Re: fighting

[Erikawful@aol.com]

Poster: Erikawful@aol.com

In a message dated 99-02-09 02:30:35 EST, you write:

> This
>  kind of fighter, the true amateur, should be encouraged, and is really whom
>  the list should be run for.  They are fighting's lifeblood, and without
them
>  this art will wither and die, no matter how many dukes there are.
>  
>  In somewhat indignant service,
>  
>  Takenoshita Naro

Well said, Naro-San!  Does anybody remember Tarn of No City? This guy took
FIVE YEARS to get authorized. I was the first person ever killed by him in a
tourney. I was sitting in a chair, using a bastard sword, versus him with
sword and big heater shield. He had Sir Axel of Taavistia coaching him blow-
by-blow through the process of killing me. Tarn kept fighting for years,
without ever losing his warrior spirit.

If you took Tarn's martial spirit, and imbued someone with even my meager
talent with it, that individual would be a Duke.

Erich von Kleinfeld
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