Messenger Longsword Society
Clare is our resident professional archaeologist.
She started in Eastern Martial Arts, having done twelve years training, teaching and competing in Wado Ryu Karate. This included competing all over Europe and as far afield as Argentina and Bermuda in numerous international competitions.
In 2004, she took up fencing. After a (joking!) question asking why she couldn't either grab the sword with her off hand or kick people, Alan suggested that she might also enjoy medieval longsword, a suggestion that turned out to be absolutely correct! She enjoys all aspects of the systems taught, but particularly anything that involves sparring. She finds that the less regimented style of teaching and learning suits her much better than the more rigid systems learnt when she was younger.
