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A leading martial arts magazine presents an article on the revival of European martial arts traditions

 from Blackbelt website:

The Return of Western Sword Fighting

Few realize that modern boxing has its roots in the fighting systems of medieval Europe. In fact, the tradition of holding matches on a raised, roped-off platform evolved from the medieval method for publicly testing fencing students, an event known as “playing one’s prize.” A reminder of this ancient rite still survives in the term “prize fighter.”

Of course, medieval fencing bore little resemblance to the modern sport. Students trained in a variety of weapons, including the sword, spear, polearm, dagger and mace, along with a form of unarmed combat called ringen. The medieval warrior practiced a system of combat that took into account all the ranges, weapons and armor styles he was likely to encounter.

No unbroken medieval fighting tradition exists today, but many organizations are painstakingly reconstructing these arts from historical combat manuals written by the great “Masters of Defence,” such as Fiore dei Liberi, Johannes Liechtenauer and Hans Talhoffer. In the historical European martial arts community, these manuscripts are signposts to recovering the lost skills of the western warrior...

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A documantary dispelling many common myths about both the katana and the European longsword through some practical testing

 The whole documentary can be found here:

part1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpEC38sL3iU&feature=related

part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hy_A9vjp_s&feature=related

The documentary is in German but is well worth watching even for non German speakers.

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can be found on the Oakshot institute website

 Dom Diogo Gomes de Figueyredo's work on the use of the Montante, the two-handed sword native to Spain and Portugal, is now available in English translation. This is a relatively short work dated to the 1650's, but represents almost half of the currently known material for this weapon from these two countries.

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Seminar at Swordfish 2009 by Anders Linnard of GHFS about the need for serious commitment to physical fitness in HEMA.

 The lecture also presents exercises and a call to action on sharing of ideas regarding fitness within the community.

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HEMA event in Houston, march 19-21

 "The Western Martial Arts Coalition (WMAC), in association with the Historical European Martial Arts   Alliance, is pleased to announce our first annual Open International Gathering!

This Gathering will be held in Houston, Texas, U.S.A. from March 19th -21st, 2010. Instructors from across North America and Europe will be offering workshops, lectures, and presentations on a wide variety of Western Martial Arts! Topics will include German and Italian Longsword, Sword and Buckler, Basket Hilted Broadsword, Rapier, Montante, Dagger, Grappling, Langes Messer, Bartitsu, and more! (Yes, we have a few surprises in the works!)

In addition to the workshops and lectures, the Gathering intends to host North America’s largest WMA / HEMA Open Longsword Tournament! There will be two Longsword Tournaments, one each featuring Modified Shinai and Nylon Longswords. Furthermore, there may be a Dussack or Rapier Tournament as well, pending interest. You can place your vote when registering for the Gathering. The rules for the Tournaments will be announced in January, 2010."

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"GHFS is a renowned organization in the historical martial art community. They have taken a foremost position in the analysis and interpretation of medieval German fencing manuals. They have participated in many leading pan-European events and have created and maintained link with several organization across Europe. Having meet the students and teachers on several occasions,either in other countries or in Gothenburg, i have always been impressed by the martial quality of their research as well as the pedagogy of their approach."

Phillipe Willaume
School of Traditional Medieval Fencing
England
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