New to the subject and need help

[Dylan palmer]

Hello,members of the arma my name is Dylan palmer and im new to the study of historical fencing but am greatly interested.But i have a few problems: being 13 i cannot sign up for an associate membership and the youth group is out of the question beacuse i have no chance of home schooling.
beacause of this my resourses for training are limated to what is offered on the arma web page.equipment and sparring partners is no problem its just becoming a member that is holding me back.if any one can steer me in the right diccertion to start practacing historic fencing i would be forever in your dept. thank you all in advance

Dylan

P.S: im studying the unarmoured long sword as best i can with what is offered in the articals and essays page and in the historic manuals page.

[SzabolcsWaldmann]

Hey, I'm not even near you, but one advise I can give:
never give up, never surrender!

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Szab

[Neil Bockus]

Hey there,

I'm pretty new to this scene also; due to college it's hard to get around to practicing. Something I can suggest is to check out fightbooks by Masters like Talhoffer, or look for books in the research and reading section. Being as young as you are, it may be better to go to a library rather than start dropping fair sums of money on books and manuals. There's also tons of information right here. Really, the best advice I can give you is to keep up the study and practice. Try to interpret what you see and what you read; find how it works or how the fighters got from point A to point B and never give up.