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full scan can be found at HROARR.com and at Nordiska muséet

The fencing master of the Swedish king Charles XII, Didrik von Porat, published a fencing manual called "Palaestra Svecana" in 1693. The manual includes 19 illustrations said to picture Charles XII fencing. The manual can be found here:http://www.hroarr.com/manuals/sabre-cutlass-broadsword-rapier/Porath-Diederich-Palaestra-Svecana-1693.pdf , a scan with higher resolution is forthcoming.

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website here: http://www.jogodopauportugues.com/program/

 This program will work in the following way:

There will be a JdP instructor that will regularly provide exercises for the group to work with, in form of text, images, and video, to help them understand what is necessary. From that on, the group will have a very close following of it's development by the instructor, answering questions and most important, from time to time the group will be required to record videos of exercises executed the best they can for instructor's review. This level of interaction will help maintain the quality of the technical development of the group.

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putting "America" back in Historical European Martial Arts"

 http://www.wmacoalition.com

The Western Martial Arts Coalition (WMAC) is a pan-American coalition of martial artists and researchers dedicated to the study of traditional European, American, and related fighting arts and martial traditions. WMAC has members in the Canada, Mexico, and the United States. In addition, WMAC has close ties with HEMAC, the European-based coalition with similar goals. WMAC has four sets of goals: Martial, Research, Outreach, and Community.

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Hurry up to register for one of the biggest HEMA events worldwide!

Visit:www.ghfs.se/swordfish 

Registration is on a first come first serve basis, you have to register AND pay in order to reserve a place in the classes you wish to attend. It is of course perfectly possible to come to Swordfish and just spar and socialize, without attending classes.

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Roger Norling, GHFS member and owner of the HEMA web resoruce HROARR.com conducts a global HEMA census

In Roger's own words:
"Hi all!
My name is Roger Norling and I practice HEMA with Gothenburg Historical Fencing School in Sweden.

In an attempt at building a stronger case for the HEMA community, when speaking to manufacturers of protective gear and sparring weapons, media and other MA disciplines, I have initiated a global survey, contacting all groups I know of."

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Hema News Agency

HNA is a new service we provide on our homepage. Although we call it a news agency, it is more of a news portal and we need you to send us information about your work and your releases, so that we can write about them here.
Contact us at:
kontakt dot ghfs at gmail dot com

 
A Swedish HEMA practitioner, ARMA Gimo study group leader and friend, Joachim Nilsson, passed away this summer.   Read More...
A website (www.martialchallenge.com) is now up where HEMA fighters and other martial artist can challenge each other to fights. The results and video of the fight will be published on the website.   Read More...
A complete transcription and swedish translation and commentary of the unarmored longsword sections of the manuscript Dresd. C487, attributed to Sigmund Ringeck, by Andreas Engström of GHFS, is now available in a first version.   Read More...
The only magazine for HEMA/WMA is now available in Europe through The Exiles in the UK.   Read More...
New  book: Polearms of Paulus Hector Mair, by David James Knight & Brian Hunt   Read More...
A complete translation of Capo Ferro’s treatise on rapier by Nick Thomas - Instructor of “Academy of Historical Fencing

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The well-known Fiore interpreter, Colin Richards, is releasing a new series of books on Fiore dei Liberi’s Fior di Battaglia. The series will consist of three titles, based on the Getty version of the manuscript, but also including some techniques from the Pisani-Dossi version.

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For the first time a film is being produced on Historical European Martial Arts. The film includes many well-known HEMA practitioners, instructors and interpretors, and it will be narrated by John Rhys-Davies.   Read More...
Paladin Press is releasing a new book on Scottish historical knife and dirk fighting, including its role in combination with sword and targe, by Christopher Scott Thompson with Louise Pastore.   Read More...
The Boarstooth group in Folkestone, UK, have planned a DVD on I:33 for a long time and now it is finally released.
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