Thank you for the offer. It still might be a while before I can manage the trip but it could work out. It would certainly be easier than driving to Indiana.
I'll get back to you on this. It might be a while but I won't forget.
Although I'm more interested in longswords it couldn't hurt. The more the merrier right? Just as long as he lives close enough. I'm on the Illinois side of the river, which is still pretty close to St. Louis, but it's much easier for people to recognize the name St. Louis than some middle sized town...
Unless I'm mistaken the closest one appears to be about half a country away though. Even local travel is quite difficult for me at present... going across four to five states or more is out of the question. Reading and waiting will have to do for now I guess. I have another question though. Which is...
I don't really know what to expect from the administration here. It's a community college and they tend to be more restrictive than private universities. There don't have any similar clubs that I know of either. They probably have wrestling but adding swords to the mix will change things in their ey...
What about left handed people fighting right handed? How do you compensate for the awkward positioning that arises from simply mirroring the techniques? I ask because I'm heavily left handed in most things. The only thing I really do with my right hand that I can't with my left is operating the comp...
What, if any, special considerations are there for fighting left handed? Do you simply take what is written or shown and reverse it or is that a flawed assumption?
I had the same thought. I can't say I wouldn't prefer to have someone who already knows what they're doing to help out, but at least I have all the information provided on the site. The most important thing is to at least find someone reliable to practice with. Another possibility might be to start ...
Although I'd certainly love to attend one of the events or visit a study group that isn't really an option for me at the moment and won't be for the foreseeable future. After that answer I have a bad feeling there aren't many of you guys around my area. St. Louis is supposed to be a major city of so...
Well, the topic title pretty much says everything. I'm very interested in all this but I can't seem to find anyone in the area beyond the LARPing types and... I'd like to avoid that. So if any of you live in this area and happen to be looking for an absolute beginner to get started with or teach tha...
