One of the hardest things to do as a new HEMA practitioner is to understand when to use the techniques you've learned. You spend time in...

This week I taught a lesson on double hits, which saw a big improvement in the quality of fencing from the students. Whether this is long...

I recently wrote an article about tempo: Using tempo/timing to fence better (hema101.com). This article is a continuation of that. I...

Fencing has often been compared to chess, and in fact I've included a copy-paste of what Microsoft Co-pilot AI has to say on the subject...

In part 1 I looked at 'block' parries, which work primarily by crossing the strong of our blade over the cutting direction of our...

In part 1 I introduced the basics of parrying, namely that for two swords to interact their blades need to cross. One way of doing this...

This is the first part in my Fencing from first principles (FFFP) series, where I explore a general topic in depth to truly understand...