https://zoom.us/j/95127172611 First session of the new source study project, looking at an abridged version of Leckuechner's messer. You can find all the material on Wiktenauer, here: https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Johannes_Leck%C3%BCchner Suggested reading is: 1. In the abridged, everything before the "The Rouser (Waker)" header 2. In the original, everything up through the text accompanying the third plate (not counting the frontispiece) - 4v in the Munich I We'll talk through the organization, as well as some of the historical background on this stuff before we get started on the material itself.

  The Liechtenauer longsword glosses present a wide array of techniques, which can be daunting to study, especially for new students. Can we simplify our approach to this art by identifying a smaller number of fundamental movements which are consistent across these techniques? This lecture will take an in-depth look at the descriptions of longsword techniques in the glosses and present a set of fundamental movements that can form the basis for a simplified method of studying these techniques. Nathan Weston is a Senior Instructor at Athena School of Arms. Nathan studied a variety of martial arts, as well as Olympic sport fencing, before taking up HEMA in 2012. He teaches Longsword, Broadsword, and Italian Rapier. He is also one of the event organizers of Iron Gate Exhibition, the largest HEMA Tournament in the Northeast. Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99362559615?pwd=QzZxRGhLaFNSQXROak8vTmVHdHl5UT09

Presented by Nathan Clough, Ph.D.                                            Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98998193105?pwd=VDR4ZEtXQlZNYVVvcDVKdVAwREhYZz09 Dr. Nathan Clough is a former university professor of political geography who left the academy to pursue a love of swords. He is a historical martial artists, a member of the governing board of the Oakeshott Institute and the Vice President of Arms and Armor Inc. He has given lectures on historical swords and swordsmanship at, among others, the International Congress on Medieval Studies, various universities and colleges, and at HEMA events including Longpoint and Combatcon. Ewart Oakeshott is a towering figure among those interested in European swords, but his legacy is often misunderstood. Oakeshott’s sword typology is his most influential contribution to the scholarship of swords.  In this lecture Nathan will trace the development of the typology, briefly review the types, and discuss how the typology enables communication about swords, before turning to the history and world of the Oakeshott Institute and introduces the Institute’s collection of historical objects. Finally, Nathan will present a number of medieval and Renaissance swords from the collection. Photo Credit to the Oakeshott Institute

Travis McLeod guides us as we take a look at the sources and interpretations of one of HEMAs weirdest studies. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99201652993?pwd=WXVLUjNkQituVEpnRjFGZFg3ZzV6dz09

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99801677869 Really getting near the end this time. We'll pick back up with the first and second windings on page 194 and see if we can finish things off. We are working off of the Wiktenauer compilation, available here: https://hroarr.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/08/wiktenauer-Liechtenauer-long-and-short-sword-gloss-compilation-2016-1.pdf

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99801677869 Happy New Year! Reading this time is from 188 all the way to the end of the longsword section, which we probably won't finish this time! We'll wrap up the sprechfenster material and start in on winden, see how far we get. We are working off of the Wiktenauer compilation, available here: https://hroarr.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/08/wiktenauer-Liechtenauer-long-and-short-sword-gloss-compilation-2016-1.pdf

Join us Tuesday, December 15th, as Dr. Mary Valante walks us through the global impacts of The Great Mortality. We have learned the Bubonic Plague, killed 1/3 of the people in Europe. However, before the Plague ever arrived in Kaffa or Sicily, people across Central Asia were dying. People in the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world were dying. For a disease that struck over half a millennia ago – and still exists today – it is surprising how many questions we still have. How can we be sure it was Plague? Where did it originate? How far did it spread? How many pandemics did this one disease cause? The answers to those questions lie in historical sources from many regions of the world, archaeological investigations, and modern DNA studies. Now, as we live through a new pandemic, what have we learned and what mistakes do we seem doomed to repeat? Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99965311006?pwd=UjBXS25CUUFSVVpqaVRVUnBrSGd1Zz09

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99801677869 We'll start off this time with another look at the sword taking that we may or may not have agreed about and then move into abschneiden. Reading is 172-180. We are working off of the Wiktenauer compilation, available here: https://hroarr.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/08/wiktenauer-Liechtenauer-long-and-short-sword-gloss-compilation-2016-1.pdf

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99598516897?pwd=eG5CbDRoSmFoMXUzbWdRaEpYUHZ4QT09 It has been a minute since our last crafting session.  Join us this friday for drinks, creativity, and social interaction! Pass Code: 443912

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99801677869 This week we'll look at the arm wrestlings and maybe start in on the abschneiden material (not likely, though). Reading (just to be safe) is 168-177. We are working off of the Wiktenauer compilation, available here: https://hroarr.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/08/wiktenauer-Liechtenauer-long-and-short-sword-gloss-compilation-2016-1.pdf

This is Part 2 of James Reilly's exploration into training HEMA from both an historical and modern approach.  In this class we will use 21st century sports science to develop a soup to nuts training program. Topics will include Mobility, Movement, Conditioning and Recovery (aerobic and alactic), Strength, and Power. We will focus on fencing specific movement patterns. But also touch on movement patterns for historical wrestling. You will walk away from this program with a comprehensive understanding of how to develop a training regimen aimed at peak performance, as well as generic template of a fencing / wrestling tournament training camp. Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91358018726

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99801677869 We've finally made it to durchlauffen, so we'll start digging into that this week, and hopefully make it through to at least the first half of abschneiden. Reading is 163-177. We are working off of the Wiktenauer compilation, available here: https://hroarr.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/08/wiktenauer-Liechtenauer-long-and-short-sword-gloss-compilation-2016-1.pdf