ARCH - An Ideal (was: Greater Unity)
Bob Dewart
gilli at seacove.net
Thu Apr 6 16:16:23 PDT 2000
Greetings and Hi There<
I'm feeling much better today.
>Galen wrote
(snipage)
>I'm concerned that unless we _do_ have a "waiting list", as
>Plachoya put it, the purpose of the award may become con-
>fused and the standards difficult to maintain.
>
>Which is why I posed the question, taken up by nobody so far,
>of what would constitute the ideal archer.
>
>For instance, I'm a knight. I work very hard to be a good knight.
>But am I the ideal of knighthood? I doubt anybody other than my
>lady would argue that I am. So I try to identify areas of improvement
>so I can be a better knight. Could I find opportunities to be more
>chivalrous, or a better teacher, or more courteous or courtly, or a
>better fighter, or more authentic? Could I be more pious or humble?
>
>Are these the sorts of standards that should be applied to archers?
>If I'm evaluating a fighter for knighthood, I want him to look good.
>Is looking good important for an archer? Should it be? I want
>a candidate for knighthood to be somebody who adds to the
>pageantry of a tournament. Is that something the ideal archer
>should do? Or are we just looking for a hardworking teacher
>who also shoots well? Is there some standard for courtesy or
>diplomacy we should be asking for?
>
>Before demanding recognition, what exactly is it that we want to
>have recognized?
>
>I'm not telling anybody, "you're not good enough". I'm just
>asking for a discussion about ideals.
>
>- Galen
The other day you brought up the Robin Hood films. Now I haven't watched
them in a while, but if I remember correctly those folks were wearing day to
day clothes. Even during the tourny , I seem to remember Robin looking a
bit crusty. The archer has basicly two types of clothes: work / on the
range and court garb. I don't believe I can remember seeing an archer on
the range with sweet pants on unless he was also a heavy fighter inbetween
rounds. :) So, for garb I'll say be properly dressed for the setting
they're in.
Shoot well. I think we can come up with a good bench mark for this, say 200
in both IKAC and IKCAC. That would be ideal. I know of *no one* in this
Kingdom who has done this. I've broken 200 in the IKCAC multiple times but
I'm doing good to bust 100 on IKAC. Something I need to work on.
Makes all his/her own equipment. Most of us now I think make at least some
of their own stuff.
High service to the archery community. Running ranges, conducting classes,
autocrating or feastocrating Accademy of the Bow, sponsoring archery
competitions.
Gilli
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