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Post by Gregory P. on Jan 23, 2017 1:10:55 GMT
I'm curious - how far do you HEMA (or similar) practitioners typically travel to meet and train with your respective groups.
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Post by leviathansteak on Jan 23, 2017 3:47:15 GMT
Approx 1 hour via public transport, about 13km from my home
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Post by Lukas MG (chenessfan) on Jan 23, 2017 8:00:11 GMT
30min by bus/walking... or 10min by car but I don't have one, lol. Yet...
Traveling to events is a different matter.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Jan 23, 2017 10:29:52 GMT
1 hour and a half via personal car, then two hours of HEMA, then the same trip back.
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Post by Croccifixio on Jan 23, 2017 12:28:59 GMT
2 min walk on weekdays, 7 min walk on weekends :p
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Post by Cosmoline on Jan 23, 2017 18:23:00 GMT
Half hour drive, hour bike ride most of the time. But our venues keep changing because it's so difficult to find the right kind of space for sword groups. Our latest venue was called The Dome and was the largest indoor air dome space in the country. I say "was" because record snow destroyed it over the weekend. So now the group is homeless again.
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Post by themagicalmark on Jan 23, 2017 19:23:44 GMT
I'm curious - how far do you HEMA (or similar) practitioners typically travel to meet and train with your respective groups. About 45-50 minutes.
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Post by skane on Jan 24, 2017 3:15:10 GMT
I did 35 miles, 2x/week for about a year. Now I do same distance, 1x/month in private lessons. In a few months, I'll be moving, but plan to stay under the same teacher, so it'll probably be ~450 miles, 1x/month.
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Post by Arkhane on Jan 24, 2017 16:37:13 GMT
An hour and a half mainly, but I just had a new Freifechter guild open up about 20 miles closer to me.
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Post by Gregory P. on Jan 27, 2017 16:48:21 GMT
Thanks for the replies. It's interesting to see what some people will endure to get to their practice. I have been looking for a HEMA (or similar) group in my area. And while there are some - they all involve a decent amount of distance / traffic / expense, and just general inconvenience. So i'm trying to gauge just how badly do i want to pursue this. Figured maybe hearing what other folks are willing to go through would help put things into perspective a bit.
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Post by Cosmoline on Jan 27, 2017 22:14:50 GMT
One option I know some folks do is come to the class from time to time and do independent study with others in the more distant community. This is how a lot of off-shoot groups seem to get formed.
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Post by Robert on Jan 28, 2017 10:25:17 GMT
1,5-2 hours unfortunately
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Post by Johnion on Feb 1, 2017 16:34:46 GMT
I am lucky, my medieval combat school is 27 minutes from my house! (Ancient Combat Enthusiasts School or ACES) in Greensboro, NC. My daughter and I would travel a couple of hours to get to one if we did not have one close to us.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Feb 1, 2017 16:56:01 GMT
I'm lucky that the Hombu dojo's for both Aikido and Iaido are about 10 min away (different parts of town though). The Iaido dojo used to be located about 25 min away, but sensei Miyake decided to move it, which made it easier on me.
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Post by Richard Arias on Feb 2, 2017 20:13:36 GMT
700 ish miles
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Post by seriouslee on Feb 10, 2017 1:29:47 GMT
When I trained it was about a mile and a half from my home.
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Post by Cosmoline on Feb 10, 2017 17:55:45 GMT
!! For regular class or for a special event?
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Post by Richard Arias on Feb 10, 2017 20:57:06 GMT
My part of California is pretty barren of sword schools. About 10 years ago I started training in Arizona for a few months out of the year as I could afford. For example last year I logged about 260 hours in the dojo in 3 months. It's kinda why it took me 10 years to reach my Dan Grades :)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 22:45:42 GMT
I found a guy at an hour or twos journey from here who is holding a seminar in Pakistan about HEMA. It's mostly recognition of it and theory etc but I managed to gain favor as a fellow martial artist and him to teach me a few things...
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