[MR] Martial Sponsors for non-martial people

[JBRMM266 at aol.com]

Duchess Padraigin wrote:
 
I wonder if the fighters are interesting in sponsoring non-fighters to  learn 
about arts martial?

 
Here is one fighter who would.
 
I don't think it's necessary for all to learn HOW to fight, necessarily,  but 
it would be of worth, as Her Garace wrote, for more non-fighters to learn  
ABOUT fighting, both in a historical context and how it is done in the  SCA.
 
I might invite someone to done armour just to get the feel of what it's  like 
to wear it, perhaps swing a couple of moderate blows at them so they have  
some sense of that, and have them swing a couple at me as well. Sauce for the  
goose, as they say.
 
I would explain the appearance and function of different types of armour  as 
well, perhaps parade several fighters before  them in different arraays  to 
give some idea of the diversity of ways in which we guard ourselves from  harm.
 
I would explain at some length the different forms of tourneys, the way  in 
which one advances and how one might win.  And do the same for the  different 
kinds of melées and battles as well. 
 
All this, of course, is mostly talk.  Anyone who knows me knows I  can do 
THAT!  But if someone were willing to take a closer look at the  fighter's world, 
I would invite them to attach themselves to a fighter for  a short span of 
time, even the duration of one event, to accompany and  perhaps assist the 
fighter in what they do in the course of a fighting event.  This may prove an 
eye-opener for some.
 
And it would be the honour and pleasure of 
 
Your servant 
Donal




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