Re: Acknowledgement

["Susan and Frank Downs" <sfdowns@pinn.net>]

Title: Re: Acknowledgement

My Lord,

I have never fought his Grace that I can remember and , really, barely know him.  My letter was not intended to characterize him, or his fighting, but rather the views he was espousing.  I don't want anyone to "go easy on" anyone; I want bouts to be determined by skill rather than tolerance for pain.

Sincerely,

Takenoshita Naro (m.k.a. Frank Downs)

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From: phillip jones <jonesj@InfoAve.Net>
To: merry rose <atlantia@atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: RE: Acknowledgement
Date: Tue, Feb 9, 1999, 9:12 AM


> I fight for a variety of reasons. I fight to stave off old age.  I  fight to test and celebrate my own health and recovery from injury. I fight for a sense of camaraderie. I also fight because I truly enjoy the competition. I've had the fortune to train with Logan, and disagree strongly with your characterization of him.
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> When I step out onto the field with Logan to train, there is a clear demarcation. He teaches, I learn. When I step onto the field with him in a tourney things change drastically: I challenge him. I would be livid and furious were I to discover that he had gone easy on me in a tournament for any reason. It is, in my mind, an honor that he goes after me hard. I wouldn't have it any other way.
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