I've approached this in two ways, based partly on the way Kurtzhau has seen me fight my friends with swords in the back green.
Long ago, we purchased compressed foam swords so we can give a positive injunction - it's OK to hit people with FOAM swords. Later we followed this up with judo lessons.
At the same time, I've tended to respond to out of scope violence with, "If you hit/bite/kick, then we can't rough and tumble because you're big enough to really hurt me." And of course the foam swords have similar rules, esp no head hits, no hard back hits, no hard hits, no whinging when hit...
It helps, though, that I do a martial art. So, quite often I can see attacks coming and throw in a gentle block or take down.
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Foam swords
Date: 2009-10-04 10:21 pm (UTC)I've approached this in two ways, based partly on the way Kurtzhau has seen me fight my friends with swords in the back green.
Long ago, we purchased compressed foam swords so we can give a positive injunction - it's OK to hit people with FOAM swords. Later we followed this up with judo lessons.
At the same time, I've tended to respond to out of scope violence with, "If you hit/bite/kick, then we can't rough and tumble because you're big enough to really hurt me." And of course the foam swords have similar rules, esp no head hits, no hard back hits, no hard hits, no whinging when hit...
It helps, though, that I do a martial art. So, quite often I can see attacks coming and throw in a gentle block or take down.