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 ====== Youth Combat ======
+**Youth Combat** is a form of martial activity that involves padded weapons (called "Boffers" or "[[activities:martial:boffer_combat|Boffer Weapons]]". The SCA’s Youth Combat program gives children from ages 6 through 17 the opportunity to participate in a kid-friendly version of adult armored and fencing combat. The program emphasizes courtesy, honor, and service as well as skill and safety.
+Children of all genders divided into three age brackets, called Divisions:
+  * Division 1: ages 6-9;
+  * Division 2: ages 10-13,; and
+  * Division 3: ages 14-17.
+Note that the divisions are guidelines, rather than hard and fast rules; a child may be in a higher or lower division based on their physical size and maturity, in order to ensure that fun is had.
+Just like [[activities:martial:armoured_combat|Armoured Combat]], Youth Combat can be single combat or melee combat, with tournaments and even battles organized at events.
+In addition to Youth Combat (which is analogous to Armoured combat), there is also a [[activities:martial:youth_rapier_combat|Youth Fencing]].
 ===== See Also =====
   * [[people:people_by_interest:Youth_Combat|List of People Interested in Youth Combat]]
+  * [[activities:martial:youth_rapier_combat|Youth Fencing]]
+===== External Links =====
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+  * [[https://www.sca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/YouthMartialHandbook.pdf|Youth Combat Handbook]]
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