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: The Princess Bride

Episode 103

Duelling and a Day in the Life of Guy Windsor

Welcome to episode 100 of The Sword Guy Podcast! In this special episode, Ariel Anderssen (episode 93) interviews Guy about a whole load of stuff, including how Guy got into swords in the first place, the vision up a Scottish mountain that told him to open his school in Helsinki, injuries from duelling, Guy’s best ever sword fight, feminism, getting through the pandemic, and learning to fly. Ariel also asks Guy about his typical […]

health, Duelling, starting a club, inclusivity, The Princess Bride, The Duellists, solo training, swordschool, meditation, women in HEMA, fitness, running a club, swords, sword fighting, writing, training, teaching

Episode 69

Swashbuckling with Sebastien de Castell

Sebastien de Castell lives a life of music, adventure and swordplay. He is the author of the Greatcoats series, which is full of sword action, and the Spellslinger series, which features magic finger guns! For all Sebastien’s books, see here: https://decastell.com/all-books/ In this episode we talk about how to write a great sword fight for stage, screen and literature, including these two classic scenes: Inigo and Westley in The Princess Bride The first duel […]

rapier, writing, fencing, stage combat, archaeology, epee, The Duellists, The Princess Bride

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