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In our group we warm up at least 15 minutes before each session. We also do alot of falling exercises. Then we try to match up one more experienced grappler with a novice in technique training. In this way the experienced one can control the speed and pace of the exerice so it fits the less experien...

I got a heavely armed danish knee in my thigh at Swordfish 2009 event.

There is a few european-made syntetic waisters. Many don´t use nylon any more because they have a tendensy to break. Several materials is used on a exprimental level right now. My friend Johan is making a CNC cut waister that has had gotten good reviews, it is in the sturdier part of the spectra. He...

There is also a maker called Pavel Moc who make useble blunts in the pricerange of 370-400 US dollars. don´t know if there is a retailer in US though. http://www.swords.cz/enindex.html Here is one of our swedish retailers webshop. I post it so you can look through the models. The prices are in SEK (...

No hard feelings mate! I know you don´t just wanted the discussion a little less contrasted. I agree that ARMA is a formidable group, the by far largest good organisation within the WMA/HEMA community.

Well, I agree with Mr Pleasant on many of the people he list here, but he forgets a few who are very good. Dave Rawlings of The Boar´s Tooth, Matt Easton of the Schola Gladiatoria, The boys in Hammaborg, Anders Linnard and Axel Pettersson of Gothenburg Historical Fencingschool to name a few. As far ...

Isn´t it the same guy as with the katana?

awful anyways... brute strength my foot.

This depends on Where and in what time you ar asking about. The easy answer is yes on both. A knight was a professional warrior from a caste or groupe in society. Very seldom you could become a knight if you wheren´t born into the class of nobles. This of course differs from diffrent areas of Europe...

Jason Taylor wrote:We here in OC ARMA would love an opportunity to work with them. PM me or respond here and let me know.

Jason

Just PM your mail to me and I send it over!

Here is a short videotribute I have done for our fellow ARMAteer and Swordsman Joachim Nilsson. He was a good friend and a fantasic fighter.

RIP Joachim 28/4 1976 - 20/7 2008

New videos up!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l4W9B_Ybmro

Hi all!

I wonder if there is some groups out there who would be interessted in taking a few of my interpretations on the Longsword part of Hans Talhoffers 1467 codex and try them out. Give me a mess if you want to.

//M

There is a HEMA group called Laurentsiusgildet in the Aarhus area if I´m not mistaken. And In Malmö there is also a group under David Lindholm who is a ARMA assosiated good Hemaist. Then you have Hammaborg whpo are in Hamburg, Schola Gladiatoria in England, Boars tooth in England, and a few others i...

Danzig for example.

Here... http://www.hammaborg.de/en/transkriptio ... stehen.php

I have just found the correct term for the manuvers I´m after - Aufstehen "Up-standing" or roughly how to get up!

Thanx all for your answers!