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[Qloos]

I have 5 dwarfs, one with a sword, axe, spear, hammer and mace.  They are all set to off duty.  I have an armor stand set in an indent of a hallway.

# = wall
_ = floor
A = Armor stand
B = bridge ( currently raised )
> = range of bridge when dropped.

##########
####A#####
B__________>
B__________>
B__________>
##########

There is a clear path under the raised bridge to use the armor stand, the armor stand is set to a room which extends under the raised bridge.  But dwarfs refuse to train and gossip on the zoned meeting zone.

So I've moved the armor stand to the center point of a 5x5 room and training has begun.  The question is:  Does the bridge prevent training?

[Comrade]

Try making a weapon stand, if anything just em hall for treason.

[dragon0421]

I vaguely remember reading that barracks with armor stands and weapon racks can be buggy. Try making the barracks with a bed.

[Quietust]

In my last fortress, I temporarily repurposed my barracks for stockpile space (to cope with a brief excess of food), at which point my soldiers stopped sparring; once some of the stockpile space freed up, I un-designated it, at which point the soldiers started sparring only in that area. Thus, it could be that soldiers refuse to spar on top of buildings (with paved roads as a possible exception).

[Teiwaz]

I've always been under the impression that for dwarves to spar, they need a certain amount of open floorspace. I'd thought it was 3x3, but if it's bigger than that, they won't train in your 3-wide hallway.

[Brother Wrath]

Actually, dwarves are able to train in 1x1 areas. Proof: I accidentally made a bedroom a barracks... they trained to champion without me noticing.