The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts

I've been reading the 'New to ARMA?' article and 'Study of Renaissance Martial Arts' and I'm a wee bit confused.

There is no ARMA group in Denmark, so I can't join an existing group. So I'm wondering: What would I be doing if I join ARMA.

My goal is to learn to handle swords. Mainly the ...

Its not official yet...but I don't think I'm going to London anyway. I think I was supposed to start on the 1st of september, but I still don't have a place to live. I set a deadline of 25th of august, if I haven't got a room/appartment and official enrollment at UCL I won't go. So as soon as its ...

Actually I don't know where I'm going to live yet...I'm going to study abroad for my 9th semester and I decided to go to London. The deal with UCL is ok I think, but the living arrangements haven't been cleared yet. So sadly its still an 'if'.

Jacob

Matt Easton. Got it. I hope there is not a lot of those in London !

Jacob

Heya,

I might go to London in the fall for 1 semester of my studies...I was wondering if there is anyone in London to train with? If there is I'll hurry up and join the ARMA, else I'll prolly have to wait till February.

I just got hold of the book 'Medieval Swordmanship', by John Clement. Any ...

I don't know who posted that. I'm as much in the dark on that as you. I'm quoted but without proper quote tags...I sense something foul afoot.

Jacob

LafayetteCCurtis wrote:BTW, Hank Reinhardt's article is a worthy read in this regard:

http://www.thearma.org/essays/hype.htm

I read that one I thought it was great fun! He does have a good point about people idolizing katanas and other Japanese swords.

Jacob

I read that essay loosely a couple of times. It seems to deal with continental European 2 handed great swords. The designs in the essay seems to be distinctivly different from the claymores.

So...in these forums...what do people mean when saying 'claymore'?

Jacob

Heya,

I'm new here and this is my first post. Sadly I'm not an ARMA member yet, but I think I will be in some time!

On a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland I acquired a Scottish Claymore. A large 2 handed sword. The salesman told me quite a few things about it. And I sorta want to know more about ...