Fight practice in NYC

I found a number of locations in & around the city that could work. Mostly outdoors, but a few indoor ones as well in case the weather is bad. Again, the most important thing is getting someone to lead the group. Plenty of learners/practitioners... but we could use someone who can do the formal training.

Just a bit of advice. Normally when folks are boffer sparing with realistic weapons, people may come up to you to ask what you are up to. It would be a very good idea to have a poster card mentioning knightrealms and what its all about. Also, not a bad idea since what's been going on in the city.
I'm considering on swinging by if everyone has a solid plan. New York is a stone throw away from me.

Tom,

If people were interested in practicing during the winter, I found some event spaces that rent by the hour. So if folks chip in a few dollars, we could rent a large practice space for fight choreography and other stuff for a large group.

Again, just looking for someone who can lead/teach the sessions now, as we have plenty of folks interested in joining the practice.

As for myself, I'm trying something new, & learning how to florentine/dual wield. I need work on footwork, how to use my off-hand for defense, & to strengthen my main attack skills. I found it's easier for me to commute to KR on public transport when I only have to carry weapons, & no shield.

For people wondering about the indoor space. Here;s the link... Rehearsal Space.

NYC has tons of places where actors, musicians, performers can rent space by the hour to practice singing, dancing, or fight choreography. I find these places would be good for when we want to practice indoors when the weather is bad. Also, if people want to use these areas to practice for their bard performances, there you go.

As far as someone to "lead / teach" sometimes the best teachers are the students themselves. If I weren't 4 states away I would totally join you all, but from this far away the best I can do is provide some advice.

I would suggest starting with a list of things that people want to learn about. Top of that list should be safety of course followed by how to keep distance from your target and maintain balance. So much of martial arts relies on footwork.

After that, someone do some research into online videos about particular weapons or look into actual fighting manuals to bring to the site to gain inspiration from. Bottom line though, boffer is not real martial combat so adjustments have to be made for safety like no head shots or real disarm techniques.

So, make a list of weapon styles you want to practice, focus on distance and footwork, ensure you have a good hit calibration and then simply walk down the list. Pair off at first (1 on 1) and then try some 2 on 2, 3 on 3 and some uneven number pairings (4 on 3) and see what happens!

One last thing, probably want to keep the damage calls and defense calls out of this to start. Your fighting skill will improve if you simply go with the idea of "arm gets hit, lose the arm: torso gets hit, dead" ... much more incentive to learn to actually defend with your weapon which will lead to a much more realistic training environment.

All of this is just my opinion.

A small bit of thread resurrection. As well as I think other folks have found ways to use boffer arrows outside of LARP. May I introduce you all to Long Island City (in NYC)... Archery Tag...

ARCHERY TAG!!!

Going to check it out this weekend to see what it is like.