ARMA Murray

ARMA Murray is a study group in the organization ARMA (Association for Renaissance Martial Arts.) (www.thearma.org)

This organization and study group is dedicated to studying and preserving the martial heritage of European martial arts. What the ARMA attempts to do is revitalize a martial tradition whose methods and techniques - as an intangible cultural heritage - have been preserved almost exclusively in written records, illustrations, iconography, and surviving artifacts. Our study today takes the form of cultural revitalization to revive and perpetuate elements forgotten traditions of a lost and endangered culture. In doing this, ours is a collective educational effort to revive, reconstruct, redevelop, and reclaim a lost heritage.

11/09/2021

Anyone still practicing? If so, contact Mary.

07/02/2021

There's a popular misconception that swords were historically too heavy for women or small men to lift. Thus this comparison chart was created based on the actual weight of historical swords in the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, UK. If you're strong enough to pick up a baby, you're strong enough to lift and to wield the heaviest sword.

Image Credit: Carrie Patrick

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We have turned off public commenting for this post as so very many people purposefully missed the point. Swordwind is a Historical European Martial Arts (aka HEMA) School where men, women, and teens of all sizes, races, ages, orientations, and physcial abilities can (and do!) learn historically accurate sword techniques. We, as a group, intend to continue to disabuse notions that historically accurate martial arts must be limited to large, heavily muscled cis men.
Lifting a sword is the first step in the process. Anyone who can lift it is capable of learning, of practicing, of sparring, and with enough practice and dedication: of winning.

09/05/2019

https://youtu.be/TVL46CM9k80

Are medieval weapons we see in museums perfect? When making a reproduction, how good should it be? I use examples of the IX949 from the Royal Armouries suppl...

07/02/2019

Just a bit of humor since our group was known for having many women.

11/29/2017

10/21/2016

01/29/2016

I did not record all the bouts, but I believe these are most of them. I wanted to leave the sound intact...so apologies for the inadvertent commentary.

11/02/2015

Hey everybody, we will not be meeting today. I, Harry, will be unable to as well as Reno and Eric. If anyone else would like to practice feel free to but I will not be able to be there.

10/26/2015

I, Harry, will not be able to come tonight to practice. Good luck to anyone who does though. The weather is poor but we do have the Aikido room registered for today.

10/19/2015

Hey I am sorry to post this but I will not be coming today to ARMA. I am too sick right now and I don't need to get others sick as well. Good luck today guys and have fun.
-Harry

10/15/2015

Good news! We got the key to the Aikido room and we have it reserved for our use every Monday 5-8!

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Murray, KY
42071

Website

http://www.thearma.org/

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