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HEMA/WMA map
« on: 2011-02-07, 20:09:32 »

The HEMA Alliance has a map using google's system to show locations of various groups. It's not complete, but there's more around than I realized. Awesome.

http://hemaalliance.com/?page_id=686
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #1 on: 2011-02-07, 21:00:30 »
That's excellent...I too had no idea there were so many of them.
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #2 on: 2011-02-07, 21:51:39 »
thats a lot of blue!
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #3 on: 2011-02-09, 13:27:07 »
I didn't know Arma had a NoVA branch.
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #4 on: 2011-02-09, 15:06:35 »
Quote from: James Barker on 2011-02-09, 13:27:07
I didn't know Arma had a NoVA branch.

I was surprised by that as well.
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #5 on: 2011-02-09, 15:27:12 »
Guess they don't advertise?
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #6 on: 2011-02-11, 22:29:12 »
ARMA NoVa meets in Winchester on Sundays. I almost joined up, but the class I went to with them was too "closed doors", and I wasn't able to participate in the second half of the class since I wasn't a member. I applied online to become a member but never heard back from them ... I'm guessing because I mentioned that I had been in the SCA before ... but Audra Grapes was one of the coordinators for it.

It's a shame they don't seem willing to share info with the "other" groups, since Winchester isn't too far from me - about 1/3 the distance to VAF. :( On the bright side, Das Bill was way cooler than the ARMA members I met in the class. :D
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #7 on: 2011-02-11, 23:16:05 »
Truly I think you are better off without them. I really cannot understand that whole elitist mentality some folks have to project. I see studying WMA as an opportunity and an honor really to be but a small participant in the resurrection of a wonderful yet still deadly art form of warfare.  :-\
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #8 on: 2011-02-12, 14:32:10 »

For a group that has such little interest in combining their studies with other historical aspects, they're surprisingly medieval in their mindset. Back in the day, knowledge was carefully guarded. Today that attitude does nothing but hamper the efforts to revive the art and garner interest in it. As modern practitioners, we need to be open and collaborative.
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #9 on: 2011-02-16, 14:36:12 »
I'm a member of an elite group of knights...is that so bad?  We are of the Order of the Marshal, anyone on the outside looking in is going to feel the same.  I'll do nothing to dispel the myth.  lol
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #10 on: 2011-02-18, 00:08:19 »
Good to see that the local HEMA group is on there, even though it is fairly small.
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #11 on: 2011-02-22, 04:08:54 »
Hmm there are 3 groups in my area. I wonder which one I should do though. Would prefer one where I fight with sword and shield.
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #12 on: 2011-02-22, 08:18:17 »
@Sir Ulrich: Where is your area?
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #13 on: 2011-02-22, 15:30:47 »
Quote from: Sir Ulrich on 2011-02-22, 04:08:54
Hmm there are 3 groups in my area. I wonder which one I should do though. Would prefer one where I fight with sword and shield.

There's always the SCA, where "sword and board" is popular. Most of the HEMA programs don't do a lot of shield work since there's not a lot of surviving manuscript on it. However at Longpoint they had a sword and rotella class (rotella is a round metal shield) that was quite good. Personally, from a martial standpoint, I like the buckler more just because it's more mobile and doesn't get in your own way. And there is a lot of surviving material on its use. Then again, I haven't done a lot of shield work, and usually I like things more after working with them a while. :)

I'd ask around. If there is more than one HEMA group in your area, you can always email them and ask what weapon combinations they specialize in.
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Re: HEMA/WMA map
« Reply #14 on: 2011-02-24, 01:41:12 »
I would attend all 3 of them at least twice, and then decide based on the experiences.
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