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May 16th and 17th

One of the things I love best about HEMA is that it is a source of many worthwhile journies, both personal and communal. Case in point: competition -- how best to not just test but express swordsmanship. For me, this journey is ongoing and worthy of further effort and evolution -- allow me to share a bit of that communal journey from the past couple years...!

HEMA Spotlight | Continuous Fencing Tournaments HOT TAKE: contemporary modern HEMA tournaments are not perfect. SO if there is still room for improvement, what might future evolutionary steps look like......

Happy New Year!!! Belated holiday gift: a very simple template for any of you thinking of owning (leasing) your own (HEMA) club space one day...!

YT55 Finding Home in HEMA 02 YT Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Let's wrap the year with a discussion on how ot incorporate fear into your HEMA training (inspired by a valuable dialogue with Dr. Nathan Clough from Arms & Armor)! Happy Holidays from Forte to you all -- 2025 has been a very eventful year, and we've got some big developments for 2026, see ya next year...!!!

VIDEO RESPONSE | Addressing FEAR as part of HEMA training Apparently it's 3 weeks in a row of fun public dialogues -- final video response of the year to Dr. Nathan Clough at Arms & Armor, on the specific point of h...

...ANOTHER response video 🫢🤭🫣?!!!

Words for James Reilly and Nathan Clough -- it be just rainin' opinions over here...

VIDEO RESPONSE | Words for Messrs. REILLY & CLOUGH Wow, another video response, 2 weeks in a row...? What on earth could I be on about now???- James Reilly and Nathan Clough: https://youtu.be/emlOy0czyQQ?si=...

Oh I've got words for Dave Rawlings and Federico Malagutti...

VIDEO RESPONSE | Words for Messrs. RAWLINGS & MALAGUTTI Oh I've got things to say... check out the original source videos here...!!! - Dave Rawlings: English Two Handed Sword (they were wrong) https://www.youtub...

'TIS THE SEASON!!! What's in the box...???

UNBOXING! Holiday Cheer thanks to Adam Bodorics & Ashanti Ziths...!!! Ashanti Ziths Void Historical Fencing Kite Bag: https://voidhistoricalfencing.com/shop/kite-sword-bagAdam Bodorics Swordmaker FB: https://www.facebook.com/pr...

"...why does this lens matter in martial arts and especially weapons combat? ...when I've actually taken things apart as I've been trained to do essentially and gone 'What are the actual things that are making the biggest difference in this, and I've almost invariably landed on: if you're teaching something and it doesn't make the person FEEL like things are easier, if they're not going 'Wow this feels so so much easier mentally, I feel like physically more relaxed doing this, then you're probably asking too much already."

HEMA Spotlight | COGNITIVE EFFICIENCY with Asante Lawla "...why does this lens matter in martial arts and especially weapons combat? ...when I've actually taken things apart as I've been trained to do essentially...