HEMA, M-1 Medieval, ARMA, SCA and Others

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Plenty of Ren Faires going on right now and 'tis the season to whack people with swords while wearing armour. A good time to start a thread on the resurgence of Western/Medieval/Renaissance Martial Arts.

www.hemaalliance.com/

www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/knight-fights-inside-the-strange-and-savage-world-of-medieval-mm/

www.thearma.org/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCA_armoured_combat

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Very nice you tube video of horse-mounted wrestling:

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The link below contains video coverage of the International Medieval Combat Federation's world championship in Portugal. Y'all need to check this out. Some brutal stuff in there.



www.jameslafond.com/article.php?id=5693

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This guy does training clinics, so it fits...

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Jan 3, 2017 13:32:52 GMT -5 deuce said:

This guy does training clinics, so it fits...

Interesting video, Deuce. 

I like the 'jarmaki' shot he performs in the clip. 

here's a pic of Mike Loades performing the shot.



He has recently written a book on the Composite Bow as part of the Osprey Weapons Series.



Mike Loades link
www.mikeloades.com/

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A HEMA enthusiast and professor has advice for fantasy/historical novelists:


edmcdonaldwriting.com/2016/12/03/that-is-not-a-broadsword/


Good stuff. 

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Author and Edinburgh native, Martin Harold Page, talks about his 20yrs in HEMA:


www.blackgate.com/2017/03/25/the-poison-apple-have-long-sword-will-battle-an-interview-with-martin-page/

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Ewart Oakeshott stated decades ago -- using medieval training texts as proof -- that medieval knights had a lot of range of motion and agility. Now we have video proof.

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The connections between swordplay and fisticuffs:


fightland.vice.com/blog/the-sword-and-the-fist-how-fencing-influenced-fighting


Some have theorized that REH drew on his knowledge of boxing when writing his swordfights.

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A pretty damned good article comparing accurate, HEMA-style sword combat vs Game of Thrones:


www.playboy.com/articles/hit-with-swords-if-game-of-thrones-realistic

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A good article on HEMA in Philadelphia:


billypenn.com/2017/03/21/a-game-of-thrones-style-swordplay-class-happens-sundays-in-west-philly/

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Mea culpa. I fixed the link in the previous post.

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Which sword is best in a one-on-one duel?

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Eye-opening clip:

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Hank Reinhardt would be 84 today. He was and is a legend in the medieval combat revival community. He was also known to be a badass with a knife or gun. On top of that, he was a huge fan of Brackett and Howard and was friends with SFF luminaries such as Robert Adams, Jerry Pournelle and John Maddox Roberts.

A cool interview he did with ARMA:


www.thearma.org/spotlight/hrinterview.htm#.WmBEjFSnG1s


Hank's two highly regarded books:


www.amazon.com/dp/B00APAHI5A/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

www.amazon.com/Hank-Reinhardts-Book-Sword-Reinhardt/dp/143913281X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=