ARMA longsword training

[Jon Hinman]

While looking up longsword techniques on the net I came across a group called Blod, Svett och Darar. The site says that they are an ARMA study group but I haven't been able to find a link to their site through www.thearma.org. I like the fact that they combine actual photos along with the historic diagrams on their site and find this easier to understand.

The site is in a language that I don't read and is difficult at times to navigate but their "tekniker" section has an English translation. http://www.nada.kth.se/~jsh/hobby/tekniker/longsword.html

Would following their longsword instructions, along with the basics from the Meyer fechtbuch, be a good place for a beginner to start. I'm sure the ARMA members section has something similar but I don't have access to that yet.

I hope to train with the local S. Florida study group soon but working the midnight shift makes it difficult. I'm looking for something to work with in the meantime and want to make sure I don't get too far off track from the ARMA method of training. I have already ordered several books on the subject and I'm waiting to receive those also.

[Brian Hunt]

Hi Jon,

Meyer is a good manual. It has a lot of the basics written down in it. As for a good place to start. Learn your basic stances, learn to transition smoothly between them, learn your basic footwork, then learn your 8 basic cuts.

A good article on longsword stances is here

http://www.thearma.org/essays/StancesIntro.htm

hope this helps.

Brian Hunt
GFS

[JeffGentry]

Hey Jon

That site is one of our group's in Sweden, and yes the work on there site is very good stuff, there Interprutation's are very good.

Blod, Svett och Darar

Translate's to Blood sweat and tear's if i remember correctly.

Would following their longsword instructions, along with the basics from the Meyer fechtbuch, be a good place for a beginner to start

I think that is mostly Fiore, so it would be good to use with his manuel, Fiore is a little vague.

If nothing else start to read through Meyer he is one of the best technical writer's of that time period an dhis explanattion's are fairly easy to understand("easy" being a relative term in this situation).

I know how the late shift's are i work 3-11:30pm it make's it tough to have a life or to train with other's.

Jeff

[M Wallgren]

Hey Jon

That site is one of our group's in Sweden, and yes the work on there site is very good stuff, there Interprutation's are very good.


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Blod, Svett och Darar



Translate's to Blood sweat and tear's if i remember correctly.

Well almost! It´s Blood, sweat and Fools (Dårar = fools, Tårar = tears)

The site is the personal site of one of the ARMA Stockholm members and is in swedish a misch masch of jokes and some good stuff. The technic section is quite good though for a beginner and I can recomend it as such.

If you hold on other swedish groups has things cooking and soon it will be out there.

Martin

[Mike Cartier]

Meyer is an excellent beginning
Be sure to take the time at least once a month to come train with us at ARMA-SFL as we focus on Meyer as our longsword source. We will be working on Meyer's primary and secondary strikes this coming Sunday.

[Jaron Bernstein]

"Meyer he is one of the best technical writer's of that time period an dhis explanattion's are fairly easy to understand"

And how exactly do you do the Kurtzhau following his directions again? <img src="/forum/images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" />

But, yes his is the clearest out there that I am aware of.

[JeffGentry]

Hey Martin

Well almost! It´s Blood, sweat and Fools (Dårar = fools, Tårar = tears)

I was close i remember you telling me that previously. <img src="/forum/images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" />


Jaron:

I showed you my interprutation of the Kurtzhau and i think it is pretty good.


Jeff