[Ansteorra] Results of Vambrace Poll

[Morgan Buchanan]

I gotta say something here, and I really hope I don't offend Burke or anyone who might agree with that position.  If we need RULES variations to prove our uniqueness.....  I know I'm relatively new to this kingdom (less than 7 years) but none of *my* Ansteorran identity is tied to our rules variants from other kingdoms.
 
Morg



> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 12:28:20 -0600> From: jeanpauldesens at gmail.com> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Results of Vambrace Poll> > Burke, can you point out to me who is pushing to make us clones? I for one> am not. I'm soliciting information from the kingdom in the most apropros> manner I can within the restraints of time, geography, and timeliness. I> have the job of amending, enforcing, and providing feedback from the kingdom> to the SEM about rule changes so that we *CAN* continue to fight in the> manner in which we desire.> > Jean Paul> > On 11/6/06, Burke McCrory <bmccrory at tax.ok.gov> wrote:> >> > You know I have watched this from the sidelines now for over a month> > (on this list and others) and there is one thing that bothers me. I> > understand the attempts to push the rules and see if we can add> > additional styles and approaches to our fighting, this has been done> > for years and is a good thing as it forces us to look at new things.> >> > But why all of a sudden the want to make us good little clones of> > every other kingdom?> >> > Ansteorra has had its little idiosyncrasies in our armor requirements> > and fighting styles for over a quarter of a century. Yes, we use> > larger shields and require vambraces, we tend to offer a person a> > chance to yield when legged or armed and do not allow killing from> > behind because it is against our code of honor. How does this hurt> > anyone? I have never heard a single person complain that having> > vambraces is a burden on getting their armor together and know of a> > number of people that were very happy when they only got a mild> > bruise from a blow that would have otherwise blasted their arm. I> > personally feel (based on my experience) that vambraces help to> > reduce long term accumulative injures to people's forearms caused by> > continuously getting them hit. But the real question here is why> > the want to do away with our personal flavor? I know that some will> > raise the specter that the changes are needed to make us more period> > in our fighting approach or that some obscure period fighting manual> > never showed fighting the way we do it. Other will point out that we> > need to come exactly into line with the SCA standards because that is> > what everyone else has done. Well I have a surprise for those> > people, SCA fighting is not an attempt to reenact fighting in a> > purely historical approach. Ever since the first tourneys with> > swords made from cut down brooms, shields from trash cans, and armor> > that included shag carpet and freon cans, SCA fighting has been about> > having fun. Whether we are in it for the thrill of the fight,the> > chance to do honor to out Lady (or Lord), or what ever the reason it> > is suppose to be fun. Also SCA standards are the minimum level that> > we can drop down to not a defato complete standard.> >> > As I said before testing the limits and pushing new ideas is a good> > thing but I do not want to do this at the expense of what we are.> >> > Burke> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > Ansteorra mailing list> > Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> > http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org> >> > > > -- > "Everybody works, no one quits."> _______________________________________________> Ansteorra mailing list> Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org