RF - fighter practice
Chad Southern
sableskull at excite.com
Sun Apr 15 21:28:50 PDT 2001
Who are you? do you even fight,i haven't seen you at practice.
Ld W.S.
On Sun, 15 Apr 2001 15:20:19 -0700, Ravensfort at ansteorra.org wrote:
> I am not fighting for the next couple of
> weeks until my order for new lens gets here. Without
> contacts I can't tell a tree from sir Kief.
>
> First of all is our seasonal weather. Ansteorra has
> two seasons for fighting warm and HOT. In the less hot months
> of the year 2 in the afternoon is a nice fighting time and
> a practice can last till about dark. In the HOT season
> I usually fight from about 5 till dark or after dark.
> It makes a large difference in the amount of heat and shade.
> This is a safety issue that varies with seasonal heat and
> daylight. Folks other than waterbearers and heavy fighters
> do not think in these terms.
>
> Fighter practices usually last for 4-6 hours. If you don't
> have that much time to devote to the job get multiple deputies or
> entrust the job to someone who can put in the time. Yes it is
> one of the more demanding jobs timewise in the barony.
>
> I can bring up some fighters from other groups I know
> if they are wanted. Conroe is a nice location
> from this point of view.
>
> Does the barony have armor to train new fighters in?
>
> My work at kingdom restricts the amount of fighting I can
> do at events so I would really like a local practice
> to keep in shape. I have been by 4 practices this year
> and no one was there. It seems people drop by the practice
> at different times and if no one is there they leave. We
> are missing each other like ships passing in the night.
>
> Bryn Gwlad and Stargate have lots of non fighters at practices.
> If we do demos in a park we will need marshalls to watch the
> crowd. Pets and children love to investigate us close up.
> I can't see a small child very close up while wearing
> a helm because of the field of vision. These groups also have
> other activities such as A&S, herald consulting, some folks
> in garb, picnics or just visiting with people in the group.
>
> Has anyone talked to our neighboring groups about fighter
> practices? Has anyone considered visiting other fighter
> practices?
>
> It is also possible to designate like the first or last
> Sunday of a month to be a traveling fighter practice
> to several different sites. The rest of the month it stays in
> one place.
>
> Right now I have to go to Bjornsborg on Sundays to fight.
> Not a happy situation.
>
> You wanted thoughts on this problem so now you got em.
> Magnus von Lubeck
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