On the dates of 5th and 6th april ,a few members of the reenactment groups called Terra Dacica Aeterna and Hasta Sarmatorum held a short display for two schools here in Transilvania. We were present as Sarmatian infantry (no horses) the girls were sarmatian archers,a dacian princess,a single roman legionary,a Centurion,a Legatus,a Palmirian archer,and a Baleric slinger. After a short review of each unit,with some basic info told we had a small battle ,where i slung 2 tennis balls towards the sarmatians,i've missed them by ~2 feet,after that i took my shield from my back in my hand and drew the short hispanic sword and charged.I engaged one of the sarmatian heavy infantry and we were bashing our shields and another sarmatian engaged me,so i was "cut" down
It was fun,the students loved it,learned something about ancient warfare ,and afterwards they were shown every piece of equipment,they tried it,they shot arrows,and under my supervision around 20 of them tried slinging too. We were also present at another school where small kids were given a similar show,also i "teached" them slinging. In each school i found 2 natural slingers who slung just right from the first shot. So 4 student from about 40 were naturals. One of them in higher class was a crack shot .He was zipping the tennis balls like he was born with one.
Good times