Full blown combat or display only?

[John Conyard]

Hi Gauis,

It all sounds a bit wooden.
:lol:
We use different targets for different things. So wooden targets are used for the ballista and archery. A different target is used for various types of javelin, and old shields etc used for throwing axes. Blunted spatha and capped spears are used on each other, from foot or horse back. All done as a training exercise. It allows people to hit each other, hopefully demonstrating the correct heft of the weapon, but done within an training context. A form of combat justified by Vegetius.