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Has anybody done any SCA stuff/sparring? do they have SCA in europe?

Now I know. Sure there is. But it is not what I am involved in and so unfortunately I do not have informations about it.

Roberto

@Jeff

The italian fencng system is for sure fluid and aggressiv. Also it uses use grounded positions. But as I said before this are non living arts anymore.

Our knife-systems certainly derive from this systems but they evolved in a very specific way in relation to the knife, the razor, the pruning knife, the walking stick and the sheperd stick.

Especially the knife, the razor, the pruning knife and the sheperd stick have their very own flavor (the walking stick still looks like fencing respectively loke saber fencing). Some of the knife systems look still like fencing too (especilally some systems from the region of Palermo, Sicily), others do not look like fencing at all (e. g. the systems of northern Puglia).

This systems from Puglia, Catania or Campania and Lazio are difficult to describe. They have to be seen. They also do not look (some for sure does) like Filipno Martial Arts. It is a very individual way of expression. I like the systems from Puglia most because of their variation and mobility. Further they switch from a fluid defense to a bully ofense.

Ciao

Roberto

PS: I hope you guys excuse my english. I am also thankfull for corrections.