A category for op/ed pieces on HEMA topics.
Many people practice HEMA as a casual hobby or a sport and they are in many ways lucky – they can enjoy the training and the tourneys and have fun. But if and when you get more serious in HEMA, … Continue reading Where the real fight is
There is a strange phenomenon in HEMA – one of the weapon combinations that brings out the most fascination is largely ignored in practice by the majority of serious practitioners. Anytime someone presents HEMA, you will hear about the oldest … Continue reading Sword and buckler and why I do it
There is a richness in European sources you can’t find anywhere else. “HEMA” encompasses an enormous amount of different weapons and disciplines, spanning over 5-6 centuries, depending on how you count it. Yet only a few of them are at … Continue reading The need to be special in HEMA
In HEMA and martial arts, most of all, the journey is the destination. For serious practitioners, training is not just a hobby, it becomes a segment of your life. For us, this is like the perfect picture of our journey, … Continue reading I want to do HEMA like this guy does Judo
About nothing in particular. We simply need to talk. We need to converse, to communicate. Some people say there is no actual “HEMA community”, and that is true to an extent – we spend 99% of our HEMA time with … Continue reading HEMA, we need to talk
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