Blades for Dayz

Jessica Finley is one of my HEMA heroes and I am excited as hell to talk to her. We talk about wrestling in armour and representation in HEMA. I got a lot out of this one. Find out more here https://sites.google.com/ritterkunst.com/ritterkunstturnhalle/ and here https://www.patreon.com/jessfinley. Brought to you by Tempus Fugitives. Visit www.tempusswords.co.uk for the UK or www.tempusswords.eu for the EU!

Brought to you by Tempus Fugitives. Visit www.tempusswords.co.uk for all your HEMA needs. Richard Hughes is the Leader of the Order of the Blade (www.orderoftheblade.com) which has opened up five branches in the midlands over the past few years. We talk about what it takes to operate those schools and making time for yourself.

Brought to you by Tempus Fugitives. Visit www.tempusswords.co.uk for all your HEMA needs. Graham Bell is a champion Judoku who has competed and won in several national tournaments. These days he is a sports therapist that has aided many national teams with their physical health. For more information, visit: https://www.cardiffgait.co.uk/.

Brought to you by Tempus Fugitives. Visit www.tempusswords.co.uk for all your HEMA needs. Shanee Nishry is a devotee of body mechanics in a Historical European Martial Arts context. We talk about her travel abroad and setting up her own school. Shanee is the founder of Stratford Swords, find out more here: https://stratford-swords.co.uk/.

This week’s episode is dedicated to Ollie Harrison, my best friend, shield brother and the best man I knew. I reminisce about some of the fights and shenanigans we got up to with his friends.

This episode was riddled with technical difficulties, but Alexander “Sasha” Makarov and I managed to get at least an hour of HEMA chat in about the origins of HEMA, Russian LARP and being in a HEMA relationship before the audio cut out. On the plus side, the sponsor and the guest have the same online address: www.tempusswords.co.uk.

Brought to you by Tempus Fugitives. Visit www.tempusswords.co.uk Ben Hamilton and I talk about Scottish Broadsword, a weapon I know nothing about as well as body mechanics, clenching one buttock and fighting games!

FightCamp 2021 was an absolute blast: I get together with come folks I haven’t seen and fought in far too long. Joined by Matt Easton from Schola Gladatoria, Keith Farrell from the Academy of Historical Arts, Mike Thomas, Nick Thomas and Sam Ackroyd from the Academy of Historical Fencing, Fran Lacuata from the School of the Sword and Asante Lawla ...

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This episode is brought to you by Tempus Fugitives (https://tempusswords.co.uk/shop). Jack Gassmann is one of the best fighters I have encountered! Actor, horseman and fencer, Jack is an instructor and director leading the way HEMA studies in rossfechten and blossfechten. Find out more at https://facebook.com/goatsheadhistfenc/.

This episode is brought to you by Raven Heart Forge (https://www.ravenheartforge.com/). Emilia has a love of savage weapons, but uses them ever so elegantly. The capo of Oxford School of the Sword, Emilia is a Fiorist who has taken many a tournament by storm. Find the School of the Sword Oxford at: https://sword.school/category/oxford/.