By Eric Lowe, guest writer For me, the big thing that distinguishes great sword fights from good ones is technique selection.Long answer: I really can’t count a fight scene as good if it doesn’t serve the story well. But let’s assume that we’re looking at scenes where the story is there. I also don’t really […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
The HEMA Scholar – new AES book
Books on HEMA add credence and authority to how one is perceived as an instructor. Maybe it works that way for a whole school, too. I’ve been meaning to write a book for many years, and even have a few outlines completed, but never seem to find the time to complete any of them. Well, […]
2018 Tournament Winners
Open Steel Longsword 1 Ashley Coe The Forge Western Martial Arts 2 Joseph Paches Academy of European Swordsmanship 3 Kevin de Ridder Blood and Iron Martial Arts, Burnaby 4 August Sieben Academy of European Swordsmanship Sidesword 1 Tony Huang Blood and Iron Martial Arts, Burnaby 2 Lars Le Gras The Forge Western Martial Arts 3 […]
Ragnarok – HEMA Tournament in Rimbey
The AES has it’s first hosted tournament of 2018 at our Rimbey chapter on June 23 at Rimbey Community Centre, starting at 10:00 am. This is Rimbey’s third tournament, and will include three events: steel longsword, steel sword & buckler, and synthetic Dane Axe. This is one of the tournaments that count towards the Prairies […]
Reflection on HEMA Injuries
I had a lot of fun this past weekend at Anvil, a tournament ran by The Forge WMA in Calgary. The tournament was well organized, probably the best job I’ve seen them do yet. And the fighting was challenging and enjoyable – I think for everyone. I’m really looking forward to the remaining tournaments I’ll […]
Upcoming Events – Spring 2018
Well, we’re almost into the tournament season, and that means that there will be a lot of events coming! Our first one is a members only event, on March 10, with Tony Huang visiting us from Blood & Iron Martial Arts. He’ll be showing use some of his interpretations on the Meyer’s dagger plates. April […]