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

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 fencingYouTube video by Tigre Filmwww.youtube.com

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 !

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.

#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 - SolsticesFinancement participatif organisé par Solstices - La première édition traduite du latin vers le français du manuscrit d'Heinrich von Gunterrodtwww.helloasso.com

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.