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Hi Robert. The guys down in oc are really cool I have been working with them for 2 years. I live in Pomona myself. Most of them live in Anhiem, Fullerton, Tustin, and Long Beach.

Yes. I was test cutting with a longsword on 1 gallon milk jugs I filled with water. I decided to do a thrust at the milk jug from a right plough position thrusting upward into longpoint while taking a passing step forward and it went right through the jug. It took me a minute to pull the longsword o...

Hi Anthony and welcome. Glade to see there is a growing interest up there in Northern California. I know a few guys a few months back were asking if anyone was around the Frisco area but I don't remember their names. Hopefully they will chime in soon. If you are ever down in the L.A area do let us k...

My motivation for excelling in RMA is my continuous quest for knowledge of all sorts including fighting arts. I have always loved studying the Medieval time period of all nations in that period but esspically Europe during that time period. My quest for knowledge about everything during that time pe...

Hello Alan welcome to the Arma forum. Our rule about using your real legal first and last name can be found here: http://www.thearma.org/forum/index.htm It is above the "Go on to the Forms" link in white text. To answer your question we members of Arma go to primary source Fechtbuchs (figh...

I'll private message you the names of some of the members who were looking for practice parnters in your area.

I know there were two people in the San Diego area trying to find people in the area some months back. Hopefully they will post here but there were people in the area looking for practice partners. There are no study groups that I know of in San Diego right now currently.

Hello Nathan welcome to the forum. We have one study group that I know of right now in California. They practice in Tustin, CA. A bit of a drive for you I think but if you are able to make it to one of our practices we would love to have you as we are always looking for new members. We practice on F...

Thanks Steve I went there today but I am going back tomorrow I'll ask when I go back again tomorrow. P.S The armor and arms were very interesting. I can't believe Henry VIII let himself go that badly! That armor of his was huge! =O I had known in my classes that he let himself go but I couldn't beli...

Hello everyone. I was just wondering does anyone know if the Metropolitan Museum in New York City holds any of the Fechtbuchs or manuscripts or any primary source material we study for that matter? I will be visiting the museum on vacation next week and just figured I'd ask. I saw that they had quit...

Thanks Christine it was great training with you too. I had a WONDERFUL time. Despite the car problems it was still damn well worth coming out. I really enjoyed the training,discussions, and most of all just being around others that love practicing this fighting art as much as I do. Jim was an awsome...

A rather lengthy discussion took place at Arma Orange County, CA yesterday. The discussion was over something that one of our memebers said about simple stepping. He said that when ever you simple step (and by simple step it is meant the step where your leading leg advances forward while the back le...

I had trouble with the link. Here it is again for anyone else that is having trouble with it. http://www.wmaillustrated.com/

My pell seems to be very similar to yours as it is also a wooden post with a concrete base. I did infact pad my pell with some foam sticks used for swimming in pools to line the post and duck taped them to the pell. I use my single handed sword and longsword wasters against it and its held up just f...

Hey Alex I live in Pomona, CA about 20 minutes or so (Good traffic pending which we all know is just GREAT east side of l.a :roll: ) east of you. I am always looking for people to train with east of l.a so if your interested in meeting up for a practice feel free to contact me. Just private message ...