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Combat archery is combat - anyone who wants to take the field must be
authorized. This also applies to those individuals who are under 18.
Kingdom law was changed to reflect this change earlier this year. His
Grace, Duke Patrick Michael has assumed the
position to authorized anyone under 18 as Earl Marshal of the Kingdom,
to ensure that those underage
do understand the rules and how to be safe on the field.<br>
<br>
The issues that you brought up being safe on the field and being
effective are the same or should be in the initial process of training
and
authorization. The training process that leads to being an authorized
combat
archer needs to include active involvement or in other words live
scenarios involving heavy fighters. I noted in earlier e-mail that it
is rare for location to have enough space to conduct both a heavy
fighter practice and at the same time including combat archery and
Steppes has such a location - it is the regular Steppes Fighter
Practice held in Carrollton on Sunday afternoons at 2 PM.<br>
<br>
Active observation will served only so far, yet it is limited and
should not be the final factor in authorizing an individual nor should
it be used in place of active
participation in live scenarios that are design to further the
understanding how one is be safe, help assure the safety of others and
still have fun on a SCA battlefield. Afterall, the world problems are
solved every hour of the day, all day long and into the future with
active observation and discussion of theories.<br>
<br>
The observation would allow a discussion
of tactics and pointing where/what one could do for this or do that for
certain scenarios, in other words playing a game of "what if". The
problem with this is that the participates are sitting on the sidelines
and watching the action, with no pressure or stress of being on the
field, thus they feel safe, with no need to make quick decisions in a
matter of seconds. Those same
tactics work just fine on the sidelines - I feel the need to ask this
question:<br>
<br>
"Will those same tactics that sound so great, logical, and reasonable
on the sidelines where it is "safe", will the tactics actually work on
the field?"<br>
<br>
But more importantly, there several more questions needs to be asked
and that
is:<br>
<br>
"How will the individual react to be placed upon that same field and
having to make decisions when being attacked or pressed?"<br>
or <br>
"When to select a target?", <br>
or <br>
"Whether to shoot at an individual or group of opposing fighters whose
back is against the boundary line and there are on lookers on the
other side of that boundary line?"<br>
<br>
and the questions are not limited to these either, give it some thought
and I am sure there are more that needs to be covered.<br>
<br>
The people on the sidelines are seeing the entire field, instead of the
reduced area that one see through one's helm. This view is far
different
than from the side lines. It also does not put to the test the tactics
that were being discuss on those same sidelines in "what if" theories -
it does NOT allowed
for actual decisions
that one would have to be made on a SCA battlefield - so there would
always be a extreme gray area when it comes to the combat archer's
actual
response to any given SCA battlefield condition following this approach.<br>
<br>
That is
until they are actual in that position, on the field and facing a live
opponent, feeling the pressure, etc...
These questions or rather concerns are driving the need to increase the
amount of
training an individual receives before being authorized as a
Combat Archer in the attempt to cut down and/or eliminate as many
possible negative actions that is being attached to Combat Archers as a
whole within the SCA. <br>
<br>
Lord Eadric, when he was Ansteorra Archery Marshal, issued a training
program back in February/March 2004. I copied it and it is available in
a Word Document and
it runs about 4 pages of questions and suggested live scenarios. I will
listed what I felt are the major points from that training program that
an individual needs to
know and understand and this can and should be applied to up and coming
individuals who
wish to be combat archers. The major points below:<br>
<br>
1. Written questions - on rules, safety, armor, inspection, etc.<br>
<br>
2. Verbal questions - additional questions on the above subjects, etc.<br>
<br>
3. Understanding what a combat arrow is and how to inspection one,
build one, repair one.<br>
<br>
4. Armor requirements - both for heavy fighter and combat archer.<br>
<br>
5. Point out the kill, wound, and illegal areas with an arrow<br>
<br>
6. No fire zones testing<br>
<br>
7. Live scenarios involving heavy fighters<br>
a. Working with <br>
b. Working against<br>
<br>
The live fire scenarios that I listed in a previous email fall
within what Lord Eadric listed out back in March 2004. I have his
outline and that is what I am have been following, along with training
that I received from Lady Isolda Von Rugen prior to fall of 2001 and
Lord CinaedOHOsey since Fall 2001. Several of
suggested live scenarios that Lord Eadric listed I recognized from the
Fall
of 2001 (See bottom note on Fall 2001). <br>
<br>
Back to item 7 - Live scenarios:<br>
<br>
Under this guide of Lord Eadric, the Authorizing Missile Marshal would
determine if an individual
should be authorized as a combat archer to see how he/she actually
perform during a live and control combat scenarios prior to authorizing
and allowing them to step
out on an actual SCA battlefield. <br>
<br>
The only method is to put them to the test of live
armor combat under control conditions. By creating or taking the time
to set-up the scenarios the individual wanting to become a combat
archer will have a basic idea(s) of what a SCA battlefield is like. The
important fact or detail here is the actual feedback of the actions
taken, and not only by the Missile Marshal, also from those heavy
fighters that are taking part in the live training scenarios. <br>
<br>
There is also a far greater asset in live training scenarios rather
just throwing the individual into the jaws of a SCA War event and that
one can repeat various scenarios over and over again if there are
issues about one aspect or scenario. Change the tactics and or mixed
and see if the "what if" theories will actual work or not. This
approach would not work at an actual SCA melee or war event.<br>
<br>
This would allow the marshal the time to see how they will actually
response, both positive and negative - including if they express one
of the following negative reactions to being pressured by a heavy
fighter and/or situation:<br>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">1. shows tendencies to panic
when under attack,<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style=""> 2.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> to
attempt to fight or <br>
<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style=""><br>
3.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">block
a weapon or blow with
their bow/crossbow or<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span
style=""><br>
<br>
4.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;">to
wildly spray arrows
around the field,<o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
<br>
The issue of being effective on the field as a combat archer - everyone
needs a foundation to start from and by including and ensuring that
there are live and control combat scenarios for the individual(s) to
take part in and actual demonstrate their true understanding of the
rules, of safety, of combat archery equipment, the kill zones, armor
requirements, how to conduct themselves with heavy fighters, etc...
This needs to be approach in such a matter that it remains fun and yet
get across the necessary information as well. <br>
<br>
The so-call good old days is how combat archery got to where it is
today. In some areas, almost no combat archery is allowed with the nay
sayers growing and looking for any excuse to place addition
restrictions.<br>
<br>
The issue of any type of authorization is based upon what is seen and
how well the individual(s) responds to the outside forces that they are
placed in by the authorizing agency or authorizing individual. Thus,
only what the individual displays on any day of training/authoriziation
is what the authorizing individual has to go on at any point in the
process.<br>
<br>
Fall of 2001:<br>
Bit of History here: I was already authorized, when the battlefield
commander for the Fray, Lord CinaedOHosey felt the need to understand
what capabilities, advantages and disadvantages I had. So he designed a
number of live scenarios to put me to the test. And the course of
several weekends, both of us and the heavy fighters found out. I have
been refining and adapting ever since to the various battlefield
situations.<br>
<br>
YIS,<br>
Lord Michael Kettering<br>
Combat Archer for the Condottieri<br>
<br>
<br>
Robin Allen wrote:
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<p>Okay I guess I'm in the dark here. Please enlighten me. Can
someone younger than 18 actaully be authorized as a combat archer by
Patrick Michael? I was under the impression that one had to be at least
18. Now once they are over 18 they can be authorized by any authorizing
archery marshal. Is that correct? </p>
<p> </p>
<p> Also my 2 cents worth on authorizing: There are two things
being discussed here. One deals with training the archer to be
effective on the field and the other deals with the archer being safe
(yes I know there's a bit of overlap in those two categories). I would
think that the authroizing marshal should be concerned only with that
second category. Once an archer shows or demonstrates to the marshal's
satisfaction that he/she is not a safety issue then authorization
should follow as a matter of course. Being effective on the field is
the archer's concern and not necessarily the area of responsibility for
the marshal. </p>
<p>Robin</p>
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