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ARMA
Southern Knights 2004
New
Orleans, February 28th & 29th
Two
days of intense hardcore Renaissance Martial Arts training
Special classes, presentations, and lectures
in a range of historical weapons and skills
A mix of weapons and styles for all
levels of experience.
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Schedule:
Saturday
8:30 AM - undirected warm up (if space available)
9:00 - Introduction & preliminary remarks
9: 30 - 10:30 - Longsword Fundamentals - Core Stances (John
Clements)
10:30 - 12:00 - Longsword Mastercuts - (Jacob Norwood)
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch Break & Q&A session (a lunch
run will be made or attendees can leave on their own).
1:00 - 3:30 - Dagger Fighting Methods and Techniques - (Ron
Harris)
3:30 - 4:30 - Kampfringen: unarmed combat essentials - (Gene
Tausk)
3:30 - 4:30 - J. Meyer's Staff Fencing - (Stacy Clifford)
4:30 - 5:30 - Side-Sword/Cut & thrust - sword &
dagger foundation (John Clements)
5:30 - 6:30 - Open free-play session
8:00 - dinner social TBA
Sunday
8:30 AM - undirected warm up (if space available)
9:00 - 11:00 - An Intro to Joachim Meyer's teachings - (Jacob
Norwood)
11:00 - 12:00 - *ARMA Members: Longsword Progression - half-swording
(John Clements)
11:00 - 12:00 - Basic & Advanced Tumbling - (Gene Tausk
& Eric Wagner)
12:00 - 12:30 - snack break & Hidden History of Fencing
presentation (John Clements)
12: 30 - 1:30 - Rapier: foundation and theory - (John Clements)
12:30 - 1:30 - Introduction to Armlocks and Throws - (Jay
Vail)
1:30 - 2:30 - Ringen Essentials (Ron Harris)
1:30 - 2:30 - *ARMA Members: Free-Scholar Longsword Certification
Evaluations
2:00 - 3:00 - Open free-play session & Group free-play
battles
*Friday night members social - meet 7pm at St. Vincent's
Guest House
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ARMA member
registration: $60
Non-members open registration: $70
*Registration
is now closed.*
Location:
The Barrister's - Art Gallery
1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, New Orleans
- Parking
on site
- Sat & Sun Lunch & Dinner restaurant location TBA
- Vendors TBA
- Friday night social TBA
- Event discount rate motel TBA
- New Orleans' weather in February is cool & damp weather
and we will be outside under and covered ceilings.
Bring
your own wasters, steel blunts, sharps, rapier blades, masks/helms,
and padded weapons and be prepared for exercise, learning,
challenge and fun.
Our event
hotel is the historical St.
Vincent's Guest House. The special ARMA group rate is $25 for
shared doubles and $39 of singles. Reserve your room ASAP.
 The
New Orleans' French Quarter is unique in that it is inundated with
swords and fencing history. I always encounter a wealth of antique
blades myself in most antique shops, everything from sword canes to
Scottish backswords and Indo Persian pieces. The pubs and restaurants
reflect dueling themes and swords and armor can be spotted in many
of them. There's even an old duelling ground, armory, a militaria
shop, and an actual arms & antiquities dealer with hundreds of
swords. At one time during the 1830s there were in fact more duels
and fencing schools in the city than anywhere in Europe.
Send
registration inquries to webmaster@thearma.org
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