Home School Demo October
2006
 October
18, 2006 A sword demo was presented to several
local home-school groups who were visiting the Houston North-side
study group. The evening began with Sydney Yarbrough introducing
the members of the study group. After a short description
of ARMA and its purpose, some time was spent dispelling some
of the common myths and false information about swords.
Next Kyle Cook, Stacy Clifford, Erich Wagner, and Austin
Fontaine demonstrated the basic stances and cuts. Kyle and
Stacy then went through some cut/counter-cut drills with steel
blunts followed by Erich and Austin doing the same with wood
as Sydney briefly pointed out the reasons why both wooden
wasters and steel are used in the study of ARMA.
The demo was ended with some free-sparring with different
weapon types. Kyle and Stacy began with longsword wasters
trading off with Erich and Austin as legitimate blows were
exchanged. Next Kyle and Stacy used steel blunt longswords.
Finally Erich and Sydney sparred with longsword waster against
sword and buckler.
The evening ended with some light padded weapons sparring
among the visiting students and a chance to handle various
weapons and armor.
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