The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts

Horses wear armor too.

The Armaria has some very good drills for solo practitioners

Hey!

We're not a "group", but there are some of us in the area. I live is Castle Rock.

PM me for more info.

Sal Bertucci

A longsword. Either a waster or a blunt.

Sal

Don't think so b/c many of the text is extremely similar to what we see in Durer's sketch book.

Sal

Talhoffer has some plays where he uses a mace in judicial duels. He has similar ones with swords. It might be beneficial to anylizing the differences between the two.

Sal

The bolongese schools have series of set plays that are a more formalized florysh.

I've mainly used the sword and buckler ones though.

My understanding is that it is a translation from the original text. Not all WMA authors are equal.

sharpening them up is less of an issue than blunting them down. The Albion Maestro line has a rounded edge that has consistently proven safe without any armor at all.

Many of the other blunts have a square edge that can still leave nasty cuts. The steel is also not as good so it wears down faster ...

In the past I would specifically go to parks with large pavilions in case of inclement weather. There was never anyone at the park in those days anyway.

YMCA's etc. usually will want to charge for the building (which is understandable) so that increases price and decreases other people's ...

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That is essentially correct.

That being said, as a culture in general we are much more particular about "naming" things than our for-bearers were. I've seen several instances where a waster or other trainer comes out, and we hem and haw about the handle being too long for a longsword, or the blade ...

Modern names seem to be there for marketing purposes only.

It's a sword designed for two hands.

That looks Awesome!

John Grey!

Welcome! I live in Parker, CO, and there is actually another ARMA member Andrew Weems that lives in Denver. Feel free to send either of us a PM, and we can work out a time to get some training in!

Look forward to hearing from you!