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David Biggs

Episode 161

WMA, HEMA, the SCA, and other abbreviations, with David Biggs

David Biggs is a lawyer, a diplomat and senior historical martial arts instructor with The Tattershall School of Defense. He’s known in the SCA as Aeron Harper, where he is a Master of Defense and a Laurel. He’s also the organizer, with two previous guests on the show, Lisa Losito and Monica Gaudio, of Lord Baltimore’s Challenge, which is one of my favourite historical martial arts events. In our conversation we talk about the […]
Ginny Beatty

Episode 147

Patience and Perspective, with Ginny Beatty

Ginny Beatty is a historical fencer in the SCA in Ohio, USA, and she took up arms in her late forties, having done everything else first: historical cookery, archery, heraldry, and making costumes, armour and weapons. She now loves fencing with a rapier and buckler and explains the importance of pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and learning new things to stay young. We talk about how to keep yourself in shape when […]

Episode 80

Strategy and War with Lynette Nusbacher

Dr. Lynette Nusbacher is a Strategist and Devil’s Advocate. Her work has included being a logistics officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, a writer of books such as Bannockburn 1314, a lecturer at Reading University, the senior intelligence advisor to the UK Government Cabinet Office, as well as a TV presenter of various military history shows, and she now runs a management consulting company, Nusbacher and Associates. Of course, most importantly from my perspective, […]

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