Armoured Combat Draft:Practices

Overview

1. Practices are events held to teach or practice martial skills.
2. Training sessions are activities within a larger event, such as classes, to teach or practice martial skills.

Requirements to hold a practice

As per the requirements of Corpora:

1. To be an official practice, it must be:
   1. sponsored by a branch of the Society,
   2. registered with the Seneschal of the sponsoring branch,
   3. publicised to at least the members of that branch,
   4. and conducted according to Society rules.
2. A member must be appointed by the sponsoring branch to be responsible for the general conduct of the event. For practices, this is likely to be the marshal-in-charge.
   1. This person needs to ensure that any required waivers, rosters and sign-in sheets are collected and forwarded to the relevant officer.
3. Each martial discipline's activities at the practice must have a rostered marshal to be marshal-in-charge for that discipline present at the practice.
4. If your practice does not meet these requirements, you cannot conduct official SCA business, such as conducting authorisations.

Requirements to attend a practice

1. You are not required to wear pre-17th century dress at practices.
2. You are expected to behave in an appropriate and respectful manner.
3. You must complete any required sign-in documentation that is required for events.
4. If you are a minor (under the age of majority in the jurisdiction where the practice is held),
   1. You must either have a parent or nominated caregiver on site of the practice, and able to be reached easily and immediately.

Authorisations

1. You do not need an authorisation to participate in martial activities at a practice or training session, as these are where you learn and practice the skills required to become competent so that you can authorise.
2. Authorisations can be conducted at practices that meet the above standards as they are official SCA activities.

Equipment variations

1. For training activities that do not include full contact or full speed combat, weapons and equipment that do not meet the standards required for combat can be used. These activities can include:
   • reduced speed (e.g. "slow work")
   • reduced power
   • using substitute targets (a pell, for instance)
   • using no targets (e.g. footwork drills)
   • using added weapon analogues (e.g. boffers).