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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">His Excellency Siegfried has me thinking about... zebras. Yes, zebras - both horse and donkey, but also neither. I'll try to explain what I mean:</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">An archer will make his own "period bow & arrows" and then use them in competition (skill at martial art). But do the heavies make "period" armor to use in Crown Tourney? Correct my ignorance if I'm wrong, but I believe they would still use foam inserts as padding or stainless steel, modern techniques to form metal, etc. Same for personal combat techniques - aren't most trained in how to use a rattan "club" instead of a sword? Again, s<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">ame for melee tactics on the field. Do we really use "period" tactics at Pennsic if they are not effective?</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Maybe someone more knowledgable can flesh these thought out. It just seems to me that archery is like a zebra - portions of it fit into martial and the laurel, but not enough to actually belong to either group.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Cheers</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><FONT color=#4040ff>Atlantian Archery. Nothing exists within 100 yards without our permission.</FONT></div>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=ms__id3961><BR style="RIGHT: auto">...Where the one disconnect comes, is in the art/skill/science of the<BR>activity itself. IE, in the 'martial art' of "Skill at archery", or<BR>"Skill at rapier".<BR><BR>...However, the 'gap' that is often trying to be addressed here. Is<BR>specifically the skill at the 'Martial Art' itself. Being Amazing, at<BR>the skill of fighting with a sword, or Amazing at the medieval art of<BR>shooting a truly medieval crossbow or bow.<BR><BR>...Right now, it's that 'skill at martial art', that isn't being<BR>recognized. The Pelicans do not recognize it, because it's an 'art',<BR>not a service. The Laurel do not recognize it (though a decade ago<BR>now, Society stated that they should), simply, and not their fault,<BR>because it doesn't fit into the 'typical' mindset of the rest of the<BR>Laurel arts, which
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=ms__id3961>...However, this specific 'skill at a martial art' form, is recognized<BR>specifically & solely for Armored Rattan Combat. While yes, you need<BR>(or should) have all the other characteristics of a Peer, comporting<BR>oneself, teaching one's art, learning historical forms of one's art.<BR><BR>...Someone can be made a Peer, in this case a Knight, for the 'primary<BR>reason' of their skill at medieval bladed combat, as represented by<BR>rattan swords.<BR><BR>...However, if their chosen weapon that they want to perfect their skill<BR>with, and their focus is that skill alone, is a Rapier. Or is a<BR>bow/crossbow. Then they currently cannot be recognized the same way.<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>