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HEMA stands for Historical European Martial Arts and is an activity practiced by thousands across the country and around the world. The HEMA-Cast is a podcast focused on the topics and events important to the HEMA community. By going to events and interviewing members of HEMA, we get to exchange ideas and get to know the HEMA community at large.
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Jun 8, 2023

The HEMA-Cast Rides Again! This episode was recorded at Klopfterfecht 2023 – The Returnening.

 

Gabriel Moreno – Gabe is a former member of L'Arte Della Bellica in the Reading Area of Pennsylvania (https://ladfencing.com/). He can also be found online as the Forlorn Raven on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/theforlornraven/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/theforlornraven/) I hope you enjoy our conversation and find Joy in HEMA.



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May 31, 2023

The HEMA-Cast Rides Again! This episode was recorded at Klopfterfecht 2023 – The Returnening.

 

Christian Büttner – Christian is an instructor with Maryland Kunst des Fechtens (https://www.marylandkdf.com/). He currently teaches Saber and Fundamental Longsword. We got a chance to chat about being able to step out of the instructor role, and how rare and fun it is. I hope you enjoy it.



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May 24, 2023

The HEMA-Cast Rides Again! This episode was recorded at Klopfterfecht 2023 – The Returnening.

 

Pax Girdsman/John Crum – Pax is a member of Maryland Kunst des Fechtens (https://www.marylandkdf.com/) as well as a twitch Streamer (https://www.twitch.tv/geekparagon). If you want to contact Pax about visiting your club to give his talk, you can contact him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pax.girdsman. We talked about the class he gave at Klopfterfecht as well as a few other things. I hope you enjoy it.



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Jun 30, 2020

Jason L Cook – Jason is the instructor for The Exiles New Englad. You can find more information about the Exiles at https://the-exiles.com/, They also have a youtube channel THE EXILES found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzbN04ZUlk13rX1SasGk-w/feed



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Jun 22, 2020

Jess Finley – You can find more information about Jess Finley on her instructor page https://www.facebook.com/JessFinleySwords/. The Ritterkunst Turnhalle can be found at http://www.ritterkunst.com/ . You can contact Jess about an intensive through her Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/jessfinley



Kimberleigh Roseblade – Kimmie's instructor page can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheRoseblade/ . And the Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts (AEMMA) can be found at https://www.facebook.com/groups/AEMMA.1998/



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Jun 14, 2020

Justin Mingo – Has been studying HEMA for ~4 years now and is a part of NYHFA and L'Arte NYC. You can find more information about NYHFA http://www.newyorklongsword.com/. You can find more information about L'Arte NYC at http://ladfencing.com/ or on their facebook page http://facebook.com/LarteNYC



McKenzie Ewing – Has been a part of HEMA for ~8 years as part of the Atlanta Historical Fencing Academy. You can find more information about the Atlanta Historical Fencing Academy at http://www.fencingatl.com/  And if you get the chance, you should definitely search youtube for some of his tournament videos.

 

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Jun 8, 2020

Adam Franti – is the instructor for the Lansing Longsword Guild from Lansing Michigan. You can find more information about LLG at their Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lansinglongsword/ ; Their Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT0CcJsagigMeZTrhM_b-xw/ ; Or via e-mail at lansinglongsword@gmail.com



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Nov 25, 2019

Short show notes for this episode. I got to interview Youval and Maarten about the ProGauntlet. The ProGauntlet is available for PreSale now.

Youval Kupiers And Maarten Kamphuis – the makers of the ProGauntlet. You can find more information and order a presale of the ProGauntlet on their website https://progauntlet.shop/. For our American listeners, Presale is available through PurpleHeart Armory. https://www.woodenswords.com/ProGauntlet_p/glove.pro.htm

You can see their promo clip on Youtube here. https://youtu.be/7qDp0jbNKb8



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Nov 3, 2019

Charles Lin – Charles is an instructor with Capital Kunst des Fechtens, https://www.capitalkdf.org. At Longpoint 2019 he taught two classes on Urban Violence in Medieval Germany. http://www.fightlongpoint.com/news/2019/3/18/charles-lin-on-urban-violence-in-medieval-germany Charles also writes a Blog, Practice and Art. And hosts a HEMA Roundtables Podcast.

Blog – http://practiceandart.wordpress.com

HEMA Roundtables - http://hemaroundtables.libsyn.com/

Knights vs Peasants – Longpoint 2019 - https://youtu.be/OQxcAO28BJg



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Sep 26, 2019

Robert Charrette is awesome. Find more information about him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SchermitoreCharrette/ . Or find more information on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_N._Charrette .

You can find more information about the Chivalric Fighting Arts Symposium 2019 at https://companionsofthesevenswords.regfox.com/chivalric-fighting-arts-symposium-ii



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Jun 28, 2019

Cheating with my show notes today, just copying the relevant parts of the script for you. ;-) Better show notes next time.

 

Julie Olsen is an instructor with Athena School of Arms. You can find more information about Athena at their website, http://athenaschoolofarms.org/. Athena, as well as Forte, and Boston Armizare put on Iron Gate Exhibition. Registration for IGX 2019 is already open on their website http://www.irongateexhibition.com/. The New England Sword Gathering has a set of events that they are putting on including Brass Frog Assault of Arms this weekend, June 28th through 30th in East Haddam, Ct. The Western Swordsmanship Technique and Research, WSTR is hosting it. https://sites.google.com/view/brassfrog/

Jeff Lord is an instructor and founding member of ARMS, the Association for Renaissance and Medieval Swordsmanship. You can find more information at https://www.umass.edu/renaissance/about-4.

 

July 19th through 21st I'll be hosting the Flower of Battle with LAD Historical Fencing in Reading Pennsylvania. I don't normally toot my own horn, but I hope you'll forgive me for being excited to host a 3 day event that in addition to a Longsword Tournament, will have a Cutting Tournament, A Techniques Tournament, Singlestick, Dagger, Messer, Grab-Bag Mixed Weapons, and Grappling tournaments, as well as a host of classes with instructors such as Chuck Gross with HEMAStrong, Julie Olson, Connor Kemp-Cowell, Patrick Bratton, Charles Lin, James Reed, and others! We're pulling a lot of talent in the Mid-Atlantic region together to put on something special. https://www.facebook.com/events/172002340349274/

May 27, 2019

Connor Kemp-Cowell is the lead instructor for the Philadelphia Common Fencers Guild. You can find more information about the Philly Common Fencers on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/phillycommonfencersguild/



Steve Massaroni is a coach for Boston Armizare. He also had a role helping to run the tournaments at IGX 2018. You can find more information about Boston Armizare on their facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/BostonArmizare/ Boston Armizare also puts on Boar's Tooth, a New England Sword Gathering Event in July. You can find more information about their event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/285138895717530/



And of course you can find more information about IGX at http://www.irongateexhibition.com

 

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Mar 28, 2019

Brief show notes for today's episode just to get the episode out.

Ryan Zukowski is a member of the Long Island Historical Fencing Society. You can find more information about the LIHFS at http://www.longislandlongsword.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LIHFS/

Tea Kew is a member of Cambridge HEMA in the UK. https://www.academyofhistoricalarts.co.uk/groups/cambridge-hema/ or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeHEMA/

 

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Mar 19, 2019

Experience is all around us and is what makes the community get better and better as the years go on. Today's episode has the voice of two experienced members of the community.

Arto Fama is an instructor with Zwaard & Steen. You can find more information about Zwaard & Steen at https://www.zwaard-steen.org/. Arto has also been named to the Nordic Delegation for the 2nd European Games in Minsk 2019. More information about HEMA at Minsk can be found at https://www.hema-minsk2019.org/.

Jake Priddy is the founder of Fenris Kunst des Fechtens in Martinsburg, West Virginia. More information can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/fenriskdf/.

 

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Mar 12, 2019

All about armor in today's episode. I finally got a chance to interview Bill Frisbee after a couple of years of trying and just missing each other.

Bill Frisbee is runs New Hampshire KDF and Fechtschule Frisbee. You can find more information about both of them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NewHampshireKDF/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/2269664679711738/ respectively. Fechtschule Frisbee is celebrating their 5th anniversary August 15th through 18th.

Bill also attends Longpoint and IGX every year. More information about Longpoint can be found at http://www.fightlongpoint.com/. Longpoint 2019 will be March 28th through 31st in Ellicott City, Maryland. More information about IGX can be found at http://www.irongateexhibition.com/. IGX 2019 will be September 27th through 29th in Danvers, Massachusetts.

 

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Feb 27, 2019

We're featuring interviews from Swordsquatch 2018 from both ends of the experience spectrum. Cody Schuler is a newer fencer, and Sven Lugar has decades of experience.

Cody Schuler is a member of Kulshan HEAM. You can find Kulshan HEMA online at https://www.kulshanhema.com/. You can keep up with Cody on his instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pgoodstuff/

 

Sven Lugar is a sword jock in the pacific northwest and regular volunteer for SwordSquatch. He has 60 years of experience between the Ravens, Military service, the SCA, and HEMA. When he gets back to training, he will be will Lonin League. You can find more information about the Lonin League at https://lonin.org/.

 

SwordSquatch is a yearly event put on by Lonin League in Seattle Washington. You can find more information about Swordsquatch at swordsquatch.org including tickets for swordsquatch 2019.

 

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Feb 18, 2019

We're finishing up Study in Steel 2018 and a one off interview from Give a Girl a Sword, hosted by Men at Arms Martial Arts.

Broderick Stocks is a member of Warriors of Ash. You can find Warriors of Ash online at WarriorsofAsh.com. Broderick is still studying and practicing HEMA, and podiumed for the first time at Queen's Gambit with 3rd place in side sword cutting.

 

James Reed is the founder and Lead Instructor of Men at Arms Martial Arts in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. You can find more information about Men at Arms on Facebook, or on their website PASwordCombat.com. Men at Arms is hosting their second annual tournament event “Clash of Claymores” in April. There they are having four tournaments and over a dozen workshops as part of the Longpoint Historical Fencing League. You can get tickets online at https://www.paswordcombat.com/event-info/clash-of-claymores-2019

 

Give a Girl a Sword is an initiative started by Esfinges to encourage events intended to make it easier and more welcoming for women to join and get involved in HEMA. You can find more information about Esfinges on facebook, or their website, esfinges.net. The Esfinges (The Sphinxes) was born out of a need to assist women wanting to begin study of these arts so they can start practicing Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) and to bring female practitioners HEMA together.

 

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Feb 11, 2019

I'm done moving and back to putting together episodes from the back log of interviews. Today's interviews are from Study in Steel 2018. We have Daniel León and Rebecca Glass.

Daniel León is the instructor for Scuola Gladiatori in Quito Ecuador. There he teaches Tang Soo Do as well as longsword and is a Schola St George Affiliate. You can get in touch with Daniel directly via Facebook at Daniel León, or by phone + 593 099 787 0877. You can find his club on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/scuolagladiatoriwarriorschool/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/artesmarciales_tangsoo_hema_ec/), Youtube, or online at https://scuolagladiatori.com/. And more information about Schola St George can be found at https://www.scholasaintgeorge.org/

Rebecca Glass is a longtime student of HEMA and will be joining L'Arte Della Bellica as we start a new club in New York City in the coming months. She is teaching a class at Black Wolf Historical Fencing called "From Worrier to Warrior" February 23rd. As part of the class, they will look at goal setting and coping strategies that can help you get through competition -- and help you in your daily life outside of HEMA. More information can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/232956564315306/

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Sep 29, 2018

Sorry for the abbreviated show notes. It's been a long day and I wanted to get this out to you.

Matt Stinson from Bold City Longsword. More information about them at https://www.jacksonvillehema.com/ and on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BoldCityLongsword

Zachary Springer founder of HEMAPE and from Schola St George Savannah. HEMAPE can be found on facebook and at http://hemape.com/. And you can find Schola St George Savannah at http://ssgsavannah.com/

 

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Jun 22, 2018

This is the End! This is the end of what I am arbitrarily calling Season 1 of the HEMACast. Season 2 will start up again on a biweekly schedule at the end of July or the Beginning of August. Now that that's out of the way, I can introduce our 2 interviews. At IGX 2016, I got to interview Charles Murdock and Will Del Solar.

Charles Murdock is an instructor for the Grünberg Freifechter out of Green Mountain Vermont. More information about the Grünberg Freifechter can be found on their facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/grunbergfreifechter/ They are part of the Meyer Freifechter Guild, more information about them can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/mffgusa//study-groups/region-i/gruenberg-freifechte

Will Del Solar is an instructor for Boston Armizare, out of Boston Massachusetts. Will has a HEMA blog found here: https://nerd-plus-jock-equals-hema.tumblr.com/ And Boston Armizare has a youtube channel and a facebook page for more information about them found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqI86Igqd3xDahzLwL9rn1w/ and Here: https://www.facebook.com/BostonArmizare/

 

The HEMA-Cast is brought to you by Old Line Historical Swordsmanship. Old Line Historical Swordsmanship is a martial arts club dedicated to studying the arts of medieval Germany. They study all manner of European swords, Longsword, Sword and Buckler, Saber, Rapier, Dagger, Wrestling, and others. 

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Apr 6, 2018

The Spirit of HEMA is all about the camaraderie between fighters, the growth in the community, and the go get it done attitude that makes HEMA special. Josh Furrate, Connor Richardson, and Ashanti Ziths exemplify this spirit, without even trying. It was a pleasure to share their stories.

Josh Furrate is a member of Ordo Pricinctus out of Baton Rouge, LA. They host the Baton Rouge Open, a part of SHFL, the Southern Historical Fencing League. You can find more information about Ordo Procinctus at https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrdoProcinctusHEMA/ And more information about the Baton Rouge Open 2018 at https://www.facebook.com/events/2025780501080851/

Connor Richardson is a member of MEMAG Crossing fight school, and has been practicing HEMA for almost a year and a half now. You can find more information about MEMAG at http://memag.net/

Ashanti Ziths is a member of the New York Historical Fencing Association (NYHFA), and is the creator of the Agoge bag from Prometheus Packs. The Agoge bag is specifically designed for HEMA practicioners. You can find more information about NYHFA at http://www.newyorklongsword.com/. And you can find the Agoge bag at https://www.prometheuspacks.com/

 

The HEMA-Cast is brought to you by Old Line Historical Swordsmanship. Old Line Historical Swordsmanship is a martial arts club dedicated to studying the arts of medieval Germany. They study all manner of European swords, Longsword, Sword and Buckler, Saber, Rapier, Dagger, Wrestling, and others. 

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Mar 17, 2018

Wrestling and Grappling, or as it can be called in a historical context Ringen (German sources) or Abrazare (Italian Sources), are an integral part of Historical combat. And there are many great books and articles that you can find to support this idea. So in that spirit, we spoke with Tim Hall of CKDF and Douglas Perritt of VAF all about Ringen.

Tim Hall is with CKDF and a cofounder of the US Historical Ringen Association. Tim is also a certified personal fitness trainer. Tim is a great Ringen teacher, and competitor. You can find information about CKDF at https://www.capitalkdf.org/. And you can find more information about the US HRA at https://usringen.org/ or on their Facebook Page

Douglas Perritt is with the Virginia Academy of Fencing, and organizer of the Midatlantic Ringen Symposium (MARS) and the Atlantic Ringen Exposition and Symposium (ARES). You can find more information about VAF at http://www.vafinc.com/ You can find last years events on Facebook MARS 2017 and ARES 2017, and I'm sure this years events will be announced soon.

 

To add some more community involvement, I'd like to have our listeners record themselves reading the opening and/or closing script to be included in the episode. If you'd like send me a recording of either the opening or closing script, e-mail me at HEMAPodcast@gmail.com with an audio file.

The script for the opening and closing of the episode are found below:

Opening: Hello, You're listening to the HEMA-Cast. A HEMA Focused Podcast. Where we interview members of the HEMA community, have roundtable discussions about topics important to HEMA, and discuss upcoming events with event organizers. I am [your name] and here is your host Patrick McCaffrey.

Closing: You can find The HEMA-Cast on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Music at the HEMA-Cast. If you like what we do, and want to make it easier for people to find us, please rate us, write a review, and share it with your friends. If there's something we could be doing better, or you want to recommend a topic or a person to talk with, e-mail us at HEMAPodcast@gmail.com or message us on Facebook or Twitter. In the meantime, this is [your name] and I hope you are granted Prudence, Celerity, Audacity, and Fortitude in all that you do. Thanks for listening.

 

The HEMA-Cast is brought to you by Old Line Historical Swordsmanship. Old Line Historical Swordsmanship is a martial arts club dedicated to studying the arts of medieval Germany. They study all manner of European swords, Longsword, Sword and Buckler, Saber, Rapier, Dagger, Wrestling, and others. 

If you like what you hear, you can support the HEMA-Cast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/HEMACast and hear sneak previews of interviews before they are put together in episodes.

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Nov 22, 2017

I have made many friends in HEMA, but today's episode features 3 friends that I made fairly early on in my HEMA Career. John Morahn, Greg Fasolino, and Nick Murro are three people that I respect and admire, and because of that, I wanted to interview them and share their stories with the rest of the HEMA community.

John Morahn is an instructor with Western Swordsmanship Technique and Research (WSTR) out of Willimantic, CT. At IGX 2016 and 2017 he taught Mair's Scythe, a non traditional Western Martial Arts weapon.

You can find more information about WSTR at https://sites.google.com/site/wstrinfo/. You can find John Morahn on Facebook and Twitter.

Greg Fasolino is a member of the Long Island Historical Fencing Society on Long Island New York. He was among the first tournament fights I ever had at IGX 2015. I got to interview him about being a Wisdom League fighter at IGX 2016.

You can find more information about Long Island Historical Fencing at http://www.longislandlongsword.com. Where they also have information about Long Island Point, part of the LHFL.

Nick Murro is the instructor for MEMAG Crossing Fight School. Nick reached out to my club shortly after we were established and has always helped us to be as technical and good sword fighters as we could be. He was my paired technique partner at Longpoint 2017, and we got to sit down and talk about what it's like to be instructors for HEMA.

You can find more information about MEMAG Crossing Fight School at http://www.memag.net/crossingfight.html

 

To add some more community involvement, I'd like to have our listeners record themselves reading the opening and/or closing script to be included in the episode. If you'd like send me a recording of either the opening or closing script, e-mail me at HEMAPodcast@gmail.com with an audio file.

The script for the opening and closing of the episode are found below:

Opening: Hello, You're listening to the HEMA-Cast. A HEMA Focused Podcast. Where we interview members of the HEMA community, have roundtable discussions about topics important to HEMA, and discuss upcoming events with event organizers. I am [your name] and here is your host Patrick McCaffrey.

Closing: You can find The HEMA-Cast on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Music at the HEMA-Cast. If you like what we do, and want to make it easier for people to find us, please rate us, write a review, and share it with your friends. If there's something we could be doing better, or you want to recommend a topic or a person to talk with, e-mail us at HEMAPodcast@gmail.com or message us on Facebook or Twitter. In the meantime, this is [your name] and I hope you are granted Prudence, Celerity, Audacity, and Fortitude in all that you do. Thanks for listening.

 

The HEMA-Cast is brought to you in part by Sword Carolina. Sword Carolina offers an online HEMA school, as well as The Academy for study group and club leaders. Sword Carolina can be found online at http://swordcarolina.com/

The HEMA-Cast is also brought to you by Old Line Historical Swordsmanship. Old Line Historical Swordsmanship is a martial arts club dedicated to studying the arts of medieval Germany. They study all manner of European swords, Longsword, Sword and Buckler, Saber, Rapier, Dagger, Wrestling, and others. 

If you like what you hear, you can support the HEMA-Cast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/HEMACast and hear sneak previews of interviews before they are put together in episodes.

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Aug 28, 2017

Jayson Barrons is the president of the HEMA Alliance. The HEMA Alliance (HEMAA) is a service organization for the Historical European Martial Arts community. It is incorporated as an educational non-profit in order to provide a wide range of services from a stable core whose educational mission is legally bound by open bylaws and democracy. Jayson talked about some of the goals and the projects that the HEMAA is working on and how members can get involved.

You can find out more about the HEMAA at http://www.hemaalliance.com/

Jake Norwood is a founder of CKDF and Longpoint. He occasionally runs a combat stress class at various events he attends. This class is designed to help fighters get more comfortable in a stressful situation, like competition, or a fight. We got a chance to talk about what you can do on your own, or in your own group, to get used to fighting at high intensity.

Capital Kunst des Fechtens can be found at http://www.capitalkdf.org/

More information about Longpoint, including the Longpoint Historical Fencing League, and Longpoint South, can be found at http://www.fightlongpoint.com/

 

To add some more community involvement, I'd like to have our listeners record themselves reading the opening and/or closing script to be included in the episode. If you'd like send me a recording of either the opening or closing script, e-mail me at HEMAPodcast@gmail.com with an audio file.

The script for the opening and closing of the episode are found below:

Opening: Hello, You're listening to the HEMA-Cast. A HEMA Focused Podcast. Where we interview members of the HEMA community, have roundtable discussions about topics important to HEMA, and discuss upcoming events with event organizers. I am [your name] and here is your host Patrick McCaffrey.

Closing: You can find The HEMA-Cast on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Music at the HEMA-Cast. If you like what we do, and want to make it easier for people to find us, please rate us, write a review, and share it with your friends. If there's something we could be doing better, or you want to recommend a topic or a person to talk with, e-mail us at HEMAPodcast@gmail.com or message us on Facebook or Twitter. In the meantime, this is [your name] and I hope you are granted Prudence, Celerity, Audacity, and Fortitude in all that you do. Thanks for listening.

 

The HEMA-Cast is brought to you in part by Sword Carolina. Sword Carolina offers an online HEMA school, as well as The Academy for study group and club leaders. Sword Carolina can be found online at http://swordcarolina.com/

If you like what you hear, you can support the HEMA-Cast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/HEMACast and hear sneak previews of interviews before they are put together in episodes.

Like us on facebook at HEMA-Cast or on twitter @HEMAcast

E-mail us at HEMApodcast@gmail.com

Listen to us on the web at http://hemacast.libsyn.com/ | On iTunes at The HEMA-Cast | Stitcher at The HEMA-Cast | Google Play Podcasts at The HEMA-Cast

Jun 2, 2017

Cédric Hauteville sat down with me at IGX 2016 to discuss his Youtube Documentary - Back to the Source. We got a chance to talk about some motivations for putting together the documentary and some difficulties with putting it all together. Cédric is a member of the English Martial Arts Academy which can be found online at http://www.englishmartialarts.com/ You can get in touch with Cedric on Twitter https://twitter.com/Hauced and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cedric_hauteville/

Keith Cotter-Reilly and I got a chance to talk at the Mid-Atlantic Ringen Symposium this year about Ringen, Abrazare, and all things Grappling. He is the head instructor for the Atlanta Freifechter group. They primarily study the works of Joachim Meyer, as well as Fabian Von Auerswald for ringen. He has also taught workshops at several of the HEMA events in the USA. The Atlanta Freifechters can be found online at http://www.fencingatl.com/. He is also the US supplier for SPES. SPES USA can be found online at http://histfenc.us/

To add some more community involvement, I'd like to have our listeners record themselves reading the opening and/or closing script to be included in the episode. If you'd like send me a recording of either the opening or closing script, e-mail me at HEMAPodcast@gmail.com with an audio file.

The script for the opening and closing of the episode are found below:

Opening: Hello, You're listening to the HEMA-Cast. A HEMA Focused Podcast. Where we interview members of the HEMA community, have roundtable discussions about topics important to HEMA, and discuss upcoming events with event organizers. I am [your name] and here is your host Patrick McCaffrey.

Closing: You can find The HEMA-Cast on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Music at the HEMA-Cast. If you like what we do, and want to make it easier for people to find us, please rate us, write a review, and share it with your friends. If there's something we could be doing better, or you want to recommend a topic or a person to talk with, e-mail us at HEMAPodcast@gmail.com or message us on Facebook or Twitter. In the meantime, this is [your name] and I hope you are granted Prudence, Celerity, Audacity, and Fortitude in all that you do. Thanks for listening.

The HEMA-Cast is brought to you in part by Sword Carolina. Sword Carolina offers an online HEMA school, as well as The Academy for study group and club leaders. Sword Carolina can be found online at http://swordcarolina.com/

The HEMA-Cast is also brought to you by Maryland Kunst des Fechtens - Harford County. You can find them online at http://Marylandkdf.com.

If you like what you hear, you can support the HEMA-Cast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/HEMACast and hear sneak previews of interviews before they are put together in episodes.

Upcoming Events the HEMA-Cast will be attending

Broken Plow Presents Peter Als Nerving's Historical European Martial Sports Seminar (HEMS) - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/broken-plow-weekend-equestrian-seminars-tickets-33800884355

The New York Historical Fencing Association's Fechtschule New York - https://www.facebook.com/events/123838278149907/

And Longpoint 2017 - http://www.fightlongpoint.com/

Like us on facebook at HEMA-Cast or on twitter @HEMAcast

E-mail us at HEMApodcast@gmail.com

Listen to us on the web at http://hemacast.libsyn.com/ | On iTunes at The HEMA-Cast | Stitcher at The HEMA-Cast | Google Play Podcasts at The HEMA-Cast

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