On Holding the Sword
Gripping the sword seems simple enough but there are often mistakes made. The sword is sometimes held too tightly or too loosely. The sword is sometimes held by the wrong fingers, or with the pressure of the wrong fingers. Each one of these elements can impact how the sword is used by the fencer. Of…
Striking with Spears?
This is the justification a certain well-known but severely misguided HEMA interpreter to apply longsword striking techniques to the spear, which drives me pretty insane. It just wasn’t done with spears, but a certain sector of the HEMA community just loves the ideas of taking techniques from one form and applying them to a different…
Cavalry Cutlass? A Rare Type of Royal Navy Sword
I’ve looked at antique cutlasses lots on my channel, but this is a sword with a difference. www.antique-swords.co.uk Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
Antique French Sword Sizes Compared
I happen to have 3 important models on French military sword from the 1820s in hand at the moment, so I thought I’d do a little comparison for you. www.antique-swords.co.uk Extra videos at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria