When you’re thinking about German longsword you’re probably thinking of epic battles, knights in shining armor and duels to the death! But did you know that longswords were not the main weapon of war? That Johannes Liechtenauer is credited as the originator of German longsword fencing? Or that there are Read more…
The HEMA Instructor Quick Tips series aims to improve the quality of HEMA instructors one picture at a time. If you’re a teaching HEMA to students, you need to know when and how to do your explanations. This HEMA Instructor Quick Tip is about ending one exercise and starting another. Read more…
To fight successfully you need to be able to apply your techniques in any free fencing situation. In this article I’m going to analyze the learning process so a technique can be used in free play and how the Aliveness framework will help you. Note: This article was first published Read more…
This article was first published on Hroarr in 2016. Some month ago a nearby group decided to run a small longsword tournament as part of some local festivities, that also included a separate beginners bracket. As this sounded less threatening than the bigger events, three of our rookies decided to Read more…
This article was first published on Hroarr in 2016. Sparring and free play are important tools on our way to becoming more competent fencers, while at the same time the approaches and views on how to achieve this vastly differ. Some clubs hit it pretty hard with full kit when Read more…