AgeCraft

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A team of craftsmen, who are experienced in the sphere of blacksmithing and medieval armor production. All armor is hand crafted, produced in accordance with the technology of armor manufacturing of olden days. At the same time, all our armor meets the safety and authenticity requirements of the HMB World Championship “Battle of the Nations”.…

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Academia Leontes: this is how Byzantines fought

16th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Asia, Balkan Peninsula, Daggers, Early modern period, Europe, Hellenistic period, HEMA, High middle ages, Hydepark, Imperium Romanum, Knights & Crusades, Knives, Late middle ages, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Middle East, Polearms, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Sabres, Sticks, staffs and batons, Swords, Timeline, Training weaponLeave a comment

Georgios Georgas is an instructor of historical martial arts in the Academy of historical European Martial Arts “Leontes” – club focused on late Byzantine and post-Byzantine period of history but they also study and practice ancient, medieval, renaissance and modern swordsmanship. “As far I remember myself, I grew up with the epics stories and poems…

Black Fencer

16th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Early modern period, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, HEMA, High middle ages, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Late middle ages, Market, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Polearms, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Sabres, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Shields, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Swords, Thrusting swords, Timeline, Training weaponLeave a comment

Historical Fencing products and equipment from Spain: mostly synthetic simulators. Website: https://blackfencer.com Facebook: Black Fencer

Sigi Forge Feder – Review by Scholar Victoria

Accesories, Arms and armour, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, HEMA, Hydepark, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Late middle ages, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Swords, Timeline, Training weapon

Sigi Forge is a relative newcomer to the HEMA scene, but with the backing of high profile fencers like Martin Fabian, I was unsurprisingly excited when mine arrived several weeks ago. Does this sword offer something new to the fencing community? Read on and see. At a Glance The continuing popularity of longsword in both…

Historical Fencing Armory

16th c, 1789-1914, 17th c, 18th c, Accesories, Armour, Armour plates, Arms and armour, Axes, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Daggers, Early modern period, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, HEMA, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Knives, Late middle ages, Market, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Sabres, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Swords, Thrusting swords, Timeline, Training weaponLeave a comment

Ukrainian producer of historical fencing weapons and armour: swords, messers and armour plates. Facebook: Historical Fencing Armory

Poker Armory by Jerzy & Szymon Ożóg

16th c, 17th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Daggers, Early modern period, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, HEMA, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Knives, Late middle ages, Market, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Sabres, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Swords, Thrusting swords, Timeline, Training weaponLeave a comment

Swords designed for HEMA – Historical Fencing: longswords, messers, rapiers, sabres and others. Facebook: Poker Armory

Marxbrüder vs Freifechter in “Perspectarische Vorstellung einer Fechtschule” from the 1700s

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This is one of my favourite fencing images, a display of a Fechtschule event between Marxbruder and Freifecther. Join me as we go through some of the many amazing details of this image, and relate them to our own times. Courtesy of signore Roberto Gotti and, Gairthenix and MAM.