Alte Herren: Recent Episodes
Rob Runacres and Hans Jornlind
Our look at ‘The Book of Lessons’, a seventeenth century fencing manual ascribed to Pedro De Heredia. Rob and Hans look at the new translation and discuss the author, the style of fencing and the glorious pictures held in the Swedish Royal Library.
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Bladesmith Fabrice Cognot talks about his work and his influences. Fabrice also shows us some of the weapons he has made.
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HEMA Treasures takes a special look inside the collection at Museo delle Arti Marziali, Brescia. Roberto Gotti shares his expertise as he guides us through swords, treatises and other items in his collection.
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Coaching in Competitions takes a look at the person standing behind the fighter in a tournament: the coach. Hans shares his thoughts on what makes a good coach, drawing from his own experience. In this episode, he talks about coaching Kristine Konsmo at the Helsinki Open 2018.
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Rob and Hans discuss a new form of competition, requiring non-stop fighting, and consider the possible benefits and pitfalls that such a competition could bring to the HEMA scene.
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We’re very pleased to release this episode which contains interviews from WMAW 2017, one of the largest and oldest events in the United State. These include – Tim Rivera on his translation of Godinho, 1599 – Greg Mele on the development of WMAW and the 2018 Bolognese event – Oscar Erkenswick on injuries in fencing …
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This review looks at the Barcelona Historical Fencing Event in June 2017. A number of interviews include – Oriol Salvador of ACEA – Arto Fama of Zwaard & Steen – Ana Vazquez of Arcensis – Carlo Urgel of AEEA
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Here’s the podcast version of the Dijon 2017 Review. Interviews include Daniel Jaquet Mike Chidester Fabrice Cognot Enrica Angiolini Right click to download the file here
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Our review of this major European event, which this year included the launch of the Society for HEMA Studies. Interviews include Enrica Angiolini on her first time at Dijon as well as her work as a comic artist Fabrice Cognot on the event and his work as a bladesmith Daniel Jaquet on the launch of …
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In this podcast we speak with Daniel Jaquet about a new academic society in HEMA: SHEMAS! But is this a path to academic elitism? Right click to download audio file
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