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The Rawlings Rules

April 7th, 2010

Colin Richards of Arts of Mars recently announced that Dave Rawlings’ rule set would be the one used for his upcoming World Wide Open Championship to be held in Apelern, Germany this summer. This is a Good Thing. There’ve been debates about rule sets for historical european swordfighting for a few months now. Dave Rawlings, [...]

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Rust Protection

July 17th, 2009

Noted HEMA writer and thinker Kirk Lawson, of the Cumann Bhata Dayton, is in the midst of some interesting test of rust prevention products. For those who own and train with steel knives and swords rust is a major issue. Keeping at bay, especially on expensive weapons can be a real chore and there are [...]

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An Odd Little Duel

March 15th, 2009

Fra Time Magazine, 7. april 1958: “Wearing all his decorations and an opera cloak lined with white silk, the Marquis de Cuevas, 72, strode before the curtain of Paris’ Champs-Elysées Theater. Announced Cuevas: “I have received a letter forbidding my company to dance the ballet Black and White. I am not angry at France [the [...]

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DreynEvent

March 2nd, 2009

February saw me in Vienna for the annual DreynEvent, hosted by Dreynschlag. It was my first time in Vienna and what a fun event it was! I’d been invited to give a talk on the role of Aggression in Combat, and that left me the first 2 days of the 3 day event to enjoy. [...]

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17th and 18th C Pub Games

October 27th, 2008

Some accounts of combat and challenges. NB a case of Falchions is a paired set of these things. When the bull and bears were paraded in the street, or swordsmen were to fight, bills such as the following were distributed among the crowd:— “A trial of skill to be performed between two profound masters of [...]

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HEMAboy

October 15th, 2008

Unless you are involved in the HEMA scene this post will be of very little interest to you. Please feel free to ignore it HEMAboy is a blog, written by an anonymous individual or group, commenting on goings on in the HEMA world. Irreverent and direct, the posts have stirred up some rather interesting reactions. [...]

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A Martial Demonstration

October 1st, 2008

Courtesy of Tony Wolf, from “Guy’s Hospital Gazette: A Students Journal of Hospital News, Medicine and Surgery”, Published by Guy’s Hospital, 1900: SUDDENLY conceived, hurriedly organized, there was every excuse if the Assault-at-Arms in the Gymnasium on the 16th inst. had been a failure. When, therefore, we can describe it as a complete success, there [...]

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Ubershinai and Rotational Nodes

August 24th, 2008

Paul Bennett of Schola Gladiatoria shows how he produces his ubershinai longsword simulators (and very good they are too).

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Some Reference Texts

August 1st, 2008

These are various texts I have had on my hard drive for some time. I thought I may as well share them. As far as I know, none are covered by copyright, but if your work is on here and you would like an attribution then let me know. Please note that this page is [...]

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Not jealous, not a bit!

July 24th, 2008

Roger Siggs of the Rocky Mountain Swordplay Guild has posted some pictures from their recent spear seminar with Greg Mele. What had me most interested was their excellent training space. Knocks the socks of the dingy church halls we usually train in.

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