I need some SERIOUS help..Trying to find a class in Cali

[Max Lancaster]

I am looking all over the site and even emailed someone who was in Orange County and they never got back to me.
I would really like to join and learn how to fight with this style but I have no phone numbers or direction.
Can someone please give a guy a hand here.
I am a dedicated person. I study several different styles of combat (Kali/Krav/Boxing/Wrestling) and I am really wanting to get into this.
I live in Southren California in the 909 area code.
Thank in Advance!
Max

I also have one more question. How do you rate the system?
How do you become good enough to actually have qualifcation to teach this stuff.
Is there like a Some what belt system?

[Shane Smith]

Hi Max. Please sign out and then sign back in with your real, full name per forum rules. Thanks.

[Max Lancaster]

Ok..There we go. Updated Name.

So could someone please fill me in on my above post?

[Jason Taylor]

Wow! I got to one before Seth did. Muah ha ha ha ha!

Ahem. Sorry.

Anyway, I work out with the OC group. I'm not sure who you emailed, but I can fill you in.

We meet at Tustin Sports Park every Friday and Saturday at 10:00 am. We have a meetup.com group (search for Orange County ARMA) that has all the details and the rsvps and so forth. Registration is free on meetup, so that's probably the best way to get all the info for a given week.

We mostly practice with longsword right now, but we spar with longsword, sword and buckler, and recently, dagger and knife.

As far as the system goes, it's still a research project in continuous motion. Everyone is working on discovering the meaning behind the historical texts, because there is no solid living tradition (except for a rapier school in Italy, IIRC). So we go to NTP seminars and events, and in between we work on our own on the material we've learned there and on what we find in our own copies of the texts. I haven't personally yet gotten out to an NTP seminar, since I'm fairly new, but I will be at the Gathering, and I'm hoping to catch one of the upcoming 1.0's.

I find the whole process pretty exciting. If you like to have everything in a complete whole, then it might not be the same for you. If you like the idea of working and discovering within a constantly-evolving framework, then it's a great choice. You can read the section on the site about the kind of people ARMA is looking for; that might help give you an idea of the organization's overall culture.

Feel free to come by on Friday or Saturday, of you can. Just let me know if you need any more information. The best way to take a look at the system is to try it out.

Jason

[Seth Halsell]

Dang it been eating too much much twinkies you beat me to the punch Jason! I believe Max was refering to me Jason when he was talking about emailing someone in the oc because when I hopped online right now I saw that Max private messaged me here on the forum. Again Max sorry about the delay in my reply I have been very busy with both work and school this week studying for my exams next week. Jason gave out all the basic information about our study group in Tustin,CA (Organge County Arma) and about arma in general for you here on the thread but if you have more questions Max please feel free to private message Jason or me here on the forum and I'm sure we will be more then happy to help you get invovled in this if you like it. Also if you would like my phone number so we could talk about this more over the phone just ask me in a private message here on the forum and I will give it to you. I am sure I speak for the others when I say I am very happy to see yet more people interested in joining us out in Tustin, CA to practice and we look forward to seeing you there!