[MR] Re: Heavy-Fighter Training School Idea

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> In a message dated Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:44:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, thurman <hillth at navair.navy.mil> writes:
> 
> I feel that to be successful, one has to be TRAINED. 
>  . . . 
> > I feel it is time to think about establishing a regular fighting school
> > in the kingdom of Atlantia. 
> 
> > It requires dedication. From the instructors who commit to be
> > there regularly, and from the students who give up their hard earned
> > resources to learn. If the students need to pay in order to get the
> > commitment needed, why not? That's how it works in every other form of
> > education, including the martial arts.
> 
> > It would be worth
> > it to me to know that I can get the training I want without wondering if
> > anyone else will show tonight. Or if the practice will be canceled
> > because of rain. What do the rest of you think?
> > 
> > Torfin de Carric
> 
> Does not Atlantia have a "war college"?  Or is that simply the name of a series of events with that theme?  I think it would be more fitting to have such an institution of a peripatetic nature, like the University, rather than in a stationary location.  The War Colleges I attended had "hands-on" classes in various weapons forms as well as tactics and the like.  I think that the kind of training identified ought to be offered at war-college type events on an ongoing basis, or included among the classes at University.  The duellers do that.  And the "heavies" used to, in the past (I'm one of the 2-decade-plus veterans)
> 
> And if we're taliking about dedication, I can recall some occasions in the past where a group of experienced fighters would do a road trip to an event or even a practice in a small, remote branch, for the purpose of instructing and triaing their fighters and would-be fighters.  I've been on one or two such expeditions myself.
> 
> To sum up, I agree that training is essential, and I agree that some sort of systematic training should be offered, but I think it can be done mostly within the context of existing institutions.
> 
> And I respectfully submit that unless this were to become some sort of commercial operation, the SCAdian analog to a dojo, I would not agree with it being a cash endeavor.  The SCA champions volunteerism.  Many of us do things for the love of our friends and the Dream that could earn us money.  
> 
> Your servant
> Donal Mac Ruiseart