The Sword Guy Podcast

Listen in as Guy interviews a wide variety of interesting swordspeople and historians from around the world. Learn more about the practical, the tactical, the theoretical and the just plain awesome from a diverse group of voices.

Podcast Tag: HEMA misfits

Episode 97

Harps and Sharps with Andrew Lawrence-King

Dr. Andrew Lawrence-King is a historical musician, harpist, continuo player, baroque opera director, winner of a Grammy in the category of best small ensemble performance. He is also a rapier fencer and Tai Chi practitioner. And I should mention his crowning professional achievement is, of course, providing the harp music for my George Silver Paradoxes of Defence audiobook. In our conversation we talk about the similarities between researching historical music and historical martial arts. […]

medieval history, rapier, history, HEMA misfits, theatre, stage combat, Italian rapier, fight direction, Capoferro, opera, medieval music, continuo

Episode 27

Irish Stick Fighting, with Maxime Chouinard

Maxime doesn’t do longsword. But he does practise Irish Stick Fighting, 19th century sabre, and has a background in karate and kenjutsu. In this episode Maxime describes Irish Stick Fighting, the challenges of finding someone to learn it from, and how he was able to bring it back to life as a martial art. You can find out more at the Antrim Bata website. Maxime’s website, HEMA Misfits, is all about the fringes of […]

HEMA misfits, Irish Stick Fighting, martial arts

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