Press from near and far – and a lesson as to just how portable WMAHEMA knowledge is these days. And on a minor note; Yes, when you update to Windows 9 - all your previous documentation formatting goes out the window. Your patience is appreciated. Swords in Training LA NOUVELLE REPUBLIQUE (Tours, France) 24…
Category: Sword News
Desperately Seeking Susan Sword Press
Or at least her newspaper provider. Slim, rapier-like pickings this week We fear. German Longsword – by Germans for Germans.. DER WESTEN (Essen, Germany) 04 November 12 Fechten wie im Mittelalter (Anna Hückelheim) Christian Bott continues his WMA/HEMA work in Germany with his latest long sword workshop. Seven students – one a lady…
Beer-battered Sword Press
“Walter came with seventeen companions to the brewhouse with stones in their hoods, swords, knives and other weapons. They drank four gallons of beer … the brewer’s wife realized that there would be trouble and, together with the brewer, “prayed” Walter and his companions would leave. They refused, saying that they would stay and spend…
Sword …We mean Arrow; oops, sorry – Sword Press
Swords, bows and lances all compete for column-inch in today’s offering. Whatever your preference in WMA/HEMA interests, it appears (in the press at least) that you’re not alone out there. Not Your Padres’ Destreza MSN (New Delhi, India) 15 October 12 Medieval fight club This is not so much a press report as…
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Handy Sword Press
Youth and utility dominate this week’s modest offering. My off-hand weapon is … my off-hand! IO9 (New York, New York) 14 October 12 This remarkable prosthetic hand was made for a 16th-century knight (Lauren Davis) “Don’t be swinging that in the castle keep … you’re going to poke someone’s eye out … or…
The Sword Press News Expositor Reporter Times
While We were skating the internet for the appropriate subject-relevant press items, We got to musing … why doesn’t somebody just collect (loot) all of these references and make a newspaper already? A newspaper … with real sections … like this … The Sword Press News Expositor Reporter Times (Gloucester, Ontario) 08 October 12…
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Motivational Sword Press
As WMA/HEMA ‘scholars’, a lot of us study texts from the medieval or renaissance past, and then try to recreate the art using modern sword technology and protective equipment. The third part of this time-based triad is of course ‘the future’. And our efforts to engage young people in our interest and passion can only…
Sword Press of Prudence and Poland
The privilege to practice our arts within city limits is a large part due to how we conduct ourselves as a mature, trust-worthy community of ‘real scholars’. That said, sometimes, for a whole variety of reasons, one of us – or worse, a member of the viewing public, gets hurt during a sword-themed event. Notwithstanding…
Nominal Nordic Sword Press
Aide from a brief stop-over in the nation’s capital, We’re in Europe for this weeks round-up. We do find it modestly frustrating that there are some truly excellent WMA/HEMA-related events being conducted on both continents, but there’s no ‘central, one-stop-shop’ of these sort of things that would assist the WMA traveller in making or amending…
‘Modern’ Cutlass Sword Press
From time-to-time, a simple WMA-HEMA-related press item leads (this) one into the most pleasurable rabbit holes of never-ending research. The’ fine art’ of cutlass fencing is alive and well, and classes can be attended just south of the Academie Duello. And if you’re of the opinion that cutlass-work is a dead or boring art-form, try…
Beer-based Sword Press
“You’re a mule, Brennan, fitted neither to a rustic life nor a professional one – a bloody anachronism – a social mule, public school educated, trained to appreciate Chartreuse in a world where you cannot afford beer, taught to use a rapier in a world where other bastards use guns.” Plummer, D. Brian. ‘Lepus’. Coch-y-Bonddu…
Magical Sword Press
Swords and magic have been consistent companions since blades were first born of fire from raw chunks of rock. Even today, the ‘magical sword’ – be it blessed or cursed – is a mainstay in modern day fiction writing - and no little featuring in computer games!. Accessorise, accessorise, accessorise! SCHWÄBISCHE ZEITUNG (Leutkirch,…
Staged Sword Press
Show of hands – how many ‘originally’ came to their interest in swordplay from reading books such as ‘Yvain’, ‘Scaramouche’ or ‘Prince Caspian’? One – two – three … OK, hands down. And those whom were captured by blade work after watching television or movies such as ‘The Mark of Zorro’, ‘The Princess Bride’, Scaramouche…
Read Israeli Sword Press … in Russian
We love this job – We read Japanese-language blogs about German sword fighting; Estonian press about a Canadian ‘knight’; and now Israeli sword-press in Russian! Notwithstanding the problems of the Internet; it has provided significant resources to students and practitioners of the WMA art wherever they are – and more importantly, given us the opportunity…
Civic Sword Press
During this day, Canada’s Civic Holiday – what better reason to post WMA/HEMA-related events supported whole-heartedly by … civic authorities? Yes, we’re going back to Russia! (Apparently, last weeks assertion that things were quiet ‘over there’ was sadly mistaken, to say nothing of completely wrong!} Russia: Big Place … Big Events МАНГАЗЕЯ (Tobolsk,…
A Kinder, Gentler Sword Press?
Women – don’t mess with them! They’re out in force this week – thrusting, stabbing, falling off of things, falling onto things and taking a fall. If my modest experience with local WMA/HEMA groups is any indication, we have one of the few martial arts that encourages, nay – requires at times, both genders to…
Quiet, Responsible Sword Press
Its another quiet week for WMA/HEMA press, there’s nothing art-wise on the doorstep today. Even our Slavic and Germanic peers seem to be unnaturally quiet of late. Maybe somebody from the Academie Duello should fly over to Europe and report back on the state of play and study over there!We do however, offer a modest…
Missed & Future Opportunities Sword Press
Last week was Our 50thposting of Sword Press – which under other circumstances might qualify this One for some sort of modest ‘atta-boy’ award involving beer and an affectionate but manly pat-on-the-head. However as I’ve learned to my sorrow, my iron-fisted, steel-hearted, way-too-fast-to-hit, workaholic Master insists that it’s all part of ‘business normal’ in getting…