Nordschlag HEMA Tournament

Well, we’re finally having tournaments again in Historical European Martial Arts, as the pandemic seems to be near an end. For 2022 the tournament will be held on October 22, with the workshop on October 23. Tournament will include four events: Open Longsword Women’s Steel Longsword (pending enough registration) Sidesword Random Weapons Tournament registration fee […]

Our Sources and What We Study

HEMA has a wide variety of sources nowadays, unlike when the AES started back in the early 1990’s. We had few resources – the Lichtenauer poem, Talhoffer’s 1467 treatise (only in German), and a few other references that were incomplete. Since then the scholarship in this has expanded greatly! Today we have people translating treatises […]

The HEMA Scholar, book on HEMA, swordsmanship, sword fighting, sword theory, sword instructions, martial arts, martial arts instruction

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, […]

HEMA Rocks!

This is part of what we do… And it’s cool to see so many people you know in a video like this. Join us in Edmonton on Tuesday or Thursday nights. Join us in Rimbey on Monday nights. Inquire for our new group in Wetaskiwin!