Three Crows Sword Studio

Today was a great class, with Master Shirk, my mentor and self described grandma to our school in town as a guest instructor (and to present me with my official Master's uniform). I can't thank her enough for her support and training, without which our school wouldn't exist. Thank you for all that your do, Master Shirk!

What do you do when there's a tornado warning in the middle of class?

Why, go hang out in the bathroom with ten of your closest Gumdo friends, of course! (Sparring helmets optional.)

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 1st Annual Three Crows Spring Sparring Seminar and Tournament! We had a great time and look forward to growing the event in the future!

We had a great time at the Minnesota Winter Seminar led by Chief Master Parnell and Chief Master Jenko this weekend. Thank you to Master Shirk for putting on such a great event!

Success! Last night we had 22 people collectively contribute 16,208 cuts, or exactly eight times the new year (that is, 8*2,026). Congratulations especially to the two DuBois boys, who were our first two people to individually get all the way to 2,026 cuts by themselves!

Even more importantly, we loved seeing so many friends and family last night. We are so proud of every single person who contributed cuts last night, and of this community that we've created together in such a short time. And we're looking forward to displaying the belt from last night! Haidong!

Master Instructor Lilith and Assistant Instructor Amy Erica had a great time at The Gym - Boltz’s Family Martial Arts Academy's Fall Phoenix Festival Tournament on Saturday! We made a good showing in all events, Gumbop (Forms), Paper Cutting, Sparring, and live blade tub - err... tube cutting. Lilith took first in the black belt division sparring, and Amy Erica took second in color belt Paper Cutting. Thank you to the whole crew who helped put the tournament on, and we look forward to bringing more competitors in the future!

Hey look! We have a youtube channel now, in case you all wanted a higher resolution version of Instructor Lilith's sword dance!
https://youtu.be/LwzTA83h54U
We'll see what other content we can come with. Instructor Lilith has promised to make some short instructional videos for her 9 year old niece, so maybe those will show up here too.

Sword Dance Instructor Lilith performs her first original sword dance at Ames Pridefest

Check out Master Ezawa's video on part 2 of form 11 - it's a strange sequence of moves, but has some great things to think about.

Ssangsu Geombup 11 Part 2 - Haidong Gumdo Form Breakdown There are fun movements in this section! Let's take a look at the left wing guard!As always, this video isn't representative of Fates Fencing Academy, the Wo...

We had a great time at Ames Pride's Pridefest yeasterday! Thanks to all who came by our booth and cheered Instructor Lilith on as she performed her sword dance for the first time! We'll be posting the full video of the sword dance later, but first here's some photos from the event. The paper cutting was a big hit!

Our illustrious visitors at Ames Pride include the Priory of the Wilde Rose Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Ross Wilburn For Iowa House!

Come see us today before 6 and see if you can beat them at paper cutting!