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Doing what we are told or what we are taught? – Part 1.

by Roger Norling Posted on May 2, 2012

Here’s an old but still always relevant question for us HEMA practitioners to ask ourselves: When we read the old fencing treatises, should we only practice what we are told to do in the treatises or should we try to … Continue reading →

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News from Dr. Forgeng

April 13th, 2013

Great news for students of Joachim Meyer and Leküchner, from Dr. Jeffrey L. Forgeng, posted on the Reprint Forgeng's "The Art of Combat" Facebook group. "I'm happy to be able to report some updates on the various projects. I have contacted Freelance Academy Press and let them know that I would[...]

Where's my fighting trousers?

Where's my fighting trousers?

April 8th, 2013

"A telegram? Oh, dear. It seems someone has been "biting me"...? Fetch me my trousers at once! No, not those. Those are my time travel trousers. No, those are my tea trousers... That's it! Those ones. My fighting trousers! Ah, yeah!" When it comes to equipment HEMA has come a very long way[...]

Illustration showing the hanging of Paul Hektor Mair

Illustration showing the hanging of Paul Hektor Mair

April 5th, 2013

This is a pretty damn exciting find! Eric Wiggins discovered an illustration depicting the hanging of 16th cent martial arts enthusiast and fechtbuch collector Paul Hektor Mair and Ben Floyd tracked down a colour version of it. The story behind this is well-known to many, but until now there has been[...]

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Flower of Battle

April 3rd, 2013

Here is an excellent lecture on Fiore Furlano de Liberi, Ludwig von Eyb and more, by Michael Chidester, held at Fechtschule America 2013. Well worth watching, no matter if you focus more on the "Italian" or "German" aspects of the fighting arts. Great work, Michael! [...]

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Die Vorpal-Klinge!

April 1st, 2013

This short movie shows a glimpse of the world of the Collegiate Fencing, the still living child of the Fechtschule tradition. For more reading, look at the excellent article An overview of German collegiate fencing traditions by Jörg Bellinghausen. Also the article Academic Fencing might be of interest. And finally, the blog of[...]

New EU laws regarding the carrying of swords

New EU laws regarding the carrying of swords

April 1st, 2013

With a recent and surprising decision, the EU Directive 135/52/EC, people within the European Union are from the beginning of this month forbidden to carry swords or swordlike objects outside of their homes without specific license to do so. The number of licenses will be limited nationally in order to keep[...]

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Meyer Rappier research launch

March 27th, 2013

There is a growing interest in Meyer's rappier and to aid in this, and as I also plan to study this more myself since it is basically required in order to fully understand Meyer, I decided to create this page. If anyone wishes to collaborate with other Meyer Rappier fencers and[...]

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Polish sabre fencing

March 15th, 2013

Another clip from the amazing Sieniawskis. This I think is well worth studying if you are interested in sabre, or Joachim Meyer's dussack & rappier fencing, both for the use of stances, shifting of weight, partially for the footwork, for the cross-cutting style and also for the slinging motions used[...]