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jaredkirby · 25th August 2005, 04:26 AM

Hello,

I want to send a big thank you to the all the instructors and especially to the participants who made this year the largest ISMAC ever! It was another wonderful year of learning. I’m sure there will be more detailed reviews of the workshop forthcoming, so I won’t tell you all the stories, but I did want to make sure that the winners of the tournaments were known to all.

Saturday night was our first public Rapier/Smallsword tournament which was run by the AHF. A big thank you to all the instructors for creating interesting demos for the public, and especially to Sean and Guy for jumping in when I needed another 10 minutes. The demos ran smoothly and the public was very impressed. We educated over 100 new people about Western Martial Arts!

The tournament was the best to date, with some very good fencing. Most importantly, the participants maintained honor above the desire to win. A special acknowledgement goes to Steve Watson in this department: he had a bout that was going to be awarded to him, but he acknowledged a hit that knocked him out of the tournament. So thank you Steve for being an example of what these tournaments are truly about.

In the end, the final three each won a beautiful prize provided by Arms & Armor. The winners were:

3rd Place – Russell Hogg (winning a buckler)
2nd Place – Cecil Longino (winning a dagger)
and
1st Place – Steaphen Fick (winning a smallsword)

Sunday night was the Singlestick Tournament run by Macdonald Academy of Arms. This was again open to the public, so Maestro Paul Macdonald began with a short presentation on the Singlestick. This was well received by the audience and then the tournament began. A big thanks must go out to all of those who participated in this tournament which was at the end of the 3rd, 12 hour day in a row; talk about stamina! The prize for first place (a lovely singlestick) was provided by Macdonald Academy of Arms. The winners were:

3rd Place – Troy Degerstrom
2nd Place – Steve Huff
and
1st Place – Scott Wilson

Of course there were amazing classes by the best instructors around and even more fun after hours at the Radisson, but more on that to come. It was a truly spectacular year.
ISMAC 2006 will be the first weekend of August (as always

and I look forward to seeing new faces mixed with the familiar ones. The infamous statue awaits you!
Take care!

Jared Kirby

25th August 2005, 04:26 AM	#14
jaredkirby Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 16	ISMAC Tournament Results Hello, I want to send a big thank you to the all the instructors and especially to the participants who made this year the largest ISMAC ever! It was another wonderful year of learning. I’m sure there will be more detailed reviews of the workshop forthcoming, so I won’t tell you all the stories, but I did want to make sure that the winners of the tournaments were known to all. Saturday night was our first public Rapier/Smallsword tournament which was run by the AHF. A big thank you to all the instructors for creating interesting demos for the public, and especially to Sean and Guy for jumping in when I needed another 10 minutes. The demos ran smoothly and the public was very impressed. We educated over 100 new people about Western Martial Arts! The tournament was the best to date, with some very good fencing. Most importantly, the participants maintained honor above the desire to win. A special acknowledgement goes to Steve Watson in this department: he had a bout that was going to be awarded to him, but he acknowledged a hit that knocked him out of the tournament. So thank you Steve for being an example of what these tournaments are truly about. In the end, the final three each won a beautiful prize provided by Arms & Armor. The winners were: 3rd Place – Russell Hogg (winning a buckler) 2nd Place – Cecil Longino (winning a dagger) and 1st Place – Steaphen Fick (winning a smallsword) Sunday night was the Singlestick Tournament run by Macdonald Academy of Arms. This was again open to the public, so Maestro Paul Macdonald began with a short presentation on the Singlestick. This was well received by the audience and then the tournament began. A big thanks must go out to all of those who participated in this tournament which was at the end of the 3rd, 12 hour day in a row; talk about stamina! The prize for first place (a lovely singlestick) was provided by Macdonald Academy of Arms. The winners were: 3rd Place – Troy Degerstrom 2nd Place – Steve Huff and 1st Place – Scott Wilson Of course there were amazing classes by the best instructors around and even more fun after hours at the Radisson, but more on that to come. It was a truly spectacular year. ISMAC 2006 will be the first weekend of August (as always and I look forward to seeing new faces mixed with the familiar ones. The infamous statue awaits you! Take care! Jared Kirby