Greetings--
The SCA in general does not do period fighting techniques, they have their own style of fighting which has developed from what the society chose as safety precautions (rattan weapons, full armour). You might find some individuals in some areas exploring the old manuals, but that is not mainstream for the SCA. There is also SCA "fencing", but I'm not sure where that lies between period techniques and modern sport fencing.
It's becoming more and more common to study period fighting techniques with the rise of some of the tournament societies and the introduction of "Historical Combat Studies" as an officially-recognized thing. Some of the learned techniques are creeping into regular SCA armored combat, particularly in certain tournament styles. It's still not the focus of the SCA, but it's no longer an oddity.
Many of the SCA fencers have been looking at the period rapier manuals for some time now, more so in some regions than others. SCA fencing has been evolving further and further from modern sport fencing over the years. Many SCA kingdoms no longer use epees at all, going exclusively to schlager blades and reproduction weapons.
Susan
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