[CFML] Re: Chest protectors

Just my one cent,

I have fought for years and all my people and the people I fight
against use Schlager Duelling Swords. These swords are much much much
stiffer then any epee, and I have never seen a fractured sternum. I
would agree with the post below that it should be a concern of
control. I do fight full spead, and contact, with point control being
of the upmost importance.
Now the complaint that comes up because a hit causes a bruise is
stupid. We fight full contact with swords, there will be bruises.
Every contact sport has pains, but a fractured sternum?

I am an EMT and the force required to cause this is greater than a
person with a sword should produce in practice.

Just my one cent.

Delmar

--- In classicalfencing@yahoogroups.com, Linda Wyatt <hilinda@l...> wrote:
>
> > As an sport fencing instructor, I tell my beginning students
during the
> > first equipment & safety lecture, "A nipple shot hurts, man or
woman" and
> > "sternum fractures can happen with any of the weapons, even under the
> > best conditions." (Yes, I recommend men and women wear the
protectors.)
>
> Sternum fractures?!?
>
> How hard are your students hitting each other?
>
> I suppose it's remotely possible, "even under the best conditions,"
but the
> thought had never occurred to me and has not been mentioned by my
Fencing
> Master in my presence or to my knowledge.
>
> A nipple shot is mildly... stimulating... but I wouldn't worry about it
> enough to wear extra protection. Of course, what I'm already
wearing is a
> fairly protective quilted jacket, not one of those commercially
available
> jackets with one or two layers of fabric and no padding.
>
>
> If your students are hitting each other hard enough for sternum
fractures
> to be a real concern, something is wrong, in my humble opinion. Even
> bruises should be relatively rare.
>
> I personally detest those hard plastic chest protectors and won't
wear one.
> They DO make the point slide or bounce off, even under a jacket. Quite
> simply, the point does not behave as it would without the hard
plastic, and
> I dislike that. I've made my own protector that is softer, and
therefore
> does not cause the bouncing off or change in point behavior. It's
probably
> not "legal" for USFA events, but that is not a concern for me.
>
>
> Linda




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