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KatherineJohnson
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Ready to play again seriously

Postby KatherineJohnson » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:00 am

So some of you may remember me, some of you may not. I trained pretty heavily with Jake for a couple years back towards 04 and got to be a pretty decent swordswoman.

Partially due to a severely broken finger and partially due to changing life priorities (moved far away to live with a signifigant other) I let my ARMA training slip by the way side and went on to become a reasonably well known kickboxer (12th in the world as early as last year).

As as, i find myself missing my ARMA training. I'm currently down in atlanta and have gotten a few people interested in trying out something new so I'm going to officially renew my membership soon and get back on the bandwagon.

At the moment I am out of serious training with a broken nose but am about to start accumulating equipment (albion federschwerters, gambesons, fencing masks, maybe even full harness soon) and I wanted to know if anyone out there was interested in getting together with me to start to work out some of the logistics of training and maybe do some light technical work until I can really go at it.

My technical knowledge (terminology in particular) is rusty as are my physical skills to some degree or another, but I am a fantastic athlete and really love to put the "martial" back into martial art. I was on the verge of testing for general free scholar when my injury put me out.

Please don't let the fact that I am a woman scare off any of you rough and tumble boys. I'm sure all the guys here that have met me will vouch that you can really go at it with me. I will make you feel like you're in a fight :)

Suggestions on where to accumulate equipment would be appreciated as would interested folks in the atlanta area.
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Postby Will Adamson » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:16 am

Hey Kat! Welcome back to the dark side!
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Postby Joey Marmorato » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:12 am

Hey Kat. You may remember me, as I used to train around here with Ryan. Ryan and I were the only two that really stuck around, then he moved a little ways away and I moved to Athens (UGA) to head up the group there.

However, I'm in Roswell for the summer and I'm having some meetings here. I'll send you a private message with my email address and I'm sure we can get something worked out.

I remember your athleticism and ability, so I'm looking forward to this.
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David Kite
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Re: Ready to play again seriously

Postby David Kite » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:53 am

Hey Kat! I was wondering where you'd slipped off to. Welcome back!

KatherineJohnson wrote:At the moment I am out of serious training with a broken nose


Oh please :wink: , if there's one thing you've taught me it's that you shouldn't let a little thing like a crunched nose get in the way of training. :twisted:

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Postby KatherineJohnson » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:35 am

"little thing" are two adjectives that just dont describe my nose at the moment :)

This was 8 days ago

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Postby Randall Pleasant » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:24 am

Kat

Glad to hear you're back. Was the broken nose from inside or outside the ring? May it heal fast.

Looking forward to meeting you in person soon.
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Postby David Kite » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:29 am

:shock:

Point taken.

I hope everything heals okay.

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Postby Shane Smith » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:27 pm

KatherineJohnson wrote:"little thing" are two adjectives that just dont describe my nose at the moment :)

This was 8 days ago

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That'll buff out...jk

I'm glad to hear you're still out there. I wish you the best in your recovery and in your renewed training...and recommend you wear a fencing mask where prudent. Best regards 8)
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KatherineJohnson
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Postby KatherineJohnson » Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:03 pm

hi Shane, we'll be in touch about a bit more then a fencing mask, I am interested in harnisfechten and the last time I was around these parts you were the go to guy for that :)
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Postby Lance Chan » Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:42 am

I hope you recover well, Kat. That looks serious to me. :|

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