henchminion (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} henchminion) wrote,@ 2008-01-12 18:41:00 |
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Why I love the Fighting Arts Collective
Yesterday, I walked past a copy of Charles Stross' new novel The Merchants' War at the Bakka-Phoenix bookstore. It took me about half a minute to realize that the image on the cover is supposed to be surprisingly incongruous.
To me, men in medieval armour carrying assault rifles look like part of a typical Sunday afternoon at FACT, when the tactical airsoft guys start sharing their toys with the historical European martial artists.
This morning, as I was doing a Jeet Kune Do class on the mezzanine, Aldo and Jack were sparring with longswords on the floor, and some acrobats who have recently started renting space from the Collective were winding themselves up in scarves dangling from the high ceiling. It's a wonderful, surreal place.
This year the FACT open house will be on Sunday, January 27th starting at 2-ish. We've laid in a supply of straw mats, so unlike last year there will indeed be the opportunity to cut stuff up with sharp swords. There will also be demos by all of the martial arts schools, chili and beer, hopefully in that order. Come one, come all!
