05-09-2013, 02:32 AM
This Ancient Combat Sports forum is slower than I'd like. ;-) So I'll help spice it up a bit.
A few of us in Kentucky (US) have been getting together weekly for gladiator practices. We started a couple of months ago. Two weeks ago, seven of us came, the largest single group yet. We're practicing with Cold Steel gladius trainers, Cold Steel bucklers, and have begun making wooden equipment (i.e. shields, spear/trident trainers, gladii trainers, etc.). One of our members, a seamstress, is making padded manicae and ocreae for us. And we've started ordering basic equipment like greaves and helmets.
We are learning what we can from various printed sources, as well as videos from groups like ACTA and others (there's a lot on YouTube, some good and some bad). We're aiming for some measure of historical accuracy, but we're working with what we have at the moment. We have been working on basic sword work and foot work, and we have been trying to develop sword forms for practice, both one and two-person forms.
Perfect it may not be, but it is fun! I'll try to post pics when I get some good ones.
A few of us in Kentucky (US) have been getting together weekly for gladiator practices. We started a couple of months ago. Two weeks ago, seven of us came, the largest single group yet. We're practicing with Cold Steel gladius trainers, Cold Steel bucklers, and have begun making wooden equipment (i.e. shields, spear/trident trainers, gladii trainers, etc.). One of our members, a seamstress, is making padded manicae and ocreae for us. And we've started ordering basic equipment like greaves and helmets.
We are learning what we can from various printed sources, as well as videos from groups like ACTA and others (there's a lot on YouTube, some good and some bad). We're aiming for some measure of historical accuracy, but we're working with what we have at the moment. We have been working on basic sword work and foot work, and we have been trying to develop sword forms for practice, both one and two-person forms.
Perfect it may not be, but it is fun! I'll try to post pics when I get some good ones.
--
Gnaeus Caelius Ahenobarbus (Darin Arrick)
Gladiator (Thraex, Hoplomachus)
Seattle, WA, US
Gnaeus Caelius Ahenobarbus (Darin Arrick)
Gladiator (Thraex, Hoplomachus)
Seattle, WA, US
