Fighter Practice - Armored and Rapier Combat - no practice on Thanksgiving

Our winter site is Berkeley Community Church. Our members will be attending to practice swordfighting, either fencing with blunt steel swords or armored combat with rattan stick weapons. You are welcome to join in - we have loaner equipment for newcomers to get started.
There is an optional/suggested donation (aka "brass bowl") as the winter site is not free - pay what you can, $5-10 recommended.

Accessibility - The site is up a ramp, so no required steps from the parking lot, but the ramp can be quite icy at times depending on weather. There is a (somewhat narrow) all-gender restroom. Please contact me at rapier@caerthe-sca.org with questions about accessibility.

More on armored combat -
Armored combat is perhaps the most visible and well-known aspects of the SCA. We don armor, pick up swords and shields, and engage each other in unchoreographed combat. The number of combatants can range from one-on-one, to melees with dozens of warriors, to large scale wars with hundreds of fighters. We hold tournaments that showcase individual prowess and events that give us all a chance to come together and fight as units of friends.
Our rules for combat depend on a core understanding of honor and chivalry. There are no judges, so it is up to each fighter to recognize and acknowledge when they have been struck with a killing or disabling blow. If you are struck with a stout blow to the head or body, that is considered a “killing blow.” A solid strike to the arm or leg disables the use of that limb. The competition is fierce, but safe.