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The Black Company is beating the war drums again in 2008. This year it's fire and steel! We are a multi-venue sub-culture social organization. What does that mean? It means we like to do things. We were formed in late 1998 as a medieval/renaissance guild and contined as such until 2004 when we broadened our horizons, and reformed and expanded to other venues. Now we attend many public and private events through out the course of a year including renaissance and pirate faires where we set up a camp and perform live steel fighting, we also do weekly medieval weapons practice. We also do a weekly fire practice (called "fire friday") where fire performers from all over the San Diego area come ot learn and teach the fire arts, such as poi, staff, sword, fans, hula hoop, and anything else you can light on fire, spin or swing. We go to medieval wars and fight as mercenaries. We are involved regularly with Burning Man and many other Burning man type events and sometimes setup camps and perform in shows. We have thrown spectacular New Years theme parties for the past several years. We like to keep busy!

As a medieval guild we re-create mercenary men and women that could have existed in the past. Each member can strive to reach the level of authenticity that they desire. Our main love is combat and fun not recreating history. We fight with various types of weapons and systems, the height of which is un-choreographed heavy armored combat. We use steel weapons that are dulled for safety. This is stunning to watch and even more exciting to do. Ever wonder what it is like to clash real swords with someone, and see who is the better? That is what we do so come check us out sometime.

We also play with fire. Swords, whips, poi, breathing and anything else we can get our hands on. We are getting better and better with it and hope to do more performing in the future. We recently combined Sword fighting and fire in a performance at Xara 06 that was set to music and we liked it and want more. Captain Storm and MIzz Cherry Pie performed with the San Diego fire conclave this year at Burning Man. As we mentioned before we hold a weekly fire practice that is free and open to beginners. Feel free to contact us for more info.

    
Black Company Adventure in the Snow - dec 2007

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Quotes to ponder:
"Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior." ~Friedrich Nietzsche

A Gentleman is just a patient Wolf