by Steve | Apr 15, 2021 | Classes
This week, we will be hosting the one and only Vincent Liu, who has graciously offered to teach a class on some parry/riposte concepts. This fencing paradigm is a central theme of sword fighting in general (whether it’s canonical or not 🙂) and is widely regarded...
by Steve | Apr 9, 2021 | Classes
This week, we will have the next installment of the Hans Folz material, once again brought to you by Cam. If we have enough time to get to the remaining material that they have for us, we will be moving on to a different source in the weeks ahead. Paulus Hector Mair...
by Steve | Apr 3, 2021 | Classes
This week, we will resume our longsword work with a return to the Hans Folz material, once again presented by Cam. If this lesson is going to be anything like the first two, then we definitely have something to look forward to. Obviously, there’s a holiday this...
by Steve | Mar 31, 2021 | Videos
Historical Fencing – David Attenborough – HD HEMA Documentary
by Steve | Mar 26, 2021 | Classes
As this is the last Sunday of the month, we will be having a sparring day, as is our custom. After some warm-up exercises and a couple of key fighting drills, we will be free to move about the place and attempt to put in practice the plays and techniques we’ve...
by Steve | Mar 19, 2021 | Classes
This week, we will continue working through Leckuchner’s treatise, finishing up with the Wecker and its counters, and moving into the Entrusthau and its many plays. If we have time, I would very much like to include some of the more creative techniques in this...
by Steve | Mar 13, 2021 | Classes
This week, we’ll be continuing with Leckuchner’s Messer, picking up where we left off last week and working our way (hopefully) through the next four sections, perhaps with a few spicy plays thrown in for good measure. See you on Sunday Remember, we lose...
by Steve | Mar 5, 2021 | Classes
This week, we will be putting Longsword aside and making a return to Leckuchner’s Messer. 🙂 When we last left medieval Germany’s most mischievous priest, he was discussing the Wecker, a Krumphau-like cut from which a fair number of plays originate. After a...
by Steve | Feb 25, 2021 | Classes
This week, we’ll have the third installment of the Hans Folz material, brought to us by the illustrious and talented Camilla Fraizer​​. The prescribed techniques have been revealing so far, and have proven to be simple in their basis, yet effective when...
by Steve | Feb 23, 2021 | Videos
This is pretty cool to watch. The text @ 2:35 describes this sort of thing rather well.
