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The fans of Softcombat will have a space at the DAU Festival

The event, organized by the ICUB, will host in the courtyard of Fabra & Coats workshops and introduction to this discipline simulations knives from different eras.

 

During the fourth edition of the game DAU Barcelona, ​​an informative and recreational meeting for all kinds of games, Age of Chaos entity would have an area in the courtyard of Fabra i Coats to disseminate and practice Softcombat, sport in which two or more combatants face each other using padded weapons knives that simulate different times. Softcombat activities will be held on Saturday morning, from 11 am and afternoon from 16 pm, and Sunday afternoon, starting at 16 hours.

In Softcombat the goal of every fighter opponents inflicted a sufficient number of combat to eliminate impacts. The sport originated in the live role play, in which the combatants fight using weapons padded foam (or other soft materials), in order to hit his opponent as necessary to "eliminate". For this reason, the weapons used in Softcombat represent knives of antiquity, the Middle Ages and the modern age. Softcombat concept as such emerged in the United States around 1977 hand LARP group Dragorhir. At the beginning of the 90s, with the gradual popularization of these roles in Spain live with a fighting system, the term Softcombat, term begins to be used in some events of Catalonia to fight with padded arms, late decade, popularizing ran across the peninsula and later, via the Internet, in many Spanish-speaking countries.

When: From 12 to 13 December 2015

 

Where: Patio de Fabra & Coats (Sant Adrià, 20 Barcelona)

Price: Free

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Publication date: Friday, 27 November 2015
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