Is Sugar The Root of All Evil, Hellbent on Destroying Us All?

No* Sorry to disappoint, but as much as we want to hate on a particular foodstuff, it’s really not, because the fact is food is not good or bad. Nor is it evil, “clean”, healthy or pure. Food is food. A better question than whether something is “good” or “healthy” is does this suit my…

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General Strength and Conditioning

The single most important factor in learning any new physical skill is general strength, or the ability to press and pull with different parts of your body in all directions. By conditioning, we generally mean the endurance to perform work over an extended period of time. Both general strength and conditioning are essential elements to…

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Book Review: "Warhammer, the Forgotten Weapon" by James Roth

♪"Stop, Hammer time!"♫ (Apologies to MC Hammer.) What is a cultural ‘artistic’ reference in our time, was an invitation to ‘bring it’ in medieval times. For nearly two centuries, the warhammer was a weapon of choice for mounted medieval armoured combat. However, there seems to be a distinct lack of (recorded) knowledge of the fighting techniques…

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Fighting Like a Mom

As I write this, my baby daughter is currently asleep in her crib, beside my bed. Behind her, leaning against the wall, is my longsword. I started swordfighting in February 2014. I wanted to learn, but I also wanted to improve my health. My husband and I had been trying for a baby for almost…

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July Camps and Parrying With Luis Preto!

Swordfit Bootcamp! Begins Monday, July 9th, 2012 7:00am-8:00am and runs Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays for the month of July. In one packed hour, get all the benefits of interval training, functional fitness and swordplay and start your day off right! For more info and registration, go here!   Knight Camp! An unforgettable week of fun…

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My Swordfit Bootcamp Experience - Day 10

Hallo, Finally, a Monday bootcamp to blog about! This morning, I have three videos for you. First: warm-up, including lunges, bum kicks, skipping and crab crawls. Second: the dice game resurrected from Day 2. This time, we rolled the die for ourselves and so ended up doing our own independed excercise. Then, we'd grab our…

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