Modern sword art
Modern sword art is a sport recognized by the Bavarian State Sports Association, organized in the Association for Modern Sword Art in Bavaria e. V. (VMSB, since 2002).
The sport combines the philosophy and tradition of Asian martial arts with techniques mainly from medieval European martial arts. Supra-regional championships in modern swordsmanship have also been held since 2014.
history
In order to be able to use public training halls and to be insured at the same time as with a regular sports business, a community of interests founded Modern Sword Art as a sport for non-profit sports clubs in 2002 . The guidelines of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture , which comment on the requirements of the Bavarian State Sports Association (BLSV), included on the one hand that all groups training in sports clubs had to come together in an umbrella organization, on the other hand they had to be accountable for the content of the Type of sport, their coaching education and their number of members.
As the then existing only in Bavaria sports clubs, the modern swordsmanship should offer then, a hierarchically superior governing body of the association was created for modern swordsmanship in Bavaria (VMSB) to life. This was incorporated into the BLSV with the cooperation agreement of April 14, 2004 between the Bavarian Fencing Association and the VMSB. Thus was modern swordsmanship officially recognized as a sport in Bavaria and could be supported by the state.
As modern swordsmanship today those special ways of dealing designate by the European sword that regard following the guidelines of the VMSB education, sport and sporting competitions.
Association
Today the VMSB is no longer affiliated with the BFV, but with the Bayerischer Karatebund eV in the BLSV.
The association regulates all organizational matters of the sport of modern sword art. This includes the multi-level teaching curriculum or guidelines on the nature of the sports equipment (e.g. sword or protective equipment) as well as the organization of trainer training courses or the sporting-technical development of the sport. The VMSB coordinates the sport of modern swordsmanship nationwide in order to be able to guarantee for the competitions and other joint events that all individual athletes practice the sport in the same way: with accident preventive safe exercises and equipment, with healthy sports medicine techniques, with one Didactically meaningful curriculum and above all with appropriate sports insurance protection.
Swords
The practice sword for training is made of wood, in free combat more resilient swords made of plastic are used.
Web links
literature
- Schwertkunst aktuell, the association's magazine has been published quarterly since 2003
Individual evidence
- ↑ modern-schwertkunst.de. Retrieved February 3, 2019 .
- ^ 1. German Championship in Modern Sword Art - TSV Hohenbrunn-Riemerling. Retrieved on February 3, 2019 (German).
- ↑ What is the office of the Bavarian Karate Association? Retrieved February 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Sword Art Current. Retrieved February 3, 2019 .