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RackThor:
Dear Knights,

I am in the search of looking for a mentor. I live in Arkansas and I am looking to gain some sword fighting experience and I am having a hard time finding a place or event to go and enjoy some dancing on the practice field.

Any advice?

Thank you.

Thorsteinn:
A whole state's a bit big really.

SCA wise you're either in Gleann Abhann ( http://gleannabhann.net/ ) or Calontir ( http://www.calontir.org/ ). Some friends of mine were King & Queen of Calontir 10 years back.

Could you give us a more specific location?

RackThor:
My apologies, I live in North East Arkansas close to Jonesboro.

Thorsteinn:
Find your local SCA group here:  http://gleannabhann.net/category/local-groups/

Or a HEMA group here: http://www.communitywalk.com/map/index/1033322

Team USA (ACL/BOTN): http://usaknights.org/

Ian:

--- Quote from: RackThor on 2013-04-10, 16:39:17 ---Dear Knights,

I am in the search of looking for a mentor. I live in Arkansas and I am looking to gain some sword fighting experience and I am having a hard time finding a place or event to go and enjoy some dancing on the practice field.

Any advice?

Thank you.

--- End quote ---

When you say sword fighting experience are you referring to historically based technique?  If so, just understand the SCA may not be what you're looking for.  What they do is a very specific sport to their organization that really is it's own unique thing, and while some techniques may resemble historical martial arts, it is not intended to be something other than its own sport.  It's also done using rattan sticks, not something that behaves like a sword.  It's a ton of fun I'm sure, but it's not real swordfighting in the historical sense of the world. 

What it sounds like you're interested in is HEMA, or WMA, which is Historical European Martial Arts or Western Martial Arts.  Those entities base all technique on actual medieval treatises and documents on real historical swordsmanship and will be much more authentic.  For instance, the Liechtenauer tradition of German Longsword is one of the most researched and popular styles of medieval swordsmanship that is reproduced as faithfully as possible today.  Search for local HEMA organizations in your area if that's what your after.

We have students of both HEMA and SCA guys here, so take advantage of that knowledge.

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