[Namron] Travel report from Meridies/Gleann Abhann

[G. Gibeson]

No, I am saying all the Meridians I have encountered at fighter practice, 
think our whole kingdom is full of Rhinos.

Here is why:

Since standards for a good blow often vary kingdom to kingdom (even region 
to region).  Logically the closer the distance the closer the standards.

For example, the practice in Namron should be pretty comparable to the 
Skarguard practice.  In my experience going to both these practices, the 
average fighter in the average fight will be calling blows in about the same 
spectrum of force.

These fighters have trained and fought together in some cases for years even 
decades.  Therefore, it is no surprise they call blows about the same.

When everyone is on the same standard, calling and throwing shots at about 
the same range of force.  Fights should be fair and, no single person would 
stand out as a rhino as long as they are calling and throwing in the same 
local range of force.

When you go to a different kingdom the differences are more pronounced, and 
the fighters have their own local standards for blow calling.  These 
standards, just like ours, have been passed along and reinforced by the 
local fighters training and fighting together for years.


Now to define a Rhino-hider:
A person that will only call blows of a force harder than what would be 
normally acceptable, thus making themselves in effect harder to "kill" than 
the opponent who is calling at a lower degree of force.  Such a person is 
not playing fair, they are cheating, and will be labeled as a Rhino and 
treated accordingly.

On the other end of the spectrum:
If a person calls blows with very little force behind them it is not really 
an issue because they are giving themselves a handicap by making themselves 
easier to "kill".

Now if you consider the standard for calling a blow in Meridies which, as I 
have mentioned, is very light by Ansteorrian standards.

What kind of reputation do you think the hard hitting, hard calling 
Ansteorrians have in other kingdoms in which the standard is toward lighter 
blow calling?

You can guess how they treated me at my first practice here when I said I 
was from Ansteorra.  Lets just say opinions here are not very favorable 
toward Ansteorrian blow calling.

Sorry for the confusion,

Gavin


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Chass Brown" <chass at allegiance.tv>
Reply-To: Barony of Namron <namron at ansteorra.org>
To: "Barony of Namron" <namron at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Namron] Travel report from Meridies/Gleann Abhann
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:21:56 -0500

Egads is he saying we are rhinohiders?

Chass of Rundel of Ansteorra aka
Charinthalis Del Sans of the portable Chariot
Honorable Recruiter of the House of the Red Shark (Have you seen my Belaying 
Pin??)
Muddeler of Mead, Ailment of Ale, Whiner of wine.

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