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Sir Patrick:
Hail and well met!
Justin:
I would love to attend an event or get together with you all once I return stateside. Are any events ever held in the Kansas area?
Sir Rodney:
--- Quote from: Justin on 2015-06-30, 18:08:40 ---I would love to attend an event or get together with you all once I return stateside. Are any events ever held in the Kansas area?
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The biggest medieval type event in the Kansas area is known as “Lilies War”. It’s an annual 10 day camping event sponsored by the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) and held every year in mid-June just 30 minutes north of KC on the shores of Smithville Lake. The attendance this year was just over 1,000.
I make it down to Lilies about every other year on average for the last 15+ years. There’s something for everyone: singles tournaments, large scale melees, rattan combat, steel combat, fencing, youth combat, archery competitions, falconry, tons of classes, shopping, eating, reveling, fireworks, and a Viking ship that takes several cruises (if you feel like rowing).
I plan on attending next year and all are welcome in our camp (provided you wish to be offered beverages and tall tales). ;)
The web site can be found here.
Justin:
Well met, Sir! That sounds absolutely awesome. I love events like that. I will definitely give that a look if I am still in the area next year.
Ian:
There's also a Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) club in Kansas City (I realize it's a bit of a hike from Fort Riley) HEMA is the study of the actual martial arts of Medieval and Renaissance Europe, and uses historically accurate technique based on surviving fighting treatises and manuscripts. They can teach both fighting in and out of armor with a variety of different weapons.
Here's the website for the club in Kansas City (The Medieval Swordsman Guild of Kansas City). I've met a couple of their instructors and they're great guys.
Here's a photo of some of the stuff they do:
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