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Long overdue here is a really good article on teaching methodology for HEMA by the great Maciej Talaga. You should read it, both as a teacher and as a student. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Maciej! On Individual Lessons in HEMA
Finally, after a lot of hard work by the jury, and some delays in the organisation, we are extremely happy to present the awardees of the 2017 HEMA Scholar Awards, given for outstanding research published in English in 2016. Want to know who they are? Run off to the...
Right now, Amazon has the quite well-received book Self-Defense for Gentlemen and Ladies: A Nineteenth-Century Treatise on Boxing, Kicking, Grappling, and Fencing with the Cane and Quarterstaff, by Ben Miller on 50% sale. It was published as recently as in April...
"Dear Customers, Sadly due to ill health, we need to close the Danelli Armouries forge: Marco needs time to recover from an ongoing illness which has left him unable to work and right now he needs to focus on his physical recovery. I hope that you can understand that...
Renowned Scottish HEMA fencer Keith Farrell has now completed is interview series on The Importance of Books in the HEMA Community. He himself comments it with the following words:
“Personally, I think books are immensely important to the community (and in general!), but I was interested to find out more about how other people see the issue. I asked several well-known HEMA practitioners from around the world, including instructors, competitors, people who compete rarely, published authors, and academics.”
Check it out at his site keithfarrell.net
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