Tomonaga wrote: >But I would really love to see more >tournaments where everyone involved used only the arms and techniques >particular to their personas' cultures, and stage fights that require use >of culture-specific methods. I agree... and before everyone chimes in stating the shortcomings of this idea, I say "Try it! It's fun!!" I recently adopted a pirate persona at a Baronial championship tourney! (Hey! I'll admit! I'm a ham!!!) I fought with cutlass and pistol, dagger and belayingpin, marlinspike, (and the one that captured the crowd's attention: cutlass and anchor!!) I had an absolutely grand time, and I do believe Her Majesty enjoyed the spectacle as well!!! (That is, until I lost my pants then gave her 'the bird!' But that is a tale for another day!) Lord Manfred Wolf (sometimes known as Morgan Sea-Wolf) Barony of the StarGate ============================================================================ Go to http://lists.ansteorra.org/lists.html to perform mailing list tasks.