Practitioners in IL or St. Louis

[Michael Elmore]

Hey folks. Just wanted to see if there are any study groups or Western martial arts practitioners in decent driving distance of where I'm at. I live about an hour due west of Springfield, Illinois in a small town called Winchester but I make frequent visits (about once a month, sometimes more) to St. Louis area (Fenton to be exact) since I have family down there. I work primarily with longsword but I do some shield and buckler work as well. Coming from an area made up of farming communities, there's not a whole lot of people interested in history or martial learning so I just wanted to put a post out there to see if anyone's nearby who studies.

[Stacy Clifford]

Yes, contact Andrew Ulrich from ARMA St. Louis. His email is on our Practice Partners page:

http://www.thearma.org/Practice/partners.htm

Andrew is a great guy to work with; very knowledgeable and very athletic. You will definitely learn from him.

[Michael Elmore]

Thanks! I sent him an email.

[Roger Norling]

Not ARMA, but there are some very good people practicing in Lincoln, Illinois. Chris Vanslambrouck is the man to talk to. A bit of a distance though.