School of Chivalry

Good luck to Suzanne this weekend at the ACL National Tournament!

Thanks to Ross, Alex and Nato for coming out to practice last night!

The winners of the Thursday Night Fights on November 14th.

Thursday Night Fights returns to the School of Chivalry on November 14th 2013! Doors open at 6:30pm! We will be running 3 Speed Tournaments back to back, SCA Rules based. The will be Sword and Shield, followed by Single Sword and then Two Handed Sword to wrap up the night. Matched 2 handed rattan swords will be provided as well as gauntlets if needed. The event will be video taped for training purposes and trophies will be provided for the winners in each event. This is ...an Open tournament so no School membership is required although the $10 Floor Access fee does apply. We encourage all able bodies fighters to participate as these tournaments are great opportunities to demonstrate and hone your skills. *Thursday Night Fights is a series of in house Tournaments designed to help fighters excel by putting them in competitive pressure situations as often as possible. Fighters of all experience levels experience anxiety when they are placed in must perform situations, such as tournaments. This anxiety often leads to fighter performance issues often referred to as ‘ Tourney Choke’. One of the only ways to get fighters over ‘choking’ in clutch moments is to place them in pressure environments until it becomes ‘normal’ to them. Thursday Night Fights is designed to take fighters out of the ‘comfort’ zones so they can expand their experiences and learn to perform in a variety of situations.* http://schoolofchivalry.com/?p=189

Seven Swords (Makoto) and Suzanne Lyons Elleraas are off to the ACL Fall Nationals for Team USA qualifications for Battle of the Nations. We wish them luck and hope they have a great time and come back safe! As such the ACL/BotN practice tonight will be postponed until next week.

Expanded Schedule! Mondays: Basic Knife Defense - 6:30 pm onward... Wednesdays: Combat Conditioning - 6:30-7:10 pm Basic Unarmed Combat - 7:20-8:00 pm Open Training - 6:30-9:30 pm Thursdays: Weapon Training Class 1 - 6:30-7:10 pm Weapon Training Class 2 - 7:20-8:00 pm Open Training - 6:30-9:30 pm These classes are included with your membership. If you do not have a membership you can get a day pass for $10.

Congratulations to Suzanne Lyons Elleras and Alex Badham on their weekend achievements! Suzanne was the first female fighter to compete in an official ACL event. Alex won the Knewbie Knockabout tournament(fighters under 2 years).

Thursday Night practice was great!

Fighting Seminar taught by T.s. Morgan aka Duke Tomuki SCA on the 25th of August. Link to the page: http://schoolofchivalry.com/?cat=22

The Facebook Group for the School is at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/133325373467571/ Keep in touch on practices, discussions, etc...

Great Practice last night folks, Thanks to everyone who came out!!!

There will be no Tuesday practice this week. Thursday is on as usual.