I agree with Kirk...savate is a great option. For some reason women like it as well ime. Problem will be finding a salle to learn it anywhere in the US. Ken...
Emperor Norton Challenge Three Weapon Classical Fencing Tournament a Big Success March 1st saw the first three-weapon tournament held in the San Francisco bay...
The US Savate Federation is a member of the International Savate Federation, contact them if you want training from a qualified coach. www.ussavate.org Craig...
Thanks for all the leads, guys. Right now it seems to be a toss-up between Savate and Krav Maga. Any insights into the pros and cons here? I have found a KM...
I'm not a real big fan of Krav Maga these days, simple because everyone and their cousin is teaching it...trying to make a buck. Don't get me wrong, it's a...
Gareth, My advice/ 2 cents is that you should avoid picking and chosing based on the "style", instead try focusing on the school/teacher you will be at. IMHO...
Sound advice, Chris! Eugene Oregon has SO many eastern schools I wanted to steer away from that and focus on something different. ... From: Chris Amendola...
That could very well be true in a broad sense, but in my immediate area there are no less than 20 Asian arts schools, and only one KM, so I think rather than...
Just Matt and I today.... 2 rds shadow boxing 2 rds sparring Russian style fisticuffs We then went over a few defensive and offensive concepts from ...
You'll have to pardon my ignorance, but this is the first time I've heard the term "neohemas". I'm pretty sure I know what you mean, but could you explain...
... Hi Arnold, No problem...sometimes I forget that some of the readers have not been on here since the beginning of time:) Never feel like a noob here, ...
Ah, ok! Yeah I like the Cold Steel shovel too. Maybe I'll pick one up when I go to the Blade Show in May. :) Arnold ... [Non-text portions of this message...
The Dawn Duellists Society (http://www.dawnduellists.co.uk/) is proud to present the Smallsword Symposium, a gathering of those interested in the many and...
Mornin All Does anyone know anybody working longsword in the NE part of Pennsylvania? I have a customer that is desperate to find someone to study with in the ...
Craig, FWIW, all I can find in our directory of WMA groups is the Medieval European Martial Arts Guild's branch in Pottstown, which is roughly halfway between...
Someone on another post asked the question "What was the Riddle of Steel?". I post a short answer that I thought that some of you might get something out of....
Did I miss the original post? ...can't resist.... inner smart-alec escaping.... WRONG!!!! Conan, what is good? To crush your enemy, to see him driven before...
I see where you are trying to go with the idea, but , aside from the echo of James Earl Jones from Conan in the back of my head there are a myriad of differing...
I thought it was "uff der vimmon." ... From: Chris Amendola <chris.amendola@...> To: western-arts@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [western-arts] The Riddle...
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Not to my knowledge; but in the past here in the NW there has been a weekend-long knife-fighting seminar called the Riddle of Steel, which likely has very...
... James Keating runs this - it's a knife oriented weekend event, with a fairly high level of mystique attached to it. Friends who have done it speak highly...
I thought the Riddle of Steel only existed in Conan. Was this an actual real life "riddle" too? ... Steel" but I've heard that it was actually by Gengis Khan. ...
The original post was on a differant board and was just "What is the Riddle of Steel?". I figured i would collect everyones responses and send them to him....
I see Paladin Press has a new book on pugilism. "The Bare-Knucle Boxer's Companion" with authors David Lindholm, who has done books German medieval fighting,...
Oh. You might have wanted to mention that to the list, cross-posting others peoples posts without permission isn't a "nice" thing to do. Based on the nature of...
Then you should say so. I am happy to add my views, but I would like to know if its being used for another purpose. IMO the description you used doesn't really...
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