Arnamara household, SCA & fighting

Jan 27, 2005 19:47

So after months and months, I am finally recovering from the SCA fatigue and ready to start playing again...we'll be heading to Lincoln for Rent-A-Don - my first event after our stepping down in the summer last year and I have just realised I am quite looking forward to it. Those who prophesised that the general tiredness and fed-upness with certain aspects of the game shall pass and the good aspects will weight out the bad ones were correct yet again.
I miss my SCA friends, I miss the fun of socialising and the general silliness & light heartedness and the being away from the mundanities of the everyday life...and yeah I do also miss the pretty dresses and accessories (blame Lucrezia specifically on the accessories part!).
And I have to own up to the fact that I do miss the fighting (that is the fighting on the field, you know the one when you put your armour on and hit your friends, let them hit you and you have a great time bashing on each other), and all the battle boasting and the general macho-ism regarding "those great multicoloured bruises" - simply the whole camaraderie as well as the adrenalin rush…fun fun fun.

I've started to practice, no pressure, no big goals, just hitting the pel a couple of times a week for ten fifteen minutes, carefully avoiding the 'Tanya's bane' = getting frustrated with slow progress. Keeping my mind relaxed is the name of the game. Yeah, I must say I suspect I am getting older and wiser, don't you think? (well, actually, do not answer that one please)
I promised to myself I shall not hit the field, not even the practice field, until I have a set of armour that is perfect for my physique - light, snug, and as little restrictive as possible.
At the moment all I do is hit the pel, which is painted with coloured lines about 10cm apart - yes I'm going for precision here, just practicing basic shots right and left-handed nothing more...for the time being.

I would like to resurrect the fighting household of ArnaMara, get some activity going. I'll need to grovel with Thorngrove (again :) and see if she would be willing to resurrect the ArnaMara website. I do want to post some articles on fighting, history & armour patterns, and get some pics (Warbands' ones of Val's Angels really ought to go there, as well as pics of all of us that are part of it).
I'll also keep a 'Fighting Journal'. I know it's all very ambitious but I have to ride the wave of enthusiasm and motivation while it’s here.
I'm also hoping to finally realise the idea of 'theatrical shows' at SCA events, some with Stage&Screen combat stuff - I still want to do an SCA spoof on the famous sword choreography/scene from The Princess Bride! Well, I’ll just have to get my ass in gear and organise regular training, meetings and rope people into it.
I shall see what can be done when I come back from the Bohemian trip.
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