Where can I get a saber jacket?

[zenpharaohs]

Originally Posted by Inquartata

And the result was a point---an unbroken, looped sabre point---piercing a glove, entering at the wrist and travelling inside the arm at least to the elbow in the case with which I am most familiar. One of Edew's students suffered a similar injury. Then there was the hand that got run through in Athens...Keeth's, was it? ( Pesky old memory! )

Bummer! I bet the machine didn't score any of those as touches.

I wouldn't blame that on new blades though. I had a blade shoved up my sleeve once during infighting and that was decades ago.

[oiuyt]

Originally Posted by Inquartata

Keeth's, was it? ( Pesky old memory! )

Keeth was fencing, but on the other end of the weapon. It was Damien Touya's hand that was punctured.

Originally Posted by zenpharaohs

Bummer! I bet the machine didn't score any of those as touches.

Touya took an injury timeout and concluded the match (victoriously, unfortunately).

The first case Inq. cited (Loomis vs. Hacking) ended with an injury withdrawl and Ms. Hacking was taken off by ambulance.

I don't know what the resolution was in the case of EDew's student, although he might have mentioned it here at the time (~3.5 years ago).

-B

[zenpharaohs]

Originally Posted by oiuyt

The first case Inq. cited (Loomis vs. Hacking) ended with an injury withdrawl and Ms. Hacking was taken off by ambulance.

OK so for a serious moment; back to my question. I am new to using these S2000 blades. Do I have to do anything different than what I was used to (which is to train them with a mild bend and be careful with hand position on point attacks) to use them safely? I use point attacks a lot, and I have no interest in causing accidents.