challenge
  Sets standards that allow throwers to compete and compare scores with others across all SCA kingdoms. The challenge has been underway since 2003; scores from past years are listed.
• Æthelmearc Thrown Weapons page.
Use of live steel throwing weapons

Equestrian Activities

• SCA Equestrian Officers' Page
Contains the Society Equestrian Rules, Society-wide Equestrian e-mail list, and the Inter-Kingdom Equestrian Competition

Combat/Chivalry-related Webpages

• Concerning Knighthood
A short essay by Duke Cariadoc
• King René's Tournament Book
A modern English translation of a French text (circa 1460) on how tohold a tournament
• Sara's Chainmail Connection
How-to's, resources, catalogs, for mail, armor, and more
• Therion's Arms & Armor Resources
More links on armor.
• Arador Armour Library
Articles about armour construction, with pictures