The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts

Kevin,

Fair enough! I appreciate the heads up, as I wasn't aware of much of that. I assumed that the 'dress-up' and costumes were simply part of an attempt to fight in a more authentic setting, though personally I don't see much value in it. I'm not interested in re-enactments - mostly I just long ...

Greetings,

I am posting in hopes that someone will have information as to whether the following "school" in Syracuse is still active, and if they are, what their contact information might be. I have already attempted emailing the address which is listed on their website, but am hoping someone might ...

This is fairly random, but I just happened upon a link to a new line of longsword NERF is putting out.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/03/not-at-all-safe-the-nerf-marauder-longsword.ars

Looks like they've got some sturdiness to them, just wondering if anyone else has seem ...

As for the DarkFury guys I meant more these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/user/DarkFury#p/u/7/jtisxi1dxdY

People like Forte are a pretty good resource for technical study - they are technically often quite correct. It's bringing it to bear in practice where they fall a bit short, so always make sure to take what they say with a grain of salt for sparring.

This is what I had noticed about a lot of ...

Whee! So the Brian Hunt wasters just arrived this last week, and boy do they feel different in the bind than wood covered in cardboard and duct tape...

Here are some pictures of how I decided to wrap the hilt, if anyone is interested:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mg7rOvPI7_I/SvW3Wu_w_PI ...

Roy Stewart wrote:Thanks Mike, when struck the sword rings with two discernable notes at a 6th interval, I don't know if that means anything.

Major or minor 6th? Forgive my nerdy music student curiosity...

I've been using mine for a couple months now, no problems with it. Aside from the fact that it's not a coveted BH helm...

Does anyone have this? Is it worth it?

The reviews look really good...

There's a really nice explanation here on the ARMA website, complete with pictures:

http://www.thearma.org/essays/mastercuts.html

For those of you who haven't heard about this yet... I thought you might get a kick out of it!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/15/sam ... index.html

Well, saturday was cut short due to a certain not-me-someone being a bit hung over (strikes to the head don't really help). We did successfully affix some strips of cardboard to the dowel wasters we're using which created a much more visible and (I think) helpful flat/edge. Yay productive something ...

AP,

We're getting together for a bit tomorrow, we'll definitely give that a try, thanks!

1. Thanks!

2. We've commented on this when we're sparring - still attempting to get over our preconceived notions of trying to "tag" each other.

3-4. We're working on this, again, preconceived notions of moving on a line... it's a hard habit to break. Sometimes we triumph over it and most of ...

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Perhaps due to the somewhat thrust centric nature of previous styles we have both studied (my brother-in-law and I) - we're having trouble making the transition to full-bodied cuts.

I'm not a member of arma yet (the moment I'm not behind on rent, basically...), so I quite understand if none ...