{"id":2654,"date":"2023-03-12T09:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T07:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotahuuto.fi\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2024-01-06T12:54:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T10:54:24","slug":"blogiteksti-alpine-boffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sotahuuto.fi\/en\/blogiteksti-alpine-boffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post: Alpine Boffering &#8211; How some Yankee is Bringing Boffering to Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2654\" class=\"elementor elementor-2654\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54f395f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54f395f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90d741b\" data-id=\"90d741b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d28baca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d28baca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey everyone, Travis here. That chatty, hyper old ginger from Ulfnar.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2774db1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2774db1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8b3230\" data-id=\"d8b3230\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51e4ff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51e4ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/sotahuuto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/332918608_724303549166461_8183957208748366963_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2662\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sotahuuto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/332918608_724303549166461_8183957208748366963_n.jpg 799w, https:\/\/sotahuuto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/332918608_724303549166461_8183957208748366963_n-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sotahuuto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/332918608_724303549166461_8183957208748366963_n-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sotahuuto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/332918608_724303549166461_8183957208748366963_n-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c356a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31c356a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo: Jari Kuskelin<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My adventure in boffering began over five years ago, when my long time friend Holtsi brought me into Ulfnar. Flash forward a few years and there I was, having to move back to my surrogate homeland of Switzerland, and having truly fallen head over heels for this sport I had to ask myself the question, &#8221;is it over?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-418b76e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"418b76e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5a9d30\" data-id=\"c5a9d30\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dfbca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dfbca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I knew that I&#8217;d have plenty of folks back home that would want to at least try it out. I went to Holtsi, who was Ulfnar&#8217;s quartermaster at the time and said I want to try and bring the sport with me. His response, &#8221;whatever you need,&#8221; supplied me with gear to get started and off we went.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51ee387 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51ee387\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04634ab\" data-id=\"04634ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d07626c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d07626c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We landed right on the outbreak of COVID, and as for all of us that was one sizable speed bump. From the first day, I saw the general and cultural response of my Helvetic country men and the international community of my town was one of immediate enthusiastic infatuation. Pretty soon I had a small multinationale group showing up every week to pummel each other and have a laugh.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-790c230 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"790c230\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1edea87\" data-id=\"1edea87\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f52a712 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f52a712\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The part that really gave me the indication that there is potential is when members from my own team began to visit Switzerland, help work on gear and try out the locals&#8217; mettle. Ulfnar&#8217;s own Holtsi, Paula, Axu, Topi, Harri came down for vacations, fighting on mountain plateaus overlooking the Lac Lemans and fighting in a small roman arena we have in our region. Not a recreation, the real deal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38abb72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38abb72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba3acdb\" data-id=\"ba3acdb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-669706b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"669706b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next we had members from a second team coming down here and swinging weapons, Eetu Sipil\u00e4, Ruska M\u00e4ki, Niko Aarnio, Veeti Sipil\u00e4 and Eugenio Colaneri from Ajan Kaarti. As their style and tactical approach is very different from my own, this was an excellent demonstration to the diversity of the sport.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a57341c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a57341c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-725e2ea\" data-id=\"725e2ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e2f60d elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget 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alt=\"Weapons made for Swiss fighters\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Weapons made for Swiss fighters<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sotahuuto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/332548974_968668324164567_7409309663631570924_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Group training in Switzerland\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Group training in Switzerland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sotahuuto.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Suomalaiset-vierailulla-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Finnish tourists engaging in some talkoo-action\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Finnish tourists engaging in some talkoo-action<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26f665c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26f665c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Photos: Travis Finneran, Liisa Salonen<\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not long after this my efforts garnered attention from some students of the international private school here in Leysin, wanting to have at it with these padded clubs of ours. Nearly immediately, this school offered me employment to instruct boffering, with a yearly budget for purchasing materials and repairs. Members of the schools faculty also became immediately interested in a group for ages 10 and under. By that spring, we had our first all day 10 vs 10 boffering birthday with parents overjoyed with the results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4a37dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4a37dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef3ff44\" data-id=\"ef3ff44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71d8465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71d8465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This has been my last two years: the launch of the swiss boffering association. Our goal is simple, to integrate boffering into Switzerland using a full unaltered translation of all rules and regulations in Finland.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-898ae6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"898ae6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f788c8b\" data-id=\"f788c8b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d77e645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d77e645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to have as seamless a transition between participants from the two sectors as possible. I regretfully have had to make a small descriptive modification here. The terms &#8221;boffering&#8221; and &#8221;soft\/padded fencing&#8221;, truly confused the international participants here, but when applying the term &#8221;padded combat&#8221;, people began to have a more accurate picture to what this sport entails.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12e7b9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12e7b9f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9799b37\" data-id=\"9799b37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90399c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90399c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our goal now is recruiting en mass, focusing on medieval events, HEMA trainings and LARP gatherings, and aim to have events beginning in 2025\/26. We have areas such as mountain plateaus and smaller roman amphitheatres. And finally for anyone interested in coming down, we have all the gear you need!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4551af1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4551af1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c19ec7b\" data-id=\"c19ec7b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d1a386 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d1a386\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All that being said, we Swiss Mercenaires will see you at Sotahuuto!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nHey everyone, Travis here. That chatty, hyper old ginger from Ulfnar. 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