Tonight's class was on stwiking to the face and thwowing to the gwound woughly. #HEMA #smallsword

Tonight's class was on stwiking to the face and thwowing to the gwound woughly. #HEMA #smallsword

🏛 Ut annō postrēmō, hōc annō rūrsus omnēs dīmicātiōnēs numerābō - et in certātiōnibus et exercitiīs. In tōtō X̄MMDXCII dīmicātiōnēs numerāvī, ex quibus X̄DX in exercitiīs erant, MMLXXII in certātiōnibus.
* MX̄LXXXI cum ēnse longō erant, ex quibus V̄MMDCCXX in exercitiīs, MCCCLXI in certātiōnibus.
* MMCDVII cum acīnace erant, ex quibus MCMLXXVII in exercitiīs, CDXXX in certātiōnibus.
* CCVCI cum ēnse parvō erant, quī in exercitiīs tantum erant.
* CCLXII cum dolō cum pugiōne erant, ex quibus LXXXIV in exercitiīs, CLXXVII in certātiōnibus.
* CCXXXVII cum gladiō brevī cum parmā erant, ex quibus CXXIV in exercitiīs, CXIII in certātiōnibus.
* CLVI cum dolō erant, quī in exercitiīs tantum erant.
* XLIII cum hastā erant, quī quoque sōlum in exercitiīs erant.

🇬🇧 Like last year, this year I again counted all exchanges - both in tournaments as well as in sparrings. In total, I counted 12592, from which 10510 were in sparrings, 2082 in tournaments.
* 9081 were with longsword, from which 7720 in sparrings, 1361 in tournaments.
* 2407 were with sabre, from which 1977 in sparrings, 430 in tournaments.
* 396 were with smallsword, which were only in sparrings.
* 262 were with rapier and dagger, from which 84 in sparrings, 178 in tournaments.
* 237 were with sword and buckler, from which 124 in sparrings, 113 in tournaments.
* 166 were with rapier, which were only in sparrings.
* 43 were with spear, which also were only in sparrings.

#hema #historicalfencing #fencing #sword #longsword #saber #smallsword #rapier #dagger #buckler #spear #martialarts #sport #latin #lingualatina

A good time #fencing was had at the Smallsword Symposium over the weekend (https://blackboarswordarts.com/smallsword-symposium). Particularly interesting to me was Martin Dougherty's class on how to fence #smallsword properly and avoid looking like a poor reimplementation of epee (i.e. to be more defensive). I was pleased to be able to do this thanks to Hope's New Method (https://sirwilliamhope.org/Library/Hope/NewMethod/) - four bouts in that class and I received only one thrust, to the thigh, whilst delivering many. My own class appeared to be OK.

#RAPIER & #SMALLSWORD Deep Dive with ‪@Skallagrim‬ & ‪@tods_workshop‬ - #YouTube
#SciComm, #Science, #HEMA, #History by #scholagladiatoria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD7HmlZqdDM

Free Sparring Day! A bunch of fencing clubs gathered with La Compagnie Medievale in Montreal to trade knowledge and blows :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkaz5dH-37A
#hema #fencing #historicalmartialarts #longsword #medievaldagger #rapier #smallsword #sabre #swordandbuckler #mostwonderfulltimeoftheyear #shotonpixel6

Spotting a previous mention of the Smallsword Symposium (see: https://mamot.fr/@knirirr/99814175888035009) reminded me that the organisers sent a message today to say that things are moving. So, with luck, there will be some #smallsword fun to be had in Edinburgh on the 1st and 2nd of October.