An Amazing Swordplay Weekend in Italy
A little more than a week ago I was arriving in Italy to the sala of Roberto Gotti for a special gathering of swordsmen called Giocatore. This was a w…
Author: Devon Boorman
The Pedestal: What We Expect From Our Teachers
Elevating our teachers to a realm beyond what is humanly achievable can be a strategy for minimizing our own expectations, and thus our disappointment…
Reading and Writing Strategies for Class Learning
For many these are the learning skills that they've had the most practice with, since our school system focuses so much on them. It may not be that yo…
Kinesthetic Learning: Effective Doing and Feeling
This week I'm exploring kinesthetic learning, which can be understood as the act of learning by feeling or doing. Kinesthetic sense is often best enga…
Strategies for Auditory Learning
For this week's post in our continuing series on empowered learning I am going to suggest some strategies for maximizing our auditory learning abiliti…
Strategies for Visual Learning
Visual learning is the process of learning a new skill by seeing it demonstrated or receiving correction through visual modeling. Here are a few thing…
Being an Empowered Learner: Know Your Learning Style
Your learning is only based partly on the effectiveness of your teacher. It is largely based on your own personal effectiveness as a learner. Good tea…
There’s More to HEMA than Tournaments
As tournaments (and competition in general) started to wane for me, I needed new ways to explore and deepen my passion for my art. I found that many o…
How Do You Foster Safety In Martial Arts?
Having a solid approach to safety in your group is important for retaining members, keeping your body healthy, and for creating the space for experime…
The Pursuit of Learning Should Not Be Partisan
If your group does things one way it can be difficult to allow that those who practice a different system may also be doing something right.