08-23-2006, 06:41 AM
Woady my boy!
Oh how many ours of this didn´t I have during my adolesent years! Stareing out the window at a grey sky wishing I was in another time. Even my mom said she wondered if I wasn´t born in the wrong time. But... the great thing about the 20:th century in combination with the free parts of the world is the opportunity to choose. I have choosen to live in a house with my partner, to have a ordinary job so I can treat her to lots of things and still have some bucks over for my crazy hobbies. One of my sisters fell in love with the scandinavian mountains and the native people of scandinavia - the sami - found one to live with up in a cabbin, hearding raindeer and forge knifes and such. The freedom of choise.
You can choose to be only the exiting parts of a roman, skip all the drow slave dutys or simple workman chores of most people of thet time.
You can choose to fight almost full deadly bloodsport fights, become a UFC fighter or just join a streetgang. You can choose to join the army and go do stuff that is very simillar to a lefinarys life, polising stufff, march, train and once or twice in your servis go to war and see action.
I have a great admiration for what reenactors do. But I also see where you come from in the fighting issue. So my advice to you is do the reenactment thing with longterm collecting of kit. Besides this you should check out a Historical Martial Arts organisation to learn the real deal as close as we can get in modern times without acctually injure someone.
please check out links like
www.thearma.org
www.aemma.com
www.hemac.com
But above all be very greatful you ar born a free person in a free society with the freedom to control your own life...
Think about it...
Oh how many ours of this didn´t I have during my adolesent years! Stareing out the window at a grey sky wishing I was in another time. Even my mom said she wondered if I wasn´t born in the wrong time. But... the great thing about the 20:th century in combination with the free parts of the world is the opportunity to choose. I have choosen to live in a house with my partner, to have a ordinary job so I can treat her to lots of things and still have some bucks over for my crazy hobbies. One of my sisters fell in love with the scandinavian mountains and the native people of scandinavia - the sami - found one to live with up in a cabbin, hearding raindeer and forge knifes and such. The freedom of choise.
You can choose to be only the exiting parts of a roman, skip all the drow slave dutys or simple workman chores of most people of thet time.
You can choose to fight almost full deadly bloodsport fights, become a UFC fighter or just join a streetgang. You can choose to join the army and go do stuff that is very simillar to a lefinarys life, polising stufff, march, train and once or twice in your servis go to war and see action.
I have a great admiration for what reenactors do. But I also see where you come from in the fighting issue. So my advice to you is do the reenactment thing with longterm collecting of kit. Besides this you should check out a Historical Martial Arts organisation to learn the real deal as close as we can get in modern times without acctually injure someone.
please check out links like
www.thearma.org
www.aemma.com
www.hemac.com
But above all be very greatful you ar born a free person in a free society with the freedom to control your own life...
Think about it...
