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I'm a four year member of the ARMA who recently moved to Denver, CO from Austin, TX, and am looking for sparring partners and potential members to study with in the mile high city. My main focuses are on combat wrestling, knife/dagger work, and longsword. Practice consists primarily of sparring and ...

An interesting thread.

Man, that's a good quote... I think this calls for a new signature.

Certainly these elements are important secondary effects and motivations attached to the study of martial arts, but it seems that the primary goal and outcome of one's efforts should be defense. The relative likelihood of experiencing potentially lethal personal combat across regions and centuries d...

While the term "counter-cut" can mean different things depending on who's using it, it most often refers to the concept of Versetzen (translating to "displacing" or "breaking"). The sources teach that when an enemy cuts at you, the most desirable response is to cut back...