question about doing martial arts in kilt?

**Caradoc** · 26th December 06, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Sciuropterus

You have been given good advice by some people who know what they are talking about. Ignore it at your own risk...

Easy on him, Jerry. He's 17.

I remember some of the truly dumb things I did at that age...

**kiltman with a sword** · 26th December 06, 01:07 PM

thank you caradoc, althought i dont know whether or not to be insulted, just a little!

i may not have been able to continue in my martial path, but ive gotten along fairly. another question if i may, what are your opinions on swordplay in a kilt? i dont mean fencing, which does not really appeal to me(no offense to those who practice it), but more medeival sword play? i used to boffer extensively,( boffering is foam weaponry combat) but never in a kilt. when i wore that badly made kilt a had, i tried it once, but as the thing isnt really a kilt, ive never really fought in one. thoughts please!
KWaS

**Caradoc** · 26th December 06, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by kiltman with a sword

another question if i may, what are your opinions on swordplay in a kilt?

Well...

I've fought with a round shield and broadsword as well as a two-handed sword in a "great kilt," or belted plaid but historically such things generally weren't done (see the history of Blar-na-Leine).

In general, they would have dropped their belted plaids - if they won, they could retrieve them. If they lost, well, they didn't need them any more...

Today's soldiers will generally not fight extended engagements while carrying their bedrolls either.

**MacConnachie** · 26th December 06, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Caradoc

Easy on him, Jerry. He's 17.

I remember some of the truly dumb things I did at that age...

Caradoc, I remember a couple youngsters home on leave from the Marines, 30 years ago, saying how umpteen many ways they could break my neck. I finally told one of them that I only knew two, but he'd be just as dead. No one "wins" in those kinds of situations, and I dislike the testosterone-fueled posturing, too. I have been in interesting situations over the years, the last one being several years ago when a guy who claimed he'd been through SEAL training grabbed a ballpoint pen out of my shirt pocket and held it to my carotid, informing me how quickly I could be dead. It was intended to make a "point" to his hangers-on, I guess, but I just calmly stood there and stared him down, the pen at my throat, not saying a word. After a few seconds, he somewhat abashedly handed the pen back to me, and I never saw him around that tavern again. I could just as easily have been dead, but those with more "thunder in their mouth than lightning in their hands" don't worry me as much as the silently brooding types.

As to the question at hand, leave the kilt outside the ring. It's derived from utilitarian clothing which served as outer garb, a blanket, a shelter, a stretcher, and a number of other things, none of which belong in an MMA bout.

**Caradoc** · 26th December 06, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by MacConnachie

As to the question at hand, leave the kilt outside the ring. It's derived from utilitarian clothing which served as outer garb, a blanket, a shelter, a stretcher, and a number of other things, none of which belong in an MMA bout.

I'll wholeheartedly agree with that.

The only reason I've worked out in my belted plaid was to make sure I could still do things the way I wanted to if I had to - you see, I spend at least one entire week every year wearing one while I stand the fire watch at a sizable reenactment/recreation event...