Comments on: In Violent Glory http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/ "Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them." - Albert Einstein Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amalric http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-2786 Amalric Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:14:39 +0000 http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/#comment-2786 I always salute my lady, even when she is not able to be at the list field. I do it loudly and with love in my heart! ~Amalric I always salute my lady, even when she is not able to be at the list field. I do it loudly and with love in my heart!
~Amalric

]]> By: William McNaughton http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-1626 William McNaughton Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:10:29 +0000 http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/#comment-1626 Aron, In those circumstances, I always salute the Queen. Will Aron,
In those circumstances, I always salute the Queen.

Will

]]> By: Kayley http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Kayley Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:29:23 +0000 http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/#comment-321 Aron has two chieftains to fight for...lol! But then again, I do have a man who fights, and does carry my favor on the field and in his heart. He knows there are times when I can not be at the side of the field when he is fighting, due to a particular class or meeting held at the same time, but he also knows that when that class or meeting is over, I will make my way back to the field. That being said, Bri, your words still inspire me to be an even better consort to my guy...I don't want to think of him standing on that field, looking around for me so that he can make his salute and not finding me...that thought is enough to break my heart. Aron has two chieftains to fight for…lol! But then again, I do have a man who fights, and does carry my favor on the field and in his heart. He knows there are times when I can not be at the side of the field when he is fighting, due to a particular class or meeting held at the same time, but he also knows that when that class or meeting is over, I will make my way back to the field.
That being said, Bri, your words still inspire me to be an even better consort to my guy…I don’t want to think of him standing on that field, looking around for me so that he can make his salute and not finding me…that thought is enough to break my heart.

]]> By: Kat http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Kat Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:08:22 +0000 http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/#comment-315 Marvin, I think you did that for me a long, long time ago. Aron, you could always fight for your chieftain :D Marvin, I think you did that for me a long, long time ago.

Aron, you could always fight for your chieftain :D

]]> By: Marvin http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Marvin Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:49:32 +0000 http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/#comment-312 Aron, my friend I had that problem for some time before I met Gwyneth (yes, there was a time before...). The way I solved it was to find a lady for the day - usually I would ask the seneschal or marshal of the local group if there was a lady that didn't have a fighter in the list. I fought for sixty-something grandmas and six year-old girls and everything in between. I would make a show of it and no one ever turned me down. I still do this on occasion with my lady's blessing when I travel without her - and then I have two salutes to make! A couple of years ago, I ran into one of those little girls that I fought for so many years ago. She introduced me to her husband and daughter as 'her fighter'. Cool, huh? Aron, my friend I had that problem for some time before I met Gwyneth (yes, there was a time before…). The way I solved it was to find a lady for the day – usually I would ask the seneschal or marshal of the local group if there was a lady that didn’t have a fighter in the list. I fought for sixty-something grandmas and six year-old girls and everything in between. I would make a show of it and no one ever turned me down. I still do this on occasion with my lady’s blessing when I travel without her – and then I have two salutes to make!

A couple of years ago, I ran into one of those little girls that I fought for so many years ago. She introduced me to her husband and daughter as ‘her fighter’. Cool, huh?

]]> By: Sheila http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Sheila Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:55:53 +0000 http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/#comment-310 Many ladies who don't have partners who play or just don't have partners would be honored to allow fighters to fight for them. Many ladies who don’t have partners who play or just don’t have partners would be honored to allow fighters to fight for them.

]]> By: Erin/ Naqid http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Erin/ Naqid Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:11:33 +0000 http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/#comment-307 Thats very moving, Bri and worth more the just striving for. Thats very moving, Bri and worth more the just striving for.

]]> By: Aron http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Aron Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:47:45 +0000 http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/#comment-305 Having read Sarah's original blog, Bri's two blogs, and all the commentary, I would like to add one bit of extra perspective. I am have not been a heavy fighter in a long time and never fought in a Crown Tourney, so I have nothing to add about that. I have been a light fighter now for a little over 3 years. My wife, who will soon by my ex-wife, is not a SCAdian. She hasn't been to an event since long before I authorized with a rapier. There is this lovely custom we in the SCA do at the beginning of a tourney fight. We make our salutes, and one of those salutes is to the one whose token you bear. The one you fight for. Your consort. Your mate. Time after time, touney after tourney, I have stood there and made no motion as my opponent turned and made that salute. What else was I to do? I wasn't fighting for anyone's honor by my own. While it's certainly nothing insurmountable or pschologically crippling, it feels LONELY! It's the proverbial "third wheel" feeling, with everybody watching. I have envied those of you who had someone to fight for, or someone fighting for you. If you have someone that shares your hobby as well as your life, don't take that gift for granted. No matter if you're standing inside the field or outside of it, appreciate what you've got and let your partner know that you do. It may or may not make anybody fight better or worse, but it's got to be better than just standing there. Having read Sarah’s original blog, Bri’s two blogs, and all the commentary, I would like to add one bit of extra perspective.

I am have not been a heavy fighter in a long time and never fought in a Crown Tourney, so I have nothing to add about that. I have been a light fighter now for a little over 3 years. My wife, who will soon by my ex-wife, is not a SCAdian. She hasn’t been to an event since long before I authorized with a rapier.

There is this lovely custom we in the SCA do at the beginning of a tourney fight. We make our salutes, and one of those salutes is to the one whose token you bear. The one you fight for. Your consort. Your mate. Time after time, touney after tourney, I have stood there and made no motion as my opponent turned and made that salute. What else was I to do? I wasn’t fighting for anyone’s honor by my own.

While it’s certainly nothing insurmountable or pschologically crippling, it feels LONELY! It’s the proverbial “third wheel” feeling, with everybody watching. I have envied those of you who had someone to fight for, or someone fighting for you.

If you have someone that shares your hobby as well as your life, don’t take that gift for granted. No matter if you’re standing inside the field or outside of it, appreciate what you’ve got and let your partner know that you do. It may or may not make anybody fight better or worse, but it’s got to be better than just standing there.

]]> By: Gwyneth http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Gwyneth Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:29:34 +0000 http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/#comment-288 I can say honestly that Marvin does all the things that you say a fighter should do - and not only in the SCA, but in his daily life. It is easy to be the consort of such a man. I can say honestly that Marvin does all the things that you say a fighter should do – and not only in the SCA, but in his daily life. It is easy to be the consort of such a man.

]]> By: Kat http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Kat Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:59:17 +0000 http://mylevelofawareness.com/2006/09/19/in-violent-glory/#comment-286 Wow. I need to share this with my husband. Wow. I need to share this with my husband.

]]>