ANST - more POSITIVE to counter the negative
Paul Mitchell
pmitchel at flash.net
Tue Apr 21 08:01:54 PDT 1998
Galen of Bristol here!
KochKA at gvl.esys.com wrote:
<snip>
> I'm not too worried about the participation level of our Chivalry. I
> don't know a single knight who *only* fights. Sure, they're a bunch of
> dumb stick-jocks, but they're a talented, hard-working bunch of dumb
> stick-jocks. ;) They're all involved in service or A&S (or both) in
> some way. I think sometimes we tend to forget that because of the white
> >belts.
>
> HL Thyra
In support of the above words from the beauteous Thyra, I offer
the following excerpt from something Duke Jonathan, a Master of
Arms, recently posted to the Elfsea mailing list:
Master Jonathan said:
> We still believe that a Knight must be a well rounded person. We believe
> that a Knight must be a peer and a leader. For many years I have teased
> Knights of other kingdoms that most of their Knights would not be good
> enough to be Ansteorrian Knights. Then I tell them that their arts are
> not good enough. Over half of the belted circle have arts awards in this
> kingdom. The Ideal is not to have Knights that can only fight.
- Galen of Bristol
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