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As I see it Arma exists to revive and research European historical martial arts but from a self defense standpoint I would say it is lackluster , primarily because of the focus on the longsword,a weapon that you probably would never use,you might be able to use the grappling and knife material the ...

Besides from the test cutting that I saw guys using their strongest strike cut through of a pig carcass,sometimes midway and sometimes around a quarter,with their strongest strike. Hi Jack, About four years ago we did the target testing, and we cut from kron just as JC explains... Sadly we don´t ha...

When fighting (and you fight like you train) you almost all the time you need to move your feet when cutting, because you are either closing in, or trying to achieve a better leverage while cutting, counter cutting, counter thrusting or just thrusting, from the top of my head, the Masters say: -Cons...

How exactly is a prize fight different from a tournament??? ARMA's Prize playing, are about the prizer, not his opponents. The prizer must demostrate to his fellow scholars apptitude physically and emotionally to fight using the weapon, there are no rules to constraint what you can do or what you c...

Hi all!!! Thanks for the link Vincent! I disagree with the reasoning and conclusion of the author, even though his logic seems straight foward, the author dismisses the whole idea of violence, injury and the teachings of the Masters. I´ll show you my point. Look at this video: (please be aware of gr...

Hi Vincent!!!! Sorry for late reply! It has been a good discussion!!! And it is a long reply (sorry, but try to bare with me) I hope that my comments do not come by as preaching or anything else than my opinions and points of view and my sincere doubts about tournaments, and I'm not interest in peop...

Hey Jonathan!!! Just wanted to be sure that I'm not targeting with my comments any event or group, but rather specifically the idea of tournaments... :) I wanted to address his original though of even to go, as you can still go to an event and not fight in the tournament (many people don’t,) usually...

Manciolino (1531) hints at the rules used (in terms of points and also with a possible reference to the afterblow) in his book. I gather other Bolognese authors do so too, and teach slightly different tactics for play and for fight (spada da giocco and spada da filo). Thibault mentions in several p...

First off events like fechtschuleamerica or combat con etc. are more than just the tournament, Hi Jonathan!! Just to clarify this is not about a specific event, but rather the discussion focuses on the idea of tournaments... also this is not a discussion about seminars/classes... Rule: Rules are es...

So then, should we stop playing the prize? That can be viewed as a sport or tournament since we keep score and determine if someone wins...or are we just validating or proving their skill? Hi Chris! Prize playings are quite different from tournaments, they serve a different purpose, they are about ...

Hi William, My opinion is that as a novice you should start as early as possible to read the manuals and take an effort to understand them by going out to practice, just as Master L said "For practice is better than art, your exercise does well without the art, but the art is not much good with...

Hans, What I find amusing is the statement that "Europeans" fill offended because someone made the homework for them, took the effort for them, took the risks and was invited to present the "Just Cause" for our Art for them, was successful, and was invited to take part... You kn...

Hans, What I find amusing is the statement that "Europeans" fill offended because someone made the homework for them, took the effort for them, took the risks and was invited to present the "Just Cause" for our Art for them, was successful, and was invited to take part... How own...

This is true, and to understand how the Europeans feel you need to look at it from a prospective of being ‘outside ARMA.’ What is kind of an obvious thing that occurs to the Europeans is that ARMA, which may be international, is an organization originated and largely based in the US and has been se...

Hans, I really don't understand your comments... I speak for myself not for the ARMA and this is my personal opinion: *ARMA was invited to join the World Martial Arts Union *Martial Arts of Renassaince Europe are now recognized as martial art, the ARMA made the case for our art to be an "Intang...