"New" source just dropped - what appears to be a 17th century copy of GA Lovino manuscript illustrations, bought and digitized by the French #HEMA federation through the PALAS project. www.ffamhe.fr/archives/5097

Mathias, a fellow #HEMA practitioner, is lauching an app for a second-hand marketplace for living history enthusiasts (HEMA, Reeactement, Buhurt etc.). You can check his project here -

Histoka - La marketplace de l'Histoire vivante

Histoka est la marketplace française dédiée à l'Histoire vivante, aux AMHE, au béhourd, à la reconstitution historique et à l'artisanat du patrimoine.

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Flashback to 13 years ago - I was involved in the filming of a #HEMA documentary with De Taille et d'Estoc in #Dijon. The whole video is now available on Tigre film youtube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvud...

Welcome to Italia & France - Medieval fencing

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Back from a short week of Holidays. Had the pleasure to meet with my old clubmates in Montreal and Sherbrooke - keeping #HEMA alive and well in Quebec.

Un anno fa ho ripreso a studiare italiano con Duolingo, circa quindici minuti ogni giorno. Non sono ancora in grado di avere una conversazione prolungata, ma sono capace di leggere libri e articoli più facilmente. Non è un programma perfetto - ma funziona per persone che amano imparare da soli.

In the collection of the National Library of Portugal rests a 500pages long illustrated manuscript in spanish from the 17th century entitled "De la Verdadera #Destreza" - which sounds exciting for anyone fond of geometry and #HEMA (there are dozens of us !)

Wonderful article on the relation between #combat and #logic - relating Ralph Strode's Obligationes and the 14th century sword & buckler manuscript Ms. I.33 from the Royal Armouries. More academic work for #HEMA !

Hélène Leblanc@heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy to share the link of my article cowritten with Pascale Bermon on the Prologue of Ralph #Strode's #Obligationes : the practice of #logic as an art of #combat (Archives d'histoire doctrinale et littéraire du Moyen Âge 2025/1) : shs.cairn.info/tap-wj908zpu... #medievalstudies #historyoflogic

A new (smaller) issue of Acta Periodica Duellatorum is out - 4 articles for #HEMA enthusiasts of academic work.

Last year, I went digging through digital library catalogs and found some previously unknown #HEMA stuff : a 1618 German rapier manual (ugly hand-drawn illustrations), a 19th-century copy of a 17th-century copy of the Dürer Fechtbuch, and a 1781 French & German fencing book by Sir Vodromont.

One cannot have too many books in the #HEMA section of the library.

I'll teach both a #HEMA workshop and a conference in September in Switzerland with @heleneleblanc.bsky.social at #SwissBlades.

1/ Rester sur X n'a AUCUNE justification, même en laissant de côté l'aspect idéologique (réseau d'un néonazi organisé pour promouvoir son idéologie, etc.). #Thread D'abord "l'audience" : le ratio internautes réels & intéressants Vs Bots et faux comptes de fermes à trolls est délirant.

#HEMA in the wild - wrestling with a demon on the tympanum of the cathédrale Saint-Etienne in Bourges.

Latest addition to the library. #HEMA

Spending some time with old #HEMA friends in Nantes last week was very cool - and an opportunity to dust up an introduction workshop on Joachim Meyers' #Dussack.

The French #HEMA federation is putting together a symposium - "Entre sources, gestes et pratiques : comprendre, transmettre et expérimenter les AMHE aujourd’hui" A call to contributions is open until May 15th : www.ffamhe.fr/colloque-2026

I'm taking advantage of the publication of gunterrodt to start a short thread on the concept of Sciomachia. From the Greek σκίαμαχία, literally "shadow combat," it refers to a form of weapons training, as opposed to "serious" combat, hoplomachia. #HEMA #HistoricalFencing

The crowdfunding campaign for the physical edition of the latin transcription and french transcription of the Gunterrodt Manuscript is up - don't hesitate to share the information with your source-addicted clubmates : www.helloasso.com/associations...

Sciomachia et Hoplomachia - Solstices

Financement participatif organisé par Solstices - La première édition traduite du latin vers le français du manuscrit d'Heinrich von Gunterrodt

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A previously unknown collection of 17th century illustrations of #fencers is up for auction (thank M-O Blattlin for the notification). M. Vieillard identified a close similarity with the illustrations from Lovino. Hopefully, the #FFAMHE will be able to get a full digitization;

The book is UP ! François Siedels Sciomachia & Hoplomachia is available for free on the éditions Solstices website. An exceptional #fencing #manuscript from 1579 by Heinrich Von Gunterrodt, with a peer-reviewed translation and a documented introduction. solstices-project.com/categorie-pr...

I'm very pleased to announce that the editorial work on "Sciomachia & Hoplomachia" is almost complete, and that preorders will open soon. It contains François Siedel's translation in French from the original latin of the 1579 manuscript by Heinrich von Gunterrodt.

La conférence sur les sources de la grande #épée à deux mains donnée par Marc-Olivier Blattlin de l'association De Taille et d'Estoc lors de #Marquisattack Odyssée est disponible sur FHEMA sources - l'audio est un peu perturbé par les ateliers qui se déroulent dans le gymnase mais c'est audible.

MARQUISATTACK 2026 Vue d'ensemble sur les sources et épées à demain en Europe - MarcOlivier Blattlin

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Suite à la numérisation du manuscrit "Las cien conclusiones" de Pacheco de Navarez, l la FFAMHE enregistre une table ronde autour de la Destreza, dimanche 15 mars de 17h30 à 18h30. L'enregistrement sera disponible soit en podcast sur spotify, soit en vidéo sur youtube.

One of the things I like the most about #HEMA club is the mini-conferences we run thrice a year. It started with online courses during the Plague, and evolved into the current format. Here are pics from last Tuesday, at the Mazot cosmique, with Olivier presenting a history of the #foil. ⚔

Lors de #Marquisattack VI - Odyssée, @heleneleblanc.bsky.social d'Annecy a tenu une conférence sur la cuture et les références philosophiques mobilisée par les auteurs des livres de combat - elle est accessible librement sur youtube. #HEMA #Philo

MARQUISATTACK 2026 Aristote et Liechtenauer sont sur un bateau - Hélène LEBLANC

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Funny to see that #FioreDeiLiberi is part of #Altered (TCG by Equinox). The quote from the Flower of Battle is accurate. The choice of having him sport a #rapier and a Musketeer outfit is questionable, but good to see a bit of #HEMA permeating some areas of pop culture.

Un podcast passionnant sur l'histoire de l'épée à deux mains, avec l'ami @drphbas.bsky.social.

Le Rubicon@lerubicon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Pour ce deuxième épisode de ce format consacré aux armes iconiques de l'histoire militaire (désormais intitulé "l'arme fatale") le Fil de l'épée se penche sur l'épée longue (ou à deux mains) de la fin du Moyen-Age, avec Pierre-Henry Bas www.lerubicon.org/collimateur-...

I'll be in Nantes next month for their annual #HEMA gathering, I'll teach a class on Joachim Meyer's #Dussack with a focus on hip dynamics and the flash required for XVIth century so-called "schools". Registration for the event : www.helloasso.com/associations...

A digitization of Lucini fighting dwarves, featured in Sydney Anglo's #Renaissance #MartialArts, identified by @hels.bsky.social on @gallicabnf.bsky.social. Collection Marolles - ark:/12148/btv1b53266963x. Not your run-of-the-mill #historical #fencing treatise.

#HEMA in the wild - Bronze cast of a pugilist from the Ashmolean museum in Oxford (the original is in the National Museum in Rome). The cestus on the wrists, the wounds and the scarred ears make for a vivid portrait of the intensity of panhellenic combat sports.