celtic sword

[fireka]

i think im going to apply for membership with ARMA after my eighteenth birthday, ill purchase a practice sword (probably a wood or blunt foam) and start studing there system. I can continue with wood ill im on base, if nothing else i can even take a portable TV, my VCR and my practice weapon to a park to train. ARMA is cool, they focus on self training and inexpensive methods of learning, i like that. Yet its still controled and they dont let quacks go around teaching, they have rank testing just as strict as many asians martial art schools. there also laid back, not all freaky like some other martial schools can get about 'our way or the highway, the founding master is the equivlent of god', but there still professianal about it.

 

the best motivation though is what happended today! i talked to my grandfather in ireland, and he was really excited that i wanted to study, and perhaps even try and rekindle (as this is ARMA's mission) the european, specifically, the celtic sword. he told me that our family owns a sword that belonged to his great grandfather, a shorter claymore, twenty four inch blade, its over 4 hundred years old! its been keep in good condition and has my familys crest on the blunt of the hilt, he says if i demonstrate profeciancy with the sword he will hand down the Cox sword to me. Its so cool! its like something out of a fantasy novel or something! like the old swords with the crazy names that demanded so much honor and stuff. i just dont want to rush in quickly and burn myself out soon. I have to keep level headed, and approach this like i did isshinryu. Ready to learn.

[trevorhu]

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[Vito]

look into those rennosaunce (sp? i forget) fair people, some guys there know their stuff. know though, that the celtic sword isnt anything specific, like katanas- its just midieval (sp? dammit i forget again) sword fighting for the most part. they were known to have ridiculously big blades like on their bastard swords- but due to their size the practicality of such a weapon made it rather unpopular.