Multi-disciplinary research teams

[Tony_Indurante]

I've been working on my own translation of Di Grassi's 1570 manual (the Italian version)- I'd like to find a small group of folks (5-7) who would be interested in helping to not only translate the material, but also to help with providing historical perspective for the time frame that the manual was written, information of the author, indepth research on the weapons used, interpretation of the techniques in the manual itself, etc. I'm looking for a multi-disciplinary group (WMA, EMA, translator, historian, etc.) all working together to create a translation that has the advantage of all of the team members experience.

I will also be forming a group to do the same thing for Marozzo's Opera Nova.

There may be other groups out there already doing this, but having many sets of eyes looking at the same material can only aid the translation process. Don't worry about inexperience at the subject matter, determination and enthusiasm count. If you are interested or want more details PM or email me.

I got this idea from a long thread on SFI where Steve Hick mentioned this approach. I thought it would be a great way to get folks working together, so I'm going to run with it.

[steve hick]

Good idea Tony. Too far away to play over here in DC. We here are doing the Baloney, so let's compare notes when you get to Marozzo.

Drop me a line Tony. I might be able to convince a friend of mine who lives in LV, and is a wrestler, judoka, who runs a Glima interest group. He's SCA too, but don't hold that agin him.

Steve

[John_Clements]

Go for it , Tony.
You know we all support it. And you have our online Study Guide.

JC

[Tony_Indurante]

Steve,

I'm just using your idea- so, thank you. I noticed that the DC area seems to be a hot bed of WMA activity, but it is just a bit too far away for active physical participation.

But what I was thinking for these research groups- and I notice I didn't say it in the original post- is that we (the group) do not have to be in the same physical location to work on this together. A virtual study group can work for most of what I want to accomplish- individuals can work on the actual techniques/system on their own or with their current training group. I am looking for folks who want to work on this type of stuff, but either don't have time to undertake such a task by themselves or feel overwhelmed or under-experienced or whatever. We can easily meet online to compare notes, translations, relevent history, etc. I would like to set up face-to-face meetings for working on the physical aspects (ie the actual training) but I think the rest can be done mostly online.

So let me reitterate- I am looking for folks who want to be a part of such a project- it doesn't matter where you are located (state or country), your level of experience (we are all learning together, and no matter how new, everyones insight is important) or if your current experience isn't WMA.

In short, anyone who is a) interested & b) has time to actually work on these projects

[steve hick]

Tony wrote:
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I'm just using your idea- so, thank you. I noticed that the DC area seems to be a hot bed of WMA activity, but it is just a bit too far away for active physical participation.<<

Like I said, when you get to the Baloney. Also, when you might need a big rassler (Conrad is 6'2" maybe 330 and fit). DC would be good, but we are also so busy it is hard to fit time in -- I haven't seen Tommy in about 1 month, and Brad in about 6 months or more. Ditto Kieth, although he is not Baloney-ing. Also, appearances can be decieving, there aren't as many as we'd like, so we all work together, when we can......

Steve

Steve

[Tony_Indurante]

I've met Conrad...the guy is a giant. There isn't much on grappling in Di Grassi (only one technique springs to mind) but once we get a Baloney group going his insights would probably be useful.

As for the hot-bed comment, you may not have quantity but you seem to have quality <img src="/forum/images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" />.