A foam weapon, a padded mock weapon used for simulated handheld combat, is used in a North American medieval combat sport, begun in 1977 with the creation of what?
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Battle gaming Battle gaming is a North American medieval combat sport where participants use mock foam-padded weapons (boffer) in live action battles. The sport began in 1977 with the creation of Dagorhir.
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Foam weapon A foam weapon, (also known as a boffer, padded weapon, or latex weapon), is a padded mock weapon used for simulated handheld combat. Such weapons are used in simulated battles called battle gaming and in some live action role-playing games (LARPs).
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Panzerfaust 3 The Panzerfaust 3 (lit. "armor fist" or "tank fist") is a modern disposable recoilless anti-tank weapon, which was developed between 1978 and 1985 and put into service by the Bundeswehr in 1992. It was first ordered in 1973 to provide West German infantry with an effective weapon against contemporary Soviet armour, thereby replacing West Germany's aging PzF 44 Light Lanze launchers and the heavy Carl Gustaf 84 mm anti-tank recoilless rifle manufactured in Sweden. The Panzerfaust 3 is operated by at least 11 countries and has been employed in Afghanistan.
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Wrestling in Canada The combat sport wrestling has been practised in Canada for more than a century, with the first amateur wrestling championships being held at Toronto's Argonaut Rowing Club in 1901. The sport has grown considerably since that time, and in 1969 the Canadian Amateur Wrestling Association was formed. Now known as Canada Wrestling Lutte, it is the national governing body for Olympic style wrestling in Canada, and its purpose is to encourage and develop the widest participation and highest proficiency in Olympic wrestling in Canada.
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Modern pentathlon Modern Pentathlon is an Olympic sport that comprises five different events; fencing, 200m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a final combined event of pistol shooting and a 3200m cross-country run. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the ancient Olympics; as the original events were patterned on the skills needed by an ideal Greek soldier of the era, the modern pentathlon is similarly patterned on events representing the skills needed by cavalry behind enemy lines.
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Kendo Kendo (剣道 , kendō , lit. "sword way") is a modern Japanese martial art, which descended from swordsmanship (kenjutsu) and uses bamboo swords (shinai) and protective armour (bōgu). Today, it is widely practiced within Japan and many other nations across the world.
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Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (US) or Graeco-Roman (UK) wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. It was contested at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been included in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1908. Two wrestlers are scored for their performance in two three-minute periods, which can be terminated early by a pin (or fall). This style of wrestling forbids holds below the waist; this is the major difference from freestyle wrestling, the other form of wrestling at the Olympics. This restriction results in an emphasis on throws because a wrestler cannot use trips to take an opponent to the ground, or avoid throws by hooking or grabbing the opponent's leg.
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Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith Gondor is a 1977 board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc.
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SCA Rapier Combat Rapier Combat is a style of historical fencing practiced in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). The primary focus is to study, replicate and compete with styles of rapier sword-fighting found in Europe during the Renaissance period, using blunted steel swords and a variety of off-hand defensive items. Participants wear period clothing while competing, along with or incorporating protective equipment (such as modern fencing masks) for safety. Members of the society sometimes refer to the sport as simply rapier.
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Mediaeval Combat Society The Mediaeval Combat Society is a British Living history and combat reenactment society whose aim is to educate the public by using reenactment and combat reenactment to portray life, during the times of Edward III.
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Chivalry &amp; Sorcery Chivalry & Sorcery is a fantasy role-playing game that was first published in 1977 by Fantasy Games Unlimited. Originally created by Edward E. Simbalist and Wilf K. Backhaus in 1977, "Chivalry & Sorcery" ("C&S") was an early competitor to "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D"). Historically, the two designers of the game were dissatisfied with the lack of realism in "D&D" and created a gaming system derived from it, which they named "Chevalier". They intended to present it to Gary Gygax at Gen Con in 1977, but changed their minds once at the Con, where they met Scott Bizar who wrote out a letter of intent. After some final changes to get rid of the last remnants of "D&D" (e.g. the game contained a table of "Saving-throws" similar to "D&D"), Simbalist and Backhaus published the first edition of their game - now renamed "Chivalry & Sorcery" - shortly after the release of the first edition of "Advanced D&D".
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Rust monster A rust monster is a fictional creature from the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game that seeks out and consumes metal, often the armor and weaponry of players' characters. Originally inspired by a cheap plastic toy, the rust monster was one of the first monsters specifically created for "D&D", and has been included in every edition of "D&D", although various aspects of the creature have changed from edition to edition. Although in most editions, the rust monster has been a non-lethal creature with little or no way of physically harming players' characters, it is the rust monster's ability to destroy a character's cherished and expensive weapons and armor in mere seconds that makes it a particularly fearsome opponent.
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Underwater target shooting Underwater Target Shooting is an underwater sport that tests a competitors’ ability to accurately use a speargun via a set of individual and team events conducted in a swimming pool using free diving or Apnoea technique. The sport was developed in France during the early 1980s and is currently practised mainly in Europe. It is known as "Tir sur cible subaquatique" in French and as "Tiro al Blanco Subacuático" in Spanish.
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Military simulation Military simulations, also known informally as war games, are simulations in which theories of warfare can be tested and refined without the need for actual hostilities. Many professional analysts object to the term "wargames" as this is generally taken to be referring to the civilian hobby, thus the preference for the term "simulation".
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Impaled (illusion) Impaled is a classic stage illusion in which a performer appears to be impaled on or by a sword or pole. The name is most commonly associated with an illusion that was created by designer Ken Whitaker in the 1970s and which is sometimes also referred to as "Beyond Belief" or "Impaled Beyond Belief".
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Battle of the Nations (Medieval Tournament) The Battle of the Nations is an international historical medieval battles world championship, first held in 2009, in Kharkiv, Ukraine and held in Europe, in April, every year since.
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Canne de combat Canne de combat is a French martial art. As weapon, it uses a cane or "canne" (a kind of walking-stick) designed for fighting. "Canne de combat" was standardized in the 1970s for sporting competition by Maurice Sarry. The "canne" is very light, made of chestnut wood and slightly tapered. A padded suit and a fencing mask are worn for protection.
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Special Purpose Individual Weapon The Special Purpose Individual Weapon (SPIW) was a long-running United States Army program to develop, in part, a workable flechette-firing "rifle", though other concepts were also involved. The concepts continued to be tested under the Future Rifle Program and again in the 1980s under the Advanced Combat Rifle program, but neither program resulted in a system useful enough to warrant replacing the M16.
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Indian Ocean Island Games The Indian Ocean Island Games (French: "Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien" ) is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Indian Ocean island nations. The Games was created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1977 and currently gather the island nations and territories of Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion and the Maldives. The number of athletes who participate has increased over the years, it went from 1000 athletes in 1979 to over 1500 participants in 2003 and 2007.
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Bolas A bolas (plural: "bolas" or "bolases"; from Spanish "bola", "ball", also known as "boleadoras") is a type of throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, used to capture animals by entangling their legs. Bolas were most famously used by the gauchos (Argentinian cowboys), but have been found in excavations of Pre-Columbian settlements, especially in Patagonia, where indigenous peoples (particularly the Tehuelche) used them to catch 200-pound "guanaco" (llama-like mammals) and "ñandú" (birds). The Mapuche and the Inca army used them in battle. Researchers have also found bolas in North America at the Calico Early Man Site.
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International Defensive Pistol Association The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA), founded in 1996, is an organization based in Berryville, Arkansas, that has created a shooting sport based on defensive pistol techniques, using equipment including full-charge service ammunition to solve simulated "real world" self-defense scenarios. Shooters competing in defensive pistol events are required to use practical handguns and holsters that are deemed suitable for self-defense use.
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Sports game A sports game is a video game that simulates the practice of sports. Most sports have been recreated with a game, including team sports, track and field, extreme sports and combat sports. Some games emphasize actually playing the sport (such as the "Madden NFL" series), whilst others emphasize strategy and sport management (such as "Championship Manager" and "Out of the Park Baseball"). Some, such as "Need for Speed", "Arch Rivals" and "Punch-Out!!", satirize the sport for comic effect. This genre has been popular throughout the history of video games and is competitive, just like real-world sports. A number of game series feature the names and characteristics of real teams and players, and are updated annually to reflect real-world changes.