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Written by Brian Price
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 21:29 |
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A Little History
Every year since 2002 the Schola Saint George has held an annual Symposium. From 2002-6, these were large, "international" affairs which followed the tradition of the old SSI and AEMMA/CSG/Alliance Symposia that formed the backbone of the American Western Martial Arts community for a long time. These "banquet" style events featured material from all along the WMA spectrum, from the "soup" of Fiore/Liechtenauer interpretations through the "nuts" of all the rapier treatises and modern applications. They also featured one or more tournaments, and served to energize students and to introduce them to a variety of arts.
[NOTE: I plan to weave the observations of others into the event report narrative as I receive or find them. and image/video references will also be pasted in over the next week or so, so visit back again to see the whole document!]
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 August 2010 11:39 )
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Written by Brian Price
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010 16:46 |
On May 30, the SSG was proud to make a long-overdue recognition. Colin Hatcher, who was present in the first SSG class in San Jose, California (2001), has in the years that followed contributed significantly to the Schola Saint George, not only as a renowned combatant, but as a researcher and teacher as well. As such, it was an honor to recognize the first non-founding Magistro within the SSG.
Having come to the SSG with a strong background of accomplishment in a variety of martial arts, including Akido and Jujitsu, Mr. Hatcher at once dove into the Fiore material. Like the other core researchers, he learned Italian (leveraging his training in Latin), translating the Fiore for himself.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 June 2010 16:47 )
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Written by Brian Price
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SSG Boston/Charleston SC (August 12, 2010) Sean Delaney passed his test for Compagno ranking after a whirlwind summer of study. Sean has been studying with us twice weekly, and consequently has been making speedy progress! (July 22, 2010) J.C. Conway of Charleston came all the way to Boston to win his Scolaro recognition! J.C. was knowledgeable, a positive joy to spar against, and showed a command of how Fiore might have handled an Egyptian khopesh. Well done, J.C.!
SSG DFW (July 20, 2010) Ethan Caddy was our first under-18 Scolaro! Ethan tested strongly with the entries and showed very good skills with the daga, which Russ Pharr was been guiding. Congratulations, Ethan! (June 10, 2010) Scott English successfully tested for Compagno and passed with a strong test. Congratulations to Scott, and to Russ Pharr, who successfully brought him through the Ellefante material. Scott is the first student to start at the new DFW site and to complete the Ellefante testing.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 13 August 2010 08:10 )
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