EBBMA 2012 a quick thank you.

This weekends EBBMA (European Blade Based Martial Arts) competition held at the Martial Arts Show at the NEC in Birmingham was a resounding success. The event was hosted jointly by the London Longsword Academy and the School of the Sword, with competitors from both schools taking part, as well as  fighters from ACT (armed combat and tactics),Dragon's Tail/Schola Gladitoria and The EHCG (European Historical combat Guild).
There will be a full report coming soon, but I wanted to offer a quick congratulations to
Piermarco Terminiello (SotS) who won Rapier and Tim Fuke (LLA) who won dussack, both fought fantastically and their wins were very much deserved.  Everyone else fought stunningly well and the effort you all put: to from getting there early, to your constant good humour throughout was very much appreciated...but more of that in the full report...

Many thanks also for the dussack prize sent by Purple Heart Armouries, it was a great looking thing very well received. 

I want to make two special mentions. Robert H and Delia H, who have only recently joined the LLA. To travel up and such short notice, to put in such effort into the judging was fantastic, thank you so much, your work alongside Caz and Phil made the event run superbly smoothly, with what I felt was a close knit and professional judging team... it was a pleasure to work with you.

More soon...