[Artemisia] TW Reports and Spring Thaw

[Clark Otterness (Bjorn)]

Good morning John,

The Aerie is the Kingdom mailing list <Artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>

I spoke with Tomas and Symone at Crown Tourney this last weekend.  He  
is getting his equipment ready for use at Uprising but I don't think  
he will have enough to get by.  Andy, you and I should check with him  
and find out what he would like us to bring so he'll have a complete  
setup.  You did most of the work at Uprising not me.

That's exciting news about your research work.  I was pretty sure that  
Arion would be a good sounding board and he can help get it circulated  
since he is the one who runs the TWIC.  Does he know who the list  
owner is?

Blue Skies,
Bjorn



Quoting John York <johnofyork1 at yahoo.com>:

> Greetings your Excellency,
>
> I have heard from Arion in An Tir regarding my Thrown Weapons in  
> Period study and also my up-dated TW throwing instructions ( I had  
> sent him both for his comments).  Below are his comments:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> COMMENTS ON MAIN REPORT ?TW TYPES AND TW USES IN PERIOD:
>  
> It is pleasant to see something well written, thoroughly
> researched, and interesting. My only comment on this part is that   
> you repeated
> the same information in a number of sections. Given the length, you   
> might want
> to tighten this up just a bit.
>  
> I'm working on the "How to" guide right now. Again, I
> find it very well written and clearly explaining complex issues ... no easy
> task that! I have many comments for your consideration on that document. Most
> of my comments focus on how my style and what I teach differs for your style.
> You say  up front, there are many styles. I suggest that you expand this
> a bit more at the very beginning of the document. Many good throwers use a
> cross body throw. You just need to be very clear that the style   
> works but that
> is not what this document is about. From there, you can forge ahead with your
> excellent narrative about how you teach it. It just needs to be made  
>  very clear
> that other styles work,
> but this is the style you are focusing on. 
>  
> I'll probably send those along later today, if I
> get through the entire document.
>  
>  
> COMMENTS ON APPENDICES OF STUDY
>  
> Wow!  Good info. No comments other than you really have dug
> deep to find all of this.
>  
>  
> COMMENTS ON THROWING INSTRUCTIONS
>  
> Overall, great stuff, even for a research driven Laurellike myself.   
> I consider this the Science part of A&S.
> You don't document, you test by experiment. I strongly suggest that you enter
> this in an A&S competition as a Research paper. I would love to be on a
> Judge panel getting this. Most "research" papers leave a bit to be
> desired. This has meat!
>  
> I have a lot of comments. Please consider them as thoughts on how
> to improve an already fantastic document. When it is all done, I   
> would like to
> post it on the TWIC resources web page. Keep in mind that this is   
> migrating to
> a new location and the posting will not be immediate.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Regarding Spring Thaw -- You suggested posting on the kingdom  
> site the letter I had sent out to the Arn Hold folks advertising the  
> types of new weapons that will be offered at Spring Thaw.  I looked  
> at the kingdom site and am not sure where on the website it could be  
> sent from.  What did you have in mind?
>
> I am forging ahead, gearing up for Spring Thaw  -- I will have at  
> least one or two of each of the new weapon types ready for people to  
> try.  
>
> Looking ahead, I will be contacting Tomas in 1,000 Eyes soon to see  
> if he wants any help from us in running the TW program at Uprising  
> in June.  Have you heard from him?  This will be the first year that  
> you (theoretically) won't be responsible for the TW program at  
> Uprising, assuming Tomas and his wife step up to the plate!
>
> Regards,
>
> John