We tend to have a high turnover in our group. I could go through a whole range of reasons, but the short version is that we're not a big group and our catchment area does not really cover 'our kind of people'.
Yes, I know it sounds elitist. It is in a little way. Accepting just anyone means that you could end up teaching people who aren't gentlemen.. (or gentlepersons- I'm elitist, not sexist)
What is "our kind of people"?
This is a difficult question to answer. There is no joining thread beyond being a fundamentally good human being and liking swords. So far, I've not met a dullard in HEMA- arrogant, geeky, singleminded, French, but never dull. I'm sure that will change when given enough time.
Xenephobic... possibly. But in the kind of way that means you invite a bunch of foreigners over because you want to beat them up and then get them really, really drunk and laugh at them. Then do it all over again. This time being a foreigner yourself and at the mercy of the hosts. More like the way you would fight a brother than anything else.
I suppose it's people who are serious about martial arts, but not serious themselves.
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