The three primary martial arts of the SCA are:
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Armoured Combat:
- Modelled on the tournament combat of the Middle Ages, with armour based on period examples but with weapons made of rattan (a kind of bamboo);
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Rapier:
- The ancestor of modern fencing, using blunted metal swords and, for safety, modern fencing masks; and
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Archery:
- Both target archery, using points or blunts, and combat archery in battle scenarios in which archers are able to shoot blunts at armoured combatants.
