New Member Welcome for August - October

[John_Clements]

After a long delay, please welcome our new members for August through October 2004:

Austin Fontaine,
Houston, TX

Alex Inshishian,
Chino Hills, GA

John Peloquin,
Coventry, RI

Diana Cuff,
Palm Coast, FL

Tristan Sharp,
Penfield, NY

Seth Pease,
Provo, UT

John Oliksewicz
Postenkill, NY

Katherine Johnson,
Kingston Springs, TN

Robert, Caryn, & Emily Sobel,
New Paltz, NY

Jesus Agurruza,
Los Alamos, NM

Jeffrey Gentry,
Groveport, OH

Miguel Perez,
DeSoto, TX

Bruce Duncan,
Castro Valley, CA

John Bentley,
Mobile, AL

Brian Hurlbut,
Prospect, CT

Colin Wheeler,
Nicholson, GA

Vincent Michels,
Kellogg, ID

James Beggs,
Keller, TX

Mason Kirbie,
Grand Prairie, TX

Matthew Dooley,
Grand Prairie, TX

Joseph Fults,
Marysville, Ohio

Jennifer Spivey,
Salt Lake City, UT

James Sterrett,
Corinne Mahaffey,
Platte City, MO

William Koch,
NYC

Daniel Urbach,
North Pole, AK

Bob Subiaga,
Las Vegas, NV

Michaeel Eging,
NJ

Duncan Bruce,
Castro Valley, CA

Roger Soucy,
Staten Island, NY Study Group

Appleton WI Study Group:
Aaron Pynenberg
Ryan Pynenberg
Gary Lewis
Kevin Peterson

Patrick Erdsjo,
Karl Lind,
Andreas Soder,
Vasteras, Sweden

Hong Kong Study Group:
Chan Ying Chih Lancelot
Wong Cheuk Yin Alfred
Chan Ho Ming Max
Siu Chin Pan Ben
Choi Wai Ho Simon
Tang Wing Fung
Au Chin Pang
Leung Chi Piu
Yu Kok Cheung
Wong Ho Fung
Pong, Jimmy Ching Long
WONG Su Kao, Jonny
Liu Hoi Wah - Howard liu
Wong Cheuk Yin Billy
Ho Ka Lun

Athens Greece Study Group:
Dimitrios Benetatos,
Konstantinos Dervenis,
Christopher Duemmel,
Ioannis Kioseoglou,
Panayotis Merekos,
Dimitrios Nikas,
Giorgos Panagiotakis,
Giorgos Shinas,
Chrysovalantis Tabakakis,


Renewing Members:
Bob Ferdinand
Craig Petrrs
Chris Thies
Devin Wilson
Michael Wrenn
Shawn Camp
Derek Gulas
Thomas Pancoast
Shane Smith
Lawrence Hamilton
Joel Thompson (4th year)
Phil Ristow
Robert Kleinendorst
David Mcgirl
Jaron Bernstein
Sydney Yarborough
David Kite
Jake Norwood
John Sheetz
Gerald Webb
Francisco Romeo
Lloyd Broadwater
Eric Gregory
Steve Kruesel
Angelos Panterios

[Alfred Wong]

Thanks Mr. Clements, I would like to post the updated list to you,

Name Nickname
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Wong Cheuk Yin Alfred
Chan Ying Chih Lancelot
Chan Ho Ming Max
Siu Chin Pan Ben
Choi Wai Ho Simon
Tang Wing Fung Muarya
Au Chin Pang Heartless
Leung Chi Piu ?
Yu Kok Cheung ?
Wong Ho Fung Drifter
Pong Ching Long Jimmy
Wong Su Kao Jonny
Liu Hoi Wah Howard
Wong Cheuk Yin Billy
Siu Yuen Ming Kenny
James Lachlan Derrick James
Ho Ka Lun Kalun

[Jared L. Cass]

Hello everybody! Looking forward to perhaps meeting up with you all at future events! OMG! Look at all those study groups <img src="/forum/images/icons/cool.gif" alt="" />

Jared L. Cass, ARMA Associate, Wisconsin

[Jamie Fellrath]

Welcome to Jeff and Joe to Columbus's Study Group, and to everyone else who's joined this fine organization! You won't be disappointed!

[Brian Hunt]

Welcome one and all.

Brian Hunt
GFS

[Stacy Clifford]

Welcome to ARMA! It's really cool to see so many new names on the list, especially all the non-English ones. It just goes to show the universal appeal of a sound martial and scholarly approach, not to mention the type of folks you can actually trust to swing a sword at your head.

Daniel Urbach, I have a feeling you'll be relaying some ARMA letters to Santa Claus this year!

[Ryan Ricks]

whoo-hoo colin! he's part of our unofficial group in atlanta!

congrats to everyone else, too!

ryan

[Ray Brunk]

Welcome all new members. Look forward to crossing swords with you all one day.
Ray
ARMA Upstate NY

[joelthompson1]

Welcome to all the new members. As a four year veteran, I can only say that it gets better and more interesting as time goes by. You become more confident in your abilities. The techniques you learn become automatic, which allows you to see and understand more. We are all students, from John Clements to the newest member. We all learn at differnet levels and paces. We are rediscovering and re-learning lost martial skills. Everyone has something to contribute regardless of experience or age. I still have two new books I haven't read yet. The learning process never stops, and the ARMA method of learning always works. Stay with it, you'll get it. Then you'll want more. And, first chance you get, go to an ARMA workshop or event. I've been to several, and they are always a blast. You learn a lot and get to cross swords with your peers from all over, plus rub shoulders with the best swordsmen and scholars in the world. Very cool.


Joel Thompson
General Free Scholar

[Derek Wassom]

Welcome all! <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Aaron Pynenberg]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, I want to thank everyone who has been so kind helping all of us newbies out.

I am still blown away by all the dedication and hard work going into this, what a noble cause! History, being re-discoverd and resurrected, it gives me the willies just thinking about it. I have really just begun my training but, the benefits I get from it, strength, coordination, ballance, etc... not to mention the persuit of martial discipline, it really has affected almost every part of my life. I know that my training partners in ARMA-Appleton, are also just as excited, and I have been very fortunate to have such good partners from the get-go! I only wish I would have found out about ARMA years ago.

Thanks again to everyone, and keep discovering, training, and passing on what you have learned. WMA as a whole will only grow, and ARMA leads the way!

[John_Clements]

Let me add that I am continually heartened by the numbers of people around the world committing to our campaign for excellence in the discipline of historical fencing studies. Our ratio of new and returning members this summer and fall has been astounding. This does not even reflect the many academic contributors behind the scenes doing translation and research for us because they respect our commitment to integrity and our distinct lack of pretense. Additionally, our reputation among the Asian martial arts community continues to gain respect through demonstration and scholarship.

Across the board here is there an understanding at work that Renaissance fencing skills are not a chivalric fantasy sport, duelling game, or re-creational role-playing amusement, but a modern combative discipline.

Thanks to all,

JC

[James Sterrett]

Seconding Aaron's thanks for the warm welcome - it's quite heartening to us newbies! <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

If anybody is in the Kansas City area, please drop us a line....

[Scott Anderson]

I'm moving soon, and montly expenses will be less, so maybe i can finally afford to send in my membership fee after nearly two years.

i hate being broke.

SPA

[GaryGrzybek]

Wow!

That's an impressive list <img src="/forum/images/icons/blush.gif" alt="" />

Welcome everyone!