Fighter Practices

Principality of Mists

Province of the Mists

North Bay/Oakland/Berkeley

The Province is proud to host the oldest fighter practice of the whole Known World. Food and shopping in the vicinity. Since it's in a parking lot there's ample parking.

• Location: 5660 College Avenue Oakland, CA 94618 - Big parking lot of the Rockridge BART station in Oakland, CA
• Day and Time: Every Thursday 7-10pm
• Province website

Shire of Cloondara

San Francisco

These are teaching practices and members of the public are welcome to attend. Our fighters are always happy to answer questions and explain the use of armor and weapons to visitors. We encourage aspiring fighters. If you'd like to participate in one of our practices, loaner gear and instruction are available.

• Location: 47th Ave just off Fulton Street (next to the Archery Field).
• Day and Time: Sunday afternoons. Archery Practice begins at 12 noon at the Golden Gate Park Archery Range. Fencing Practices are held at 1pm. Heavy Fighter Practices are held at 2pm.
• Cloondara Fighter Practice page

Barony of Vinhold

Napa/Vallejo

This is always a tentative schedule. Please check the website for contact info to confirm practice.

• Location: Fuller park in Napa. Fuller park is on Jefferson St. From Vallejo: Go Highway 29 north, take the left fork over the southern crossing bridge. Get off at the First St. exit and follow it east around to Third St. Turn left on Third St. At the signal (Jefferson) turn right. The park will be on your left in about 2 blocks.
• Day and Time: Every Sunday 11am-11pm
• Barony calendar

Province of Southern Shores

South Bay/Sunnyvale

(This site is on hold till April 12th, 2011) A fun practice with lots of light after dark. Food and beer is located within the same complex (And the beer practice is always good too!).

• Location and Directions: Twin Creeks athletic park; 969 Caribbean Dr.Sunnyvale, CA. - Take your best route to 237 and Lawrence Expressway (west of Milpitas) and go north on Lawrence about 2 blocks and Twin Creeks is on the right. We practice on a field that is to the left of the parking lot. Make sure that you sign in.
• Day and Time: Every Tuesday 7pm (but people start showing up as early as 6pm) till you're done fighting.
• Cost: $3 donation for the lights

Alternate Site (Microsoft Campus in Mountain View) for March/April 2011

• Location and Directions: Microsoft Campus; 1065 La Avenida St, Mountain View, CA

The Campus is shaped like "#5" on a d6, and the grounds with the lights are near the center of the campus, between building 3 and building 1. Parking is free. If you enter in the 2nd entrance, you will drive right up towards building 1, and the flag pole. That is roughly where you want to be. For most people, you will exit at the Shoreline Ave exit from the 101, and then proceed down Shoreline 1 block. Take a Right on Pear Ave go 1 block, then a right on Inigo Ave 1 block. Then a Left onto La Avenida 1.5 blocks. Campus is on the right. If this is confusing, just think that you are driving 270 degrees around the Computer History Museum building complex.

• Day and Time: Every Tuesday 7pm (but people start showing up as early as 6pm) till you're done fighting (lights turn off at 10:30pm).
• Cost: $3 donation for the lights

Principality of Cynagua

Province of Golden Rivers

• Location and Directions: Practice and gather has moved to Howe Park. It is at the corner of Howe and Cottage. The entrance to the parking lot is on Cottage across from the Home depot. Howe Park, 2201 Howe Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95825
• Day and Time: Every Wednesday, folks begin armoring somwhere around 6 to 7 pm. Practice runs until the lights refuse to stay on at which point we re-fuel at the IHOP on Arden.
• Contact: For specific dates or weather cancellations ping the Golden Rivers yahoo group.

Shire of Canale

Crows Landing/Modesto Area

Canale hosts a fighter practice for Heavy and Rapier Fighters

• Location and Directions: 9633 Crow's Landing Rd., Crow's Landing, CA 95313
• Day and Time: The 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. Folks begin armoring up at 6 pm. There is a concurrent gallery practice for those who chose not to don armor. Join us when you can.
• Contact: For specific dates or weather cancellations follow us on Shire of Canale.org or Canale-Fettburg Fighter Practice FB or Canale-SCA.

Shire of Windy Meads

Davis

• Location and Directions: 203 East 14th Street Davis, California 95616, next to the Veterans Memorial Theater just north of the the library in Community Park. Park near the tennis courts and look for fighters.
• Day and Time: Every Tuesday 7-10pm
• Contact: Conrad Dmitrius. Click "Calendar" on the SCA-West email list for details.

Principality of Oertha

Barony of Eskalya

Anchorage, Alaska

Combined heavy and rapier practice

• Location The west end of the Park Strip by the Rose Garden
• Day and Time First and third Sunday, 1 PM
• Contact Sir Cyrus Aurelius

Combined heavy and rapier practice

• Location Chugach Foothills Park (at the corner where Tudor becomes Muldoon)
• Day and Time Every Thursday, 7 PM
• Contact Sir Viressa de Lighthaven

Rapier practice

• Location Bear Steel School of Fence
• Day and Time Every Tuesday, 7 PM
• Contact Mistress Sorcha Careman

Barony of Selviergard

Mat-Su Valley, Alaska

Combined heavy weapon and rapier fighter practices

• Location Wonderland Park in Wasilla
• Day and Time Alternate Saturdays 1- 4 PM
• Contact Marshal for practice dates.

The Marches

Stronghold of Battle Rock

Okinawa, Japan

• To facilitate optimal participation, Battle Rock holds fighter practices in varied locations, based on a monthly rotation. Battle Rock is also currently undergoing a time shift from Saturday morning fighter practices to Friday evening fighter practices, so while local sources still reflect the Saturday mornings schedule, as of 1 August, 2010, Battle Rock fighter practices will conform to the following schedule. Also please note that some random fighter practices may be moved to MCB Camp Hansen with little notice. Please refer to the calendar displayed on our wiki for up-to-date information.

First and third Friday of the month

• Location and Directions: Kadena USO field. The USO building on Kadena is just inside Gate 2. We may move this fighter practice to a different location in the future, but for now it is at the field in front of the Kadena USO building.
• Day and Time: First and third Friday of the month @ 1800-2000 HRS
• Contact: For updates and scheduling changes, please refer to the calendar displayed on our wiki, or contact us at scabattlerock@gmail.com.

Second and fourth Friday of the month

• Location and Directions: Foster PMO field. Take your best route to MCB Camp Foster:

From the Legion Gate: enter the gate (the one with the Taco Bell) and go straight down the hill; half-way down the hill is a red sign on your right that reads HQ PMO. Turn in there and park.

From the Commissary Gate: enter the gate and follow the road to the traffic light in front of Building 488 (the big mess hall across from Foster Furniture). Turn right at the light and go half-way up the hill to the red sign on your left that reads HQ PMO. Turn in there and park.

From the Spot Gate: enter the gate and follow the road past the Ocean Breeze and III MEF Band to the light in front of Building 488. Turn left at the light and go half-way up the hill to the red sign on your left that reads HQ PMO. Turn in there and park.

• Day and Time: Second and fourth Friday of the month @ 1800-2000 HRS
• Contact: For updates and scheduling changes, please refer to the calendar displayed on our wiki, or contact us at scabattlerock@gmail.com.

Fifth Friday of the month

• When there is a fifth Friday in the month, fighter practice, pell practice, or a membership drive will be announced on a month-by-month basis. We have had some success with setting up a membership table at the Kadena BX in lieu of fighter practice some Saturday mornings, and we may try this on a Friday evening in the future.