What is part of Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA)?
HEMA is a broad term that includes potentially thousands of martial arts, disciplines, and practices. I thought it would be interesting to break down …
Month: August 2017
Conversations on Binding at the Sword
My student asked a question about the nature of longsword fencing as it is often seen now in tournaments and in many videos online: "Why don't we see …
Notes from a Fencing Student, circa 1657
Nearly everything we work with today is written by instructors for a consumer audience. These notes provide an invaluable alternate view into the hist…
Vancouver Martial Challenge 2017 Report
At the end of July we hosted the Vancouver Martial Challenge at Academie Duello in Vancouver, and it was a tremendous weekend of inter-disciplinary sp…