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Thank you for the advice on sparring equipment everyone I think I will buy a pair of padded weapons for sparring, I have some control from sport fencing but the techniques for genuine martial arts are different and I can't even say that about some of my potential sparring parters. I'll also purchase...

I've been doing some more research into what would be safe for contact sparring and it looks like Lancelot Chan's RSW with a fencing helmet and gloves would probably be the best to use? I'm focusing a lot on the contact sparring because from my reading it seems like the best way to verify that a tec...

Hi, I've been reading the articles on ARMA for a long time now and I'm really interested in teaching myself western martial arts. I'm wondering what equipment and information I would need to get started? I have been looking at John Clements book, Medieval Swordsmanship, and the With Intent wasters f...