[Ansteorra] Fw: Scholarships to Sword Symposium June 7-9

[STEVE K ROURKE]

> Chivalry Sports Renaissance Catalog (http://www.renstore.com) in
> conjunction with the Schola of St. George is offering two scholarships to
> the 2nd Annual Medieval Swordsmanship Symposium and Pas d' Armes to be
held
> June
> 7th-9th, 2002 in Livermore, California. In addition to the admission ($150
> value), each scholarship winner will receive a check for $200 dollars to
> help
> defray travel and lodging costs.
>
> The three-day conference will bring in teachers from as far
> way as Leeds, England and Australia to teach historical sword fighting
> techniques from newly translated manuscripts of Medieval Europe's greatest
> sword masters.
> Many of the teachers are the author's of authoritative books on armor and
> swordsmanship currently available through Chivalry Sports.
>
> For more information about the speakers, classes and other activities as
> well as the application go to
> http://www.chivalrysports.com/epages/symposium.html
>
> I attended last year and learned a tremendous amount about the history and
> science of sword-fighting. Even though I am a Knight I had never studied
the
> works of the Medieval masters. This symposium gave me the opportunity to
> learn from modern masters who have made it their life's work to translate
> the ancient texts and interpret the diagrams so that they can recover
these
> lost arts of defense. Some classes were lecture but most were hands on
> training like in any martial arts clinic. I was so jazzed that I have put
up
> the money for this scholarship myself so that other historical reenactors
> like myself can attend.
>
> Please pass this information on to others in your kingdom. I am using this
> method to get the word out quickly because the deadline is only about a
> month away. That is to give the winners time to make travel arrangements.
>
> Thank you,
> Sir Jakob von Groningen
> Barony of Tir Ysgithr, Atenveldt
> Jake Stirler, VP of Chivalry Sports
>
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