Armored combatant

From MiddleWiki

An Armored combatant or heavy weapon fighter is someone who engages in the practice of donning recreations of medieval or renaissance armor and doing combat with rattan weapons.

In the Midrealm in order to become an authorized armored combatant you must be a S.C.A. member, go though a training procees and pass fighter a authorization test. All authorized fighters carry a fighter authorization card.