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.
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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/
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International competitors Anton Kohutovič, Martin Tibenský, Sergey Kultaev, and Alexander Stankiewics attended IGX 2016 to compete and demonstrate their fencing skill and training, taking the top 3 spots in the IGX open Longsword competition.
Anton Kohutovič and Martin Tibenský are from The Fencing Guild of Trnava in Slovakia. The fencing guild of Trnava can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TrnavskySermiarskyCech/
The Freifectergilde can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/FFGilde and online at http://ffgspb.ru/ The Freifectergilde's event Fecht Terra 2017 will take place October 7th through 9th. More information about that can be found on their facebook page. And the Freifectergilde is part of NFHEMA which can be found at ruhema.ru.
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/
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We wrap up the last of the Longpoint 2016 interviews with the first of the IGX 2016 interviews, and a special interview from MARS this past weekend.
Steven Hirsh is the founder and fitness coach of Athena School of Arms from Boston Massachusetts. He was the last of our Longpoint 2016 interviews and we talked about goals in training and running a HEMA school or club. You can find more information about Athena School of Arms on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/athenaschoolofarms.
Jeff Tsay is the organizer of IGX, as well as an instructor for Forte Swordplay from Boston Massachusetts. We got a chance to discuss the competition and intention behind IGX 2016. Which competitions were chosen and why. It is a great look at the process of putting together an event. You can find more information about Forte Swordplay on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/forteswordplay. And you can find more information about IGX at http://www.irongateexhibition.com/. IGX 2017 will be held September 29th through October 1st in Danvers MA.
Chuck Gross is from Broken Plow in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and author of #HEMAStrong. Chuck and I sat down and talked at the end of the Mid-Atlantic Ringen Symposium in Virginia to talk about his journey to becoming #HEMAStrong. You can find more information about #HEMAStrong on facebook and at http://www.hemastrong.com/
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 is a martial arts club dedicated to studying the arts of medieval Germany. Kunst des Fechtens, the Art of Fighting, consists of longsword, dagger, and wrestling. You can find them online at http://Marylandkdf.com.
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Longpoint 2016 interviews are almost wrapped up with Logan Black and Ben Jarashow. Logan Black is the blacksmith for Black Horse Blades out of Wisconsin. His work horse feder is making waves in the HEMA community since it came out, and we got to talk about steel and swords. You can find Black Horse Blades online at http://www.blackhorseblades.com/, and you can contact them via e-mail at blackhorseblades@gmail.com
Ben Jarashow is an instructor for Maryland KDF and a part of the organizational team for Longpoint. We got to talk about a lot of what goes into making Longpoint the amazing experience that it is, as well as some suggestions for running your own event. Maryland KDF can be found online at http://Marylandkdf.com. And more information for Longpoint can be found at http://www.fightlongpoint.com/.
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 is a martial arts club dedicated to studying the arts of medieval Germany. Kunst des Fechtens, the Art of Fighting, consists of longsword, dagger, and wrestling. You can find them online at http://Marylandkdf.com.
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Marshall Strong and Zachary Springer from Schola St. George Savannah, join Matt Stinson at the 3rd Team Georgia regional meeting. They talk about the judging culture and training of judges in Georgia. As well as their introductory curriculum in Savannah.
Matt Sennet of Maryland Kunst des Fechtens Harford County sat down with me at Longpoint last year to talk about blacksmithing, and taking care of gear in HEMA.
Marshall Strong and Zachary Springer are members of Schola St George Savannah. Schola St George Savannah can be found on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ssgsavannah/
Matt Sennet is an instructor for Maryland Kunst des Fechtens - Harford County. MKDF can be found online at Marylandkdf.com.
Matt Stinson is the instructor for Bold City Longsword in Jacksonville Florida, and guest host for the HEMA-Cast. You can find Bold City Longsword on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BoldCityLongsword/, and online at https://www.jacksonvillehema.com/.
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/
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Aaron Pynenberg, Travis Mayott, and Stephen Cheney sat down with me at Longpoint to talk about What HEMA is to each of us. From that vague question we had a fantastic discussion about where HEMA has been, where it's going, what makes up HEMA to each of us. If we had the time, we could have continued to discuss HEMA for much longer, but I hope that after listening to this round-table discussion you are inspired to answer the question of "What is HEMA?" for yourself. And hopefully you will find yourself with a more descriptive answer than just "Historical European Martial Arts"
Aaron Pynenberg is the founder and Provost instructor for The Wisconson Historical Fencing Association in Appleton, as well as the Historical Fencing Affiliates. You can visit the Wisconson Historical Fencing Asscociation website at Wi-HFA.org. And the Historical Fencing Affiliates at the-HFA.com
Travis Mayott is the Head Instructor for Maryland Kunst des Fechtens at the Columbia Maryland Location. You can visit the MKDF website at MarylandKDF.com
Stephen Cheney is the instructor for MEMAG Bucks County Sword School in Richboro Pennsylvania. You can visit the Medieval European Martial Arts Guild website at MEMAG.net
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Zachary Springer and Michael Chidester are our guests today.
Zachary Springer is an undergraduate researcher who brought a team with him to Longpoint 2016 to do a sports science research project collecting heart rate and accelorimetry data. Armstrong State University can be found at https://www.armstrong.edu/
Michael Chidester is the Editor-in-chief and Director of the Wiktenauer. He shared some of the history and purpose of the Wiktenauer in our interview. The Wiktenauer can be found at http://wiktenauer.com/
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Peter Bruseau and James Auger are our guests today.
Peter Bruseau is with the Virginia Academy of Fencing and spoke with us about his experiences with tournament fighting and what he hopes to get out of competition. You can find more information about the Virginia Academy of Fencing at http://www.vafinc.com/
James auger is from Elizabeth City North Carolina and is an independent scholar of the Longsword. He studies a combination of styles pulling from what works the best for him in his experience. We spoke about what it's like to study on your own and the difficulties in finding spaces to practice the art.
Some resources mentioned at the end of the podcast include: http://wiktenauer.com/ || http://hroarr.com/ ||http://www.hemaalliance.com/ || http://www.armizare.org/
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Today's episode is going back to meeting more members of the HEMA Community. The past couple of episodes have been more technical in nature, and we're going back towards hearing the community's story with this episode.
Our first interview was recorded at Fechtschule New York with Jonathan "Jazzy" Bucci of Broken Plow Western Martial Arts in Pittsburgh, PA. Jazzy is a partner in Broken Plow, and was just elected to the HEMA alliance governing council as of August 2016. This meeting was recorded before his nomination. For more information about Broken Plow, visit http://pittsburghswordfighters.com/. For tournament Management Inquiries E-mail events.brokenplow@gmail.com and for HEMA Alliance related correspondence, email Jazzy@hemaalliance.com
Our second interview was performed by Nina Cafaro at Longpoint this year. Nina interviewed Gretchen Settle of Maryland Kunst Des Fechtens. Longpoint 2016 was Gretchen's first tournament she participated in. You can find more information about MKDF at http://marylandkdf.com/
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In this week's episode, we have an interview with Karl Bolle of Capital Kunst Des Fechtens (CKDF). Karl is an instructor at CKDF and is the Longpoint, DC HEMA Open, and Combat Con 2016 champion in advanced target cutting, and has earned multiple medals in cutting and single-handed weapon competitions. Karl shared his cutting experience and expertise with us at Longpoint 2016.
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We're Back! In today's episode we have two interviews from Matthew Stinson and one episode from Patrick McCaffrey.
Jeff Wilson is a Free-Scholar and President of Steel Ring Academy, a member of the Historical Fencing Affiliates. Jeff has been involved and interested in reinacting for decades and recently found his way into the HEMA world. He has combat military experience and has been instrumental in building and developing training materials for several employers to include Seminole County HR department. He loves working with his hands and creating things. Many of the weapons and various other creative implements that are a part of HEMA will ever be in good hands with him. You can find more information about Steel Ring Academy at http://www.steelringacademy.com/. And you can find more information about the HFA at http://the-hfa.com/
Craig Shukas is an instructor with Krieg School Tampa Bay. Krieg School has member schools in Denver and Tampa Bay. You can find more information about Krieg School at https://kriegschool.com/
Mike Edelson is the Director and Principle Instructor at the New York Historical Fencing Association. He is a lifelong student of martial arts with over 30 years of experience, 20 of them in various weapon arts. He has taught classes and given presentations at HEMA events worldwide, inlcuding Schwertcampf, Fechtschule America, Longpoint, Pacific Northwest HEMA Gathering, Boston Sword Gathering, Chivalric Weekend, Swordfest and others. The New York Historical Fencing Association can be found online at http://www.newyorklongsword.com/
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Over the weekend of June 3rd through 5th I went up to Andes New York for Fechtschule New York, and the NYHF-Point Tournament. While I was there I got several great interviews in. Today's episode is a shorter episode of short interviews with Jacob Kelly of the Pennsylvania Klopffechters, and Joseph Michel and Christian O'Connell of Tristate Historical Fencing. This is a shorter episode just getting to know some of the other members of the HEMA Community.
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On April 23rd and 24th I had the opportunity to go to Springeck, an event in Wanaque, NJ, hosted by the NJ Historical Fencing Association. I had a blast free-sparring, learning and even got the chance to interview several people over the weekend.
In this episode, I interviewed Eric White from the New Jersey Historical Fencing Association, Ben Lehman and Chris Taylor both from the Wisconsin Historical Fencing association, and Jim Brooks from Broken Plow in Pittsburgh.
Eric White is the Principle instructor at the New Jersey Historical Fencing Association. He organized Springeck and we have him to thank for putting it all together. He also received the distinction of being a Journeyman in the Historical Fencing Affiliates at Springeck this year.
Ben Lehman is now a Senior Free Scholar at the Wisconsin Historical Fencing Association having played his prize at Springeck.
Chris Taylor is also from the Wisconsin Historical Fencing Association, and is the 2016 Springeck King, having won Balloon Wars.
Jim Brooks is with Broken Plow Western Martial Arts. He helped to found Broken Plow a couple of years ago with Josh Parise.
You can visit the NJ HFA website here, and the WHFA website here. The Historical Fencing Affiliate's Charter can be found here.
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Shortpoint Info: Shortpoint 2016 website
Our interviewees
Toby Hall - Toby is a certified instructor at NYHFA. He trains Lichtenauer's KdF as well as i.33 and Andres Liegnitzer Sword & Buckler. And went on to take 3rd place overall at Shortpoint, his first metal for open longsword.
Stephen Cheney - Steve Cheney is a student at MEMAG NJ and has been working on translating some untranslated material in his free time.
William Buscher - Student at Capitol Kunst des Fechtens
Mike Edelson - Mike is a founder at NYHFA. He took 4th place overall in the Shortpoint tournament. His event Fechtschule New York is June 3rd through 5th in Andes, New York. And he has two novels out, Seed, a sci-fi thriller about 50 people who go to sleep in their own beds and wake up in a compound in the middle of the jungle. and The Talhoffer Society, a contemporary fiction novel about an underground dueling tournament that is so much more than what it seems at first glance. You can find them on his website at michaeledelson.net, where there are descriptions of his books as well as links to Amazon where you can read the first three chapters for free. You can also go to your local bookstore as ask them to order them in for you as well.
Information about the Longpoint Historical Fencing League
http://www.fightlongpoint.com/longpoint-historical-fencing-league/
New York Times Article - Medieval Weapon Finds Modern Appeal
Back to the Source - Youtube video
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