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07-18-2006, 01:05 AM
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#1 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 4
| Hello Hello
Hey everyone, I stumbled opon this place while I was searching for something.. I'll get to that in a minute. This seems to be a great place.
So allow me to introduce myself. We'll start with what counts. I have no experience with this european stuff but I have been practicing kendo for 7 years now. Recently, two weeks ago, I decided, hey let's try something different. So I picked up a nice waster for a broadsword, and I have no clue how to use it! I was looking for some good books or websites online to just give me some kind of idea but I didn't find much, exept this place!
So I'm wondering where to get started with this? I live in Jersey City, NJ, easy commute to new york, but I want to learn how to weild the larger swords, I'm an admirere of them. (I have a huge lowlander hanging on my wall.) So yeah any info would be helpfull.
Now I'll tell a little bit about my life... I'm a freelance 2d game artist but things are going slow so I'm engineering a career switch to graphic design/web design. I also have several of my own projects going. (Games) I love metal! \m/ And video games of cource! I enjoy working out and of cource kendo, wether it's at home or a kendo club.
And I guess that's it?
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07-18-2006, 03:32 AM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Posts: 1,238
| Well, you'll find little useful information here about WMA or HWMA or HSF or whatever abbreviation you want to go with. This site is geared towards sport fencing (foil, epee, saber), and while some parts of swordsmanship are transferable to most forms, we're not 'big sword fencing' or anything like that. I'd check out http://swordforum.com/ and see if you can get more information there, honestly.
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07-18-2006, 03:49 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
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07-18-2006, 03:19 PM
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#4 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 4
| Thanks, I still plan on sticking around though. Looks like an interesting place! | |
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07-20-2006, 11:34 AM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bay Area
Posts: 4,639
| It is an interesting place, and I ho9pe you do, just keep an open mind about the discussion that goes on. Maybe you'll accidentally fall in love with modern fencing. We've had a few kendoists who have. Incidentally, it helped their kendo game a good deal.
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07-23-2006, 06:39 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Houma,Louisiana USA
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