Category: Teaching Methodology

On Individual Lessons in HEMA

Posted by Maciej Talaga | Feb 6, 2018 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Teaching, Teaching & training methods, Teaching Methodology, Teaching Pedagogics |

Ours are fighting systems that are under (re)construction. Those of us who consider themselves...

The point of sparring

Posted by Roger Norling | Aug 3, 2016 | Articles, Teaching & training methods, Teaching Methodology, Teaching Pedagogics |

While sounding like a simple thing to define, sparring can have quite a few and very different...

“Take great pains in your knightly practices” – A brief review of Medieval and Renaissance training methodologies

Posted by Arturo Camargo | Jul 16, 2016 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Teaching & training methods, Teaching Methodology, Teaching Pedagogics |

Few men are born brave; many become so through care and force of discipline. – Flavius...

Troublesome Student -The Winner, the Solver, the Heretic

Posted by Richard Marsden | Feb 12, 2016 | Articles, Teaching & training methods, Teaching Methodology, Teaching Pedagogics |

As a teacher, you prepare to show a student a technique from the treatise of your choice. You have...

All is Not Lost; Or HEMA on the Cheap

Posted by Nathan Arries | Jan 29, 2016 | Articles, Teaching & training methods, Teaching Methodology |

My first contact with what I know now as HEMA took place in the spring of 2009. I was attending a...

When to hit hard in HEMA

Posted by Alexander Fürgut | Jan 23, 2016 | Articles, Fencing Culture, Teaching & training methods, Teaching Methodology |

This article describes how full contact martial arts handle sparring intensity like Mixed Martial Arts, Dog Brothers Martial Arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Luta Livre, Freestyle wrestling, Kendo and what we can learn from this for HEMA.

How computer based systems can help improve our fencing skills.

Posted by Henrik Gyarmati | Dec 4, 2015 | Articles, Teaching & training methods, Teaching Methodology |

Prolog: Epic Meaning The goal of every HEMA-fighter is to “survive” a duel – fought with...

From WHAT to teach to HOW to teach: A coaching contribution for the HEMA of the XXI century

Posted by Luis Preto | Apr 24, 2015 | Articles, Teaching & training methods, Teaching Methodology, Teaching Pedagogics, Techniques & interpretation |

Tactical intelligence tends to be made out to be more complex than it actually is, by being seen as weapon specific. Furthermore, it also tends to lack specific and straight forward training guidelines … which has tactical skill...