Not watched this yet, but it looks very interesting!
All the best,
Iain
A look into the world of Historical European Martial Arts, where a community revives centuries old martial arts based on the research and study of period source material.
Not watched this yet, but it looks very interesting!
All the best,
Iain
A look into the world of Historical European Martial Arts, where a community revives centuries old martial arts based on the research and study of period source material.
I took a Fiore Longsword class with the Phoenix Society, and their head instructor is actually in charge of the US organization that oversees HEMA competitions. Very cool stuff, and there is a lot of overlap between HEMA and Okinawan martial arts.
I really enjoyed this. I found the diversity of the approach to the source materials very interesting and somewhat reminiscent of what I have found with looking at karate texts.
This is really worth a watch. The parallels to karate are plain to see:
Trying to work out the techniques of old masters from imperfect historical sources; discussing the pros and cons of rules-based tournaments; distinguishing between what looks good for the movies and effecive techniques etc.