L'Arte Della Bellica presents FlowerPoint, a Longpoint Historical Fencing League Event. Sponsored by The Kutztown University Medieval Renaissance Club. Hosted at the Kutztown University Student Rec Center, East and West Gyms. http://www.kurecreation.com/facilities/Facility_Information

FlowerPoint is a Longsword tournament with a ruleset that focuses more on making attacks in a martially safe manner, preventing oneself from being hit is more important than a 'deep' target. The general organization of this tournament will be sets of pools where participants will face other fighters (size of pools and number of fights TBD). Each match will be a set of 5 exchanges, with no time-limit (assuming no stalling). Every quality hit is a life lost from the fighter's cache of lives. If both fighters deliver quality hits, both fighters will lose a life. After pools, the fighters with the most lives remaining will face off in an elimination pool with a set number of lives, and whomever survives the longest will be crowned champion.

Updated rules (February 1) can be found Here (DropBox) or Here (Google Docs). If you have not gotten the questionnaire, please fill it out Here



The lunch available on location is a Create your own Deli Sandwich buffet including: Sliced Oven-Roasted Turkey, Sliced Roast Beef, Deli Ham and Tuna; Cheese and Relish Tray; includes Appropriate Condiments, Assorted Baked Breads and Rolls served with two (2) Side Salads and Assorted Cookies. After the tournament is over, we will be heading to a local bar/restaurant for dinner.

On Sunday, there is an Abrazare (Ringen) Tournament at L'Arte Della Bella's location in Kutztown. The Soryukan Dojo and Healing Arts in Kutztown, located at 206 North Whiteoak Street, Kutztown, PA, 19530, hosts L'Arte's weekly classes and will host an Abrazare tournament using the Longpoint Ringen ruleset on Sunday starting in the late morning and going until completion, after which we will have a special Grappling Lesson. All are welcome for a donation during registration, or at the door.

Registration for Non-Tournament fighters is for anyone who will be doing any free-sparring, or helping tournament fighters to warm up. All of the fighter's bags and gear as well as general free-sparring during the event will be located in the East Gym in the rec center and will not be accessible by anyone who isn't tournament staff or registered fighter (tournament or non-tournament). The tournament proper will be in the West gym where spectators are welcome on the gym floor, as well as on the indoor track above the gym. Parking is available for free near the venue.