NTP 1.0 in Abingdon, VA

[david welch]

[
My point is, though, that you wont find a 1.0 in those countries, since it is an invention of ARMA, and those groups aren't connected to ARMA.

Good lord. Just look here:
http://www.thearma.org/Practice/partners.htm

There are like 6 Swedish ARMA groups, a group in Poland, and a group in Greece.

[Alan Abu Bakr]

Good lord. Just look here:
http://www.thearma.org/Practice/partners.htm

There are like 6 Swedish ARMA groups, a group in Poland, and a group in Greece.

6 Swedish ex-ARMA groups. (or rather five, since the first was just a common homepage for the five groups [which pretty much didn't have much content, aside from links to the five groups])

[Jeremiah Backhaus]

Jag ar lagom bra pa svenska. Jag ar inte lagom bra pa svenska for Swordfish.... De longt.

[Axel Pettersson]

Jaspar,

there are many organizations in England that practice HEMA, I would start looking here: www.bfhs.org. There are also many events held all over Europe, Fight Camp at Gunpowder Mills is one in England, and there are others.

Will,

Swedes are of course always hardcore

Jeremiah,

off topic but how come you know svenska? Swordfish is an international event, everyone speaks english besides their native tounge, and all instruction is also in English (see www.ghfs.se/swordfish). I would love to see American ARMA members attend a European event, and I know many others feel the same way, you have a good rep for being martially minded and dedicated HEMA artists. I also hope to be able to attend American ARMA seminars in Houston sometime as I have old friends in that city.

/Axel

[Jeremiah Backhaus]

Axel,

I will answer the questin in a way that keeps in line with a 1.0 mindset. With a primary personal digression.

Anyway, my best friend actually is married to a Swede. That is how I have picked up a little svenska. The word that I try to understand is "lagom." My plan is to use it until I get it right. Anyway, my friend is actually living in Goteburg (I have no umlauts) at the moment. And as he and I have always been interested in fighting, I have been trying to get him into ARMA/HEMA. Imagine my suprise when I noticed that you are in Goteburg! So I made him join the forum so that he could try and get in touch with you so that he may begin the long journey of learning the sword.

I would really like to get to a European meeting. ANYWHERE. I am actually trying to make plans to go to Goteburg sometime in the not too soon and not too distant future (to visit my friend) and maybe could get in some international training!

I should really beg forgiveness for my horrible spelling (of Swedish), I have been learning by speaking so I tend to write phonetically, so I humbly beseech your pardon. Anyway, there is the answer, and if you hear from an American in Sweden, he should mention my name, but I sent him!

-Jeremiah (GFS)

[Stacy Clifford]

I also hope to be able to attend American ARMA seminars in Houston sometime as I have old friends in that city.

Axel, if you're ever down in Houston you'd be more than welcome to visit our weekly practice sessions. Wish I could attend those European events, but right now I think I'd have to fly FedEx to afford the trip across the pond.

[Will Adamson]

We just wrapped up a weekend of training with John here in Abingdon, VA. We had nine participants, most of whom have had about a month or so of training. John had his hands full because of that, but managed to provide much needed correction while tempering it with enough encouragement to keep the suicide rate down.

Thanks to Ben Michels and Z for travelling so far to train with us. Thanks and welcome to our new ARMA brothers Tony Whitaker and Jim Tate from the Roanoke, VA area which is not too far from us. We all look forward to training with you guys again soon.

A big thanks to John Clements for making the trip and being flexible in dealing with such new practitioners. I think you made a big impression on the white shirts here. Hopefully they can be in red soon and we can officially form ARMA Virginia Highlands.

[Alan Abu Bakr]

The word that I try to understand is "lagom." My plan is to use it until I get it right.

Ah, I see. As far as I can understand "lagom" is unique to Swedish, so I can understand your difficulty in understanding it.

I should really beg forgiveness for my horrible spelling (of Swedish), I have been learning by speaking so I tend to write phonetically, so I humbly beseech your pardon.

Actually, it was correct, except for the lack of "umlaut" (in Swedish, they counts as completely separate letters)
...well except the last two words (I don't really know what they meant).

[Will Adamson]

Why did this have to become the "Swedish language and culture" thread?

[John_Clements]

We need to remove the Swedish links on our page. Their whole attempt there collapsed about two years back amidst inter-group rivalries and conflicts and total lack of leadership, completely out of our influence. Unfortunate. They all went back to their own lone paths...as they had always been doing. It's their way.

JC

[Alan Abu Bakr]

Why did this have to become the "Swedish language and culture" thread?

Hmm... I think that was probably my fault. Sorry ^^;

Their whole attempt there collapsed about two years back amidst inter-group rivalries and conflicts and total lack of leadership, completely out of our influence.

Well, I don't have any knowledge about the rest, but the "completely out of our influence" bit is indeed correct, and probably a major reason to dropping the ARMA connection (as they wheren't really connected anyway)

Unfortunate. They all went back to their own lone paths...as they had always been doing. It's their way.

Actually, there is quite a bit of cooperation between most Swedish groups.

[Shane Smith]

Why did this have to become the "Swedish language and culture" thread?

Agreed. Let's get it back on topic folks. Wir sprechen nur Englisch auf das Forum.