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Hey all! Well, with Shane very busy these days with twins, and me spending far too much time in RI (and woefully far too little in Virginia Beach), I am looking for some folks in southern New England (MA/RI/CT) who may be interested in training 2x/week. Any solo members in the area, please give an e...

When I worked in armour all the time, I'd be in it for 4-6 hours at a stretch in 90+ degree weather. It's not a problem when you're used to it. Yeh dude...but then you'd be all icky sticky and no fun to grapple with... :-) I think the biggest challenge in the harness is the gambeson. Mine is well p...

I work and am a full-time music student (practice 6+ hours a day)... not a lot of spare time for practicing with swords just at the moment. Gotta wait for the dust to settle. Good work can be done in even 20 minutes a day. 20 minutes a day, every day, is better than 5 hours one day a week. There's ...

Folks: As someone who has just recently finished assembling his harness from a study group where harnessfechten was historically a regular training regimen, I am of course curious how many other of our fellow practice partners regularly train "in" and "for" harness fighting? (Sha...

Shane: I will be coming back home to check on things the week after next as well. I will telephone, but are we still going to train in the Park? I seem to recall as weather turned we always went to the Church gymn. Please advise so I can pack training gear to travel as appropriate. Joshua, Michael, ...

Some recent discussions had me wondering if I had a really good definition of this question. For example, no one can doubt the fighting prowess of say, the Vikings, however no one truly thinks of Viking martial arts that I am aware of. However, culturally, there are those who have always had good fi...

Hey Caleb. I bought an Albion Mercenary for my sharp and it is either a type 15 or a type 18 (I believe).... This blade does not cut as well as my (much broader) Arbedo sharp, but it does cut. Thrusting with it is very easy on tougher targets and I believe it represents the later period trend to go ...

David! Hey man, good to hear from you. For a while I will be up North here. If you ever get back into RI, give me a shout as well and I will train with you. Haven't been back home in quite a few weeks though and miss the OBX... Anyhoo, as someone who used to make the drive each Saturday morn to VAB ...

Shane Smith wrote:Maybe that is it! I'm not scowling though...fencing is very serious business

Check your voice messages...I am looking to get a bunch of dates firmed up to get back home and train regularly each month..lol... we'll keep our game on...

That and rapier just never struck me as "manly" enough...and I like George Silvers manner of writing in an unbiased way on the matter :lol: Nice, Shane... That being said, you know I still like the rapier best....but I too love the longsword and in a fight for the life, would rather a spe...

Hey David...

I am up in New England right now for a spell... If you PM me sometime as to when you train on the weekends, I wouldn't mind blasting down to the city a time or two each month to train with you folks.
-Rod

Hey folks: ARMA-Virginia Beach study group members Brit & Rod are now in southern New England for what looks like an extended stay (as her school and my work has caused a change in geography)....sooooo........while it outright sucks to be so far from Shane and Matt, we still are practicing -but ...

Ain't no joke! I've been focusing on doing much the same here as well....only for me the number is more like 10-12, lol, not 8-10. So dang true! Reminds me of a much earlier topic of discussion we all had re: core strength, Farmer Burns workouts, and the "A" word...athleticism...in our tra...

Thanks everyone. Indeed, motivation is key to all practices, especially when the weather is cold like now. I'll get out flouryshing, and hopefully some of my friends will be willing once I explain I won't hurt them. Again, thanks everyone!!! Britney Thornton Alright kiddo, this is your father talki...

Hey Ben. If you are serious about learning a martial art, then consider yourself fortunate with only having an hour's drive to the nearest ARMA study group. (Which one is it?) -For a couple of years I had about 1.5 hrs. each way, but made the trip every week to train, until being able to relocate to...