[Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002

Tue Dec 3 21:53:16 PST 2002

I recently became the Archery Defender for Gates Edge.  I didn't beat a
single person to do it either.

I've shot in several shoots where a Title was on the line.  Everytime I shot
against someone I lost.  I may have outshot them but I lost.  The key is to
just shoot.  At Gatesedge I shot against myself.  Every shot was a chance to
shoot better than the last time.  At the end of the day Gatesedge's rules
said I had shot well enough to be their Defender.  I shot with Godwin and
Eadric most of the day.  We all shot at the same time that is.  I never beat
them.  I wasn't against them.

Archery, and being an Archer, is about improving yourself.  You may never
win a competition.  That's not what it's about.  At least not for me.  I
shoot because I love to shoot.  I shoot because I love delving into myself,
the focus, the commitment to form.  My first score was a 4.  My most recent
score was a 54.  I've shot as well as the high 60s.  Will I ever be the
best?  I don't care.  Will I ever outshoot any of the true greats?  Maybe
but I don't care.  I don't shoot IKCACs because I see little point to them
in relation to the things I want to do.  I've already explained why I shoot
RRs and the occasional IKAC.

I shoot targets,  sometimes they're concentric circles, sometimes they're
animals, sometimes they're humans.

I make my own tackle.  I teach others who see what I do how to do it too.

I'm happy being me and knowing that today I shot better than yesterday and
maybe tomorrow I'll shoot better than today.  I'm happy knowing that maybe
I've taught a few people how to find that kind of happiness.

If that makes me something other than an Archer then so be it.

Wilim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at hot.rr.com>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002

> Good shooting there Tex!!!
>
> Then shooting those stationary plywood targets should be easier than
fallin
> off a log.  You should be abl to put HL Roger, Don Sabastian and me to
shame
> in that competition.  Please do so.  We wait the humiliation.
>
> Gilli
> Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wilim Penbras ap Gurgeneu" <wilim.penbras at pandora.org>
> To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002
>
>
> > You're the one that claimed we were alone on the line.  Combat Archery
> isn't
> > shooting the IKCAC.  The IKCAC does EXTREMELY little to help you win a
> point
> > in the Archers only Battle.  Get your story straight.  I've been on the
> > field with a bow every time they've allowed archers on the field at Gulf
> > War.  In the Two wars I've been two I've got a hundred or so kills with
my
> > bow.  I've been complimented on my tactics and shooting from archers
> across
> > the known world.  I've never shot an IKCAC.
> >
> > You are right.  It is just you on the line when you shoot an IKCAC.
That
> > doesn't promote the teamworks or tactics required to win a war.  If
> archers
> > would stop shooting at cardboard cutouts and set ranges then we'd do
> better
> > on the warfield.  I've been told the IKCAC is a fairly fun shoot.  Don't
> > delude yourself into thinking that shooting a plywood more often will
make
> > you better at running, drawing on the fly and killing knights.  It
won't.
> >
> > Every stick jock on the field knows that pell work isn't enough.  Most
> > archer's know that shooting at plywood isn't enough.  When are you going
> to
> > figure it out?
> >
> > Wilim
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at hot.rr.com>
> > To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002
> >
> >
> > > Drunk??? I don't make that much money.
> > >
> > > To use a bow and an arrow to do what??  Make kindling?  Olympic sports
> is
> > > not what we do.  SCA stuff is.  If you don't want to promote Ansteorra
> on
> > > the"world" stage, whatever.
> > >
> > > You all think what you want.  But, going on this shade tree archer
thing
> > is
> > > just going to get our collective ass kicked again, and again and
again.
> > >
> > > We got gorilla stomped 3 out of 3 last year on the archer only battle.
> > Why?
> > > Because of our use of pronouns!!  What in the world does that mean??
> Too
> > > much I and not enough we, that's what.  Some steps are being taken to
> > > correct that.  However, we don't have the disipline to practice enough
> to
> > > hit a bear Trimarian tuccaus.
> > >
> > > Wake up and smell the coffee and put an arrow in the X.  Do we know
> where
> > > the X is located?
> > >
> > > I love ya all.  But I'm starting to think some are as dence as purple
> > hart.
> > >
> > > Gilli
> > > Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Timothy Rayburn" <timothy at elfsea.net>
> > > To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:19 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] A Look Back at 2002
> > >
> > >
> > > >There's only three competitions in the Know World that will put
> Ansteorra
> > > on
> > > >the World stage.  And guess what?? It isn't our Hunts man.  It isn't
> our
> > > >RRs. It isn't any other G&G shoot we may do.  It's the IKAC and the
> IKCAC
> > > >and the Winter Shoot.  Like it or not that's life.  And if you aren't
> > > >scrambling to get a better score in those competitions to make
> Ansteorra
> > > >number one to the best of your improving ability....well go try
another
> > > >persation.  Because you aren't an archer.
> > > >
> > > >Go eat card board.
> > >
> > >
> > > See, now that is the most stupid thing I've ever heard.
> > >
> > > Accordian to Mirriam Webster, definition number 1, an archer is "a
> person
> > > who uses a bow and arrow".
> > >
> > > Archery is not about being recognized world wide.  If you're
interested
> in
> > > that, leave the SCA and start doing Olympic Archery.  You'll shoot at
> > paper
> > > all the time, and be recognized far more widely than any SCA endeavor
> will
> > > ever bring you.
> > >
> > > If its not fun, its not worth doing.  Anyone who steps to the line and
> is
> > > willing to try their hand at firing arrows at targets, whatever they
> are,
> > is
> > > an archer.
> > >
> > > Grow up, and don't post drunk,
> > >
> > > Timothy "Robin Hood, not an Archer to Gilli" of Glastinbury
> > >
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