The swords section is back!
Last Wednesday (6th July), I was voted in as the Sheffield branch of the Society for the Study of Swordsmanship’s secretary. All of the SSS branches / chapters are in the process of moving their web-presence to a new shared site: [External Link]. The SSSDurham member responsible for the website (Mark Thomson) has done a lovely job with the site and has made me wonder if I should put mine through another redesign. It’s been this way for three years, after all!
The Sheffield bit should go live soon. For those who are interested now:
We currently have two British Federation of Historical Swordplay certified instructors. We mainly study smallsword, rapier and military sabre but also have an interest in longsword, bayonet, cutlass and singlestick. We meet on Wednesday evenings 7.00 till 9.00 in Darnall, Sheffield.
Attendants to the classes must to be over the age of 18 and must undergo several weeks of basic training before being allowed to join in the sparring sessions.
New members are welcomed on the first Wednesday of each month and observers are welcome at any time, so please email us for more information: [Link disabled]
I’ve also decided to reinstate the swords section of the site. It’s limited to one page only, at the moment, but I will be using it in future to mention events and stuff so it will expand with time – even if I go for a site redesign!
In my writing projects, I’m still about halfway through the seventh battle in The Three Guineveres. I’m still considering changing the framing device – it’s my motivation for getting through the first draft of the first part although, based on my limited 1000 word progress, it doesn’t appear to be working. The Shhh! project got posted off this week. Fingers crossed. That kind of noir thing I keep mentioning is currently called Beaumains (if you know your Arthuriana, you now know what story that’s based on) and is in second draft form. I’m not sure whether to go with the name or not.