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As of right now, I'm in D.C. with my family. In a week, I'll be off to Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. I may be able to make it down, anyway.

Thanks for the offer! The only thing preventing me from working with the D.C. group is the fact that we're still moving in and my help is needed around the house most of the time. I'll be back home on holidays and breaks though, and hopefully things will be more settled.

As for the 1.0 in ...

Currently I live in D.C., but I'll probably move up to MA permanently sometime next year. It's actually really easy for me to find a ride into Boston, lots of students go at least once a month.

Ah, gotcha.

The admissions policy makes perfect sense. I would expect no less from any organization trying to be true to its vision- It's one of the things that is very attractive about ARMA. I was only lamenting the fact that, assuming I sent in my application right now and was accepted, it would be almost an ...

Interesting article, with which I fully agree. One thing though:

On the "Expert Consultants" page of the ARMA website it describes Peter Fuller as a Master Armorer and Paul Champaign as a master swordsmith- in the same sentence as he is described as rediscovering techniques.

Seems the word is ...

Books for someone with no experience...
Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Art of the Longsword is a well illustrated book that is newbie friendly. If you are going to be doing rapier, i like Fabris.

Once you know the basics enough to be able to read a text heavy book, and know the terminology, i ...

As one college student to another, the easiest way to recruit is to head to the quad and start swinging swords at a like minded partner once you find one. Practice is public and you will pull them in.

Heh, something about college age boys and swords I suppose.

Any particular recommendations ...

Thanks for your input (and more importantly, encouragement)!

I'll be going to Hampshire College, which is huge on independant study and self-motivation. I could use WMA as my senior project/thesis if I wanted to, especially the scholarly aspects. Secondly, it's part of the five-college consortium ...

Greetings all!
WMA has managed to grab my attention like nothing else. I recently stumbled across this site and have spent the last several days gobbling up all the wonderful articles and reading through the instruction manuals. I've been so inspired that one of the first things I am going to do ...