I recently answered a question on a site called Quora, regarding this. Quora is a site where people post questions for others to answer. It’s one of the most civil discussion sites I’ve ever seen, which is why I like it. Trolling is kept to a minimum, and active, intellectual discussion is encouraged. Anyhow, here’s the […]
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Defining Our Art
The other day I had someone ask what it is that we do at The Academy of European Swordsmanship. He had found us through our website. Now, my immediate thoughts were that either he didn’t really have a look at the website, or it’s somehow lacking in this regard. Maybe the information is too hard […]
Nordschlag 2016 a Success
This past weekend was our tenth annual open Western Martial Arts tournament and workshop, Nordschlag. Some excellent practitioners from around Western Canada and the world showed up for this competition, thirty-eight competitors overall, displaying not only fine athleticism, but also some fantastic sportsmanship. The weekend began with Saturday’s tournament, which five events were held: synthetic […]