ES - fascinating...

[Timothy Rayburn]

Ok, you'll have to forgive me for passing this along on the list, but it's
priceless, real SCA humor/advice, and not about a virus or anything of the
sort. 

Timothy


>   <<<<<<<<Ladies and Gentlemen of the Crown Tourney..
>
>
>Wear Armour
>
>If I could offer you only one tip for the future, armour would be it. The
>long-term benefits of armour have been proven by Dukes, whereas the rest
>of my advice has no basis more relaible than my own meandering experience.
>
>I will dispense this advice now..
>
>Enjoy the power and beauty of your sword. Oh, never mind..  You will not
>understand the power and beauty of your sword until it's mushed into a
>broom. But, thrust me, in twenty rounds you'll look back at pictures of
>yourself and recall in a way you you can't grasp now how much possibility
>lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as
>you imagine..
>
>Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective
>as trying to block a Duke's axe by screaming in fear. The real blows that
>ends the fight will are apt to be the things that you never saw, the kind
that
>blind side you around your shield..
>
>Do one thing in every bout that scares you..
>
>Sing..
>
>Don't be reckless with other people's ribcages. Don't put up with people
>who are reckless with yours..
>
>"Light.."
>
>Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're
>behind. The bout is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself..  and
>with that guy trying to cave your skull in..
>
>Remember the compliments you recieve. Forget the insults. If you succeed in
>doing this, tell me how..
>
>Keep your old helms. Throw away your old swords..
>
>Stretch..
>
>Don't feel guilty if you don't know how to fight your opponent. The most
>interesting Counts are still surprised they won. The very most interesting
>Dukes didn't know how to fight all their opponents either..
>
>Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're
>gone..
>
>Maybe you'll win, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll be coronated, maybe you
won't.
>Maybe you'll get knocked out in the first round, maybe you'll be in finals.
>Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself
>either. You blows are half chance. So are everyone else's..
>
>Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what
>other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own..
>
>Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but on your fallen opponent..
>
>Read the rules of the list, even of you are illiterate..
>
>Do not read the Order of Precedence. It will only make you feel outclassed.
>
>Get to know your Crown. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be
>nice to your Baron. They're your best link to your Crown..
>
>Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold
>on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because, as
>Crown, you'll have see more geography and lifestyles than you ever
imagined..
>
>Live in Atlantia once, but leave before it makes you invulnerable to normal
>blows.
>
>Live in the Northern Outlands once, but leave before you start accepting
>near misses as killing shots..
>
>Accept some inalienable truths: Tournaments always run longer than expected.
>Feasts will be late. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll
>fantasize that when you were young, tournaments were reasonable, feasts were
>on time, and children respected the Crown..
>
>Respect your Crown..
>
>Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a squire. Maybe you
>have a consort. But it's you standing on the list field.
>
>Don't mess too much with your helm or by the time you're 40, it will be 40
>guage. Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply
>it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the
>past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and
>recycling it for more than it's worth..
>
>But trust me on the armour..
>
>
>--  Owain ap Maredudd>>>>>



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