Wow, Waverly is about an hour and a half from murfreesboro. That's a bit far to drive. I thought that maybe some of the people I studied with perhaps monitored the forums. I'm still hoping to hear from some of them maybe. Thanks for the invite though. Well, like I said we might be able to work some...
Howdy Wayne, I don't know of anyone in the 'boro. But John Farthing and I have been meeting for practice in the Dickson / Waverly area, which is about an hour west of Nashville. Unfortunately we are somewhat irregular in meeting, due to John just moving out here and my wonky work schedule. We are tr...
Howdy, I live in Dickson, TN which is about 2hours 10 minutes by way of Mapquest. John Farthing is recently moved out here (about another 30 minutes farther on). Its a bit of a drive, but you are more than welcome. We've only had one practice but we're definately planning on more regular meetings. A...
Howdy all, Jake Norwood has been forwarding me e-mails of folks that have contacted him while he is off in Iraq. There are 5 of us who are going to try to make a go of it this Friday, Apr 18th at 5pm in Brentwood, TN. It is only going to be a couple of hours, and I'm the only ARMA member, so it is r...
I think you can do both SCA and ARMA, but you need to watch out for their mutual influence. The ARMA does not accept new members who are currently active in larping or fantasy-oriented groups such as SCA. Dual membership has proven to be unproductive in turning out good martially-effective fencers ...
There are several folks in ARMA that have SCA experience, myself included. I think you can do both SCA and ARMA, but you need to watch out for their mutual influence. My experience is that while your SCA fighting will improve with ARMA, your ARMA skills may suffer due to SCA influence. When you stud...
ARMA minimum standards are basically just your uniform (or at least wearing enough clothing to keep you from being arrested in the middle of practice). I'm not quite sure what you are asking, but here are my two answers to cover what I think you may be talking about. 1) Free play sparring: This is b...
I think it might also help to realize that ARMA is not a blindly homogenous group. Within ARMA there are still discussions and debates over a variety of things. Most are generally scholarly. :D Along the lines of this thread, not everyone in ARMA is 100% on board with the new Krumphau. That is the g...
Thanks for the replies. I do tend to forget the difference between living and dead/dried bone.
I also had not read any such discussion about ribs in the manuals (which I would presume would be important to mention if it were a concern) but I am not as widely read as some.
Howdy, Is there any evidence (perioud fighting books or medical reports) that thrusts from wider, flattened blades were oriented horizontal to thrust between the ribs? I ask after seeing Talhoffer's Nebenhut picture in Jeffery Hull's new article, where his thumb is on the blade, and remembering back...
Howdy, While there are not any sources I know of that tell how heaters were used, there might be some useful info gleaned from the "Insight from Historical Artwork" section of this page. http://www.thearma.org/arttalk/ArtTalk.htm Of course you can only trust an artists rendition of things ...
I bought the Windlass 15th Century long sword (the one with the hex pommel, thumb guards, and the wire wrap on the lower half of the hilt) from Kult of Athena. I asked about Windlass before I purchased the sword and the general reply was a Windlass can be a good low end sword, but is hit or miss. I ...
[quote="Matthew_Anderson Those don't look too bad. Anyone know how durable they are? I'd hate to shell out $65 each and break them quickly.[/quote] I have sparred with Jake using these. I use a somewhat heavy 2.2 ARMA padded sword and the padded wasters have held up well for a while now. They'v...
