Newbie help

Kirk Preston · Post by **Kirk Preston** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:02 am

Hi, Im new to the forum, a bit of background about how I came to be here; I have been collecting old and rare books pertaining to martial arts, (mostly around late 19th early 20th century) and recently wanted to expand my knowledge to western fighting arts further back in time. I saw the pictures from the codex wallerstein and that sparked my imagination. I live in the north west of england and would like to know where I can find someone to help me train with renaissance methods. My background in martial arts is several years of karate as a child, more recently submission wrestling and MMA, ive had some training with weapons such as knives, nunchucks and batons but i would like to expand specifically to swords. If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated, Thanks.

Jon Pellett · Post by **Jon Pellett** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:43 am

Try the group finder here:

http://www.communitywalk.com/european_m ... map/942724

Or the British Histroical Fencing Society:

http://thebfhs.org.uk/groups

Good luck!

Anthony Wright · Post by **Anthony Wright** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:49 pm

what is the first training aid a novice should invest in?

Sal Bertucci · Post by **Sal Bertucci** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:18 pm

A longsword. Either a waster or a blunt.

Sal