Medieval Youth Combat

Thanks to everyone who came out and made youth combat at Mudthaw a success despite the cold weather. We had six fighters, including a mix of newcomers and experienced Div IIIs, and I was impressed with the way the more-senior kids dialed things back to avoid overwhelming the first-timers. Thanks to Karrah and Janette for helping to run the list, and to Judith and her team for providing snacks and support throughout.

Thanks to Dimitrios Alexandrou for helping to get the message out about youth combat at Hundred Minutes War in Sparta NJ on November 19th!

Thank you to the seven youth combatants and three marshals in training who took to the field at Barleycorn this weekend.

It was loads of fun, and I’m so glad to see our program regaining its momentum.

Pennsic has been repeatedly delayed due to the pandemic, but after three long years of waiting, it’s finally back on!

If you (or your children) are interested in participating in youth combat at Pennsic, visit the Pennsic YC mini-site for the schedule and on-site updates.

At Pennsic, there will be a collegium for marshals and marshals-in-training held on Monday, August 8  — if you’re a youth combat marshal, or would like to join our ranks and build the Known World’s youth combat program for the next generation, join us!

Things are still a ways of from getting back to normal, so it’s not surprising that we didn’t have a big turnout for youth combat at Hundred Minutes War this year, but it was still nice to get a chance to haul the gear out of storage and spend a day in the sunlight.

We headed over to the Shire of Rusted Woodlands last week for what is generally the last outdoor fighting of the youth combat season, at the Hundred Minutes War.

We had a small turnout, with fighters of very different ages and experience levels, but they did a great job of cooperating to make the matchups work.