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The Gatesville, TX Chapter Wants YOU!
The Gatesville, TX Chapter is our newest chapter and is lead by Nathan Laney (seen on viewer’s left), a fighter and instructor with nearly 9 years of experience training and fighting in tournaments, earning several medal along the way. You only need to bring yourself as loaner gear is available. You can contact Laney here: https://www.facebook.com/Nathan.Kenneth
We look forward to training with you! Come join us for what my prove the most rewarding experience of your life!
Where We Plan to go in 2025
We are welcoming 2025 after having a great year of growth and expansion in 2024. While we continue to grow our headquarters chapter in Woodway, TX (right outside of Waco) we are also continuing to grow our newest chapter in Gatesville, TX.
We are also increasing our presence in Clifton, TX, known of as the “Norwegian Capital of Texas,” after being very warmly welcomed to take part in their annual Lighted Christmas Parade while wearing Viking Age period clothing complete with our blunt steel training weapons simulators. We have been asked to return for the 2025 parade as well. We want to thank the Clifton Chamber of Commerce for allowing us the honour of taking part in such a special event! We plan to start hosting training sessions in Clifton very soon.
Along with the many disciplines in which we train, we are pushing forward with the growth of our Viking Age living history division training more fighters as well as taking in members for our Hearth, the arts of craft division that is well-researched in what they do.
As we continue to increase in the number of members and expand in area, we are interested in taking in new members from anywhere in Texas, though we are initially targeting the following areas specifically to form new chapters and training new members: Ft. Cavasos, Killeen, Temple, Belton, Harker Heights, Corsicana, Salado, Clifton, Valley Mills, Bryan/College Station, Tyler, Brownwood, Coleman and Abilene. If you live in any of these cities or areas near them and you have 2 or more friends that are interested in taking part in amazingly rewarding training, building camaraderie and finding a sense of belonging with great people, contact us here or check us out on Facebook. That said, if you live anywhere in Texas and you have the friends that want to also join in, contact us.
We plan on taking part in a number of events in and around the cities named above this year and we’re very excited about it. Furthermore, there is the possibility of overseas adventures to places like Denmark and Poland, where major Viking Age fighting and festivals take place that have the attendance of several hundreds of participants each year. 2025 holds the potential to be an amazing year of growth for us, and we’d like for you to be apart of it. We hope to hear from you! Come join us!
We are Accepting Inquiries for Membership
We are growing and are accepting inquires for new members at this time. If you live in the Waco, TX area or within driving distance, are of honest character and want to engage in serious training with a great group of people, then we may be for you. We are selective and not all who apply are accepted, but if you are looking for what may prove the most rewarding martial arts experience of your life, message us here, PM us on Facebook or email us at artocombatema@yahoo.com for more information. Be sure to introduce yourself, tell us why you are interested and a little bit about yourself to include any previous martial arts experience you may have. We look forward to hearing from you!
Now Accepting Inquiries For Membership
We are now accepting inquiries for membership into our, private, Historical European Martial Arts School. If you live in the Waco, TX area or within driving distance, and are interested in experiencing what may be the most rewarding martial arts experience of your life, we may be the group for you!
If you are a minimum age of 16 years old (with parental consent) or 18 years or older, have a great interest in learning Historical European Martial Arts, and are willing and motivated enough to dedicate the time to attend training regularly, contact us here.
We will be happy to get to know you, and have you get to know us so that you can see if we are right for you, and so we can see if you are right for us. Unlike the majority of martial arts school, application is not automatic admission. We put great emphasis on dedication to rigorous training, service to God, and in the quality of character of recruits we accept.
If you believe you have what it takes to join us, and accept the challenges of our historic art. contact us. Perhaps you will join the fellowship and family that is Art of Combat European Martial Arts.
There is no reenactment here, just pure martial arts!
Whitehall Fyrd 