First look – Red Dragon Concepts Federschwert
The Knight Shop, under its in-house equipment brand Red Dragon, has finally produced the first batch of it’s long-promised customisable federschwert for public…
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Fiore Medieval Longsword Class
Our medieval longsword class continues apace in Okehampton until the end of the Summer term. As numbers are picking up, we could well…
More on Priority or ‘right-of-way’
By Robin Catling. Having written about Priority recently, what do the rules say about ‘right-of-way’? Priority or ‘right-of-way’ is the set of rules…
Fencing in the Ancient World
The word “Carma” coming from Sanskrit refers to fencing in ancient times. The modern word “Escrime” is used to signify the art of…
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Romancing the Sword [re-post]
The final release poster for Alita: Battle Angel is out and she’s holding some weirdly unidentifiable, but cool-looking sword. A 26th-century cyborg still…
The HEMA Heresy
Almost all our our study of historical European martial arts is based on original period manuscripts by fencing masters of the time. But…
Bartitsu and the ‘New Art of Self Defence’
Mr Edward William Barton-Wright was an English railway engineer who travelled widely and formulated what today we call a mixed martial art. Barton-Wright…
Unreal tournament – when HEMA turns to ‘tag’
When you ‘train to the treatise’ but spar and compete to tournament rules, there’s a danger that the swordplay looks less like the…
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Cut and thrust: the mechanics of the sword [Guest Post]
By: Martin J. Dougherty. There are many possible weapons that can be put in the hand of a warrior. Some are better suited…