About Fencing

[Rainbow_Warrior]

Hey...When I was younger , I did some years of practice in western fencing. I loved it....but my instructor died ( he was a 80 years spaniard)..and left the practice.

The other day...I was reading about eskrima (that weapon martial art , that is a filipine-spanish word that means fencing - in pure spanish you say esgrima , pretty similar) , and they concentrate most of time in weapons.... Seems good...

But now , I would like to practice two handed sword fencing....I mean with big claymores, as seen in Braveheart movie....I know that I may sound mad ( and idiot)....but do yo know if that kind of activity does exist ?

[bushido_man96]

Here are a few websites that you can check out:

https://www.thearma.org

https://www.aemma.org

This should get you started, or at least wet your appetite!

[Rainbow_Warrior]

Tnx ! I ´ll check it

[Rainbow_Warrior]

I have been reading all that website...Is very nice...But there are only grous in USA , Europe and Asia... No grops in Argentina, or even in South America.... I will keeping surfing the web...I ´ve asked a lot of people here...but they just kwow where to practice bushido, no medieval MA

[Sengra]

Why don't you try fencing again..=)..hehe..Also, why don't you give escrima (or arnis as we call it here in the Philippines) a try. Maybe it would help. Just like you, I also want to learn how to use medieval weapons...=)..Maybe someday soon..(ah..dreams). There are still living european masters that teach them right? I haven't actually read the sites mentioned above.

[bushido_man96]

Why don't you try fencing again..=)..hehe..Also, why don't you give escrima (or arnis as we call it here in the Philippines) a try. Maybe it would help. Just like you, I also want to learn how to use medieval weapons...=)..Maybe someday soon..(ah..dreams). There are still living european masters that teach them right? I haven't actually read the sites mentioned above.

There are masters in the U.S., Europe, and Australia that I know of for sure. I would love to learn from one of them, because the fighting I do with my friends once a week lacks some structure.

I would love to learn arnis. I am very intrigued by the Phillipene arts.

[Sengra]

I know there are already arnis schools outside the Philippines. I also heard from my teachers that foreigners come here to learn from the local arnis masters. I admit that I only know basic arnis as it is recquired in the Physical Ed. of some schools here. I took arnis as a PE class last semester. My teachers were good, they got the gold in the Southeast Asian Games held here. I really would like to pursue further training, but as I don't have the money and time, this dream of mine would have to wait. My fencing sked also prevents me from joining the arnis club.

[Cybren]

You could probably try the SCA or other local bauffer/what have you clubs