So, how do you compare HEMA tournaments analytically? Iâve been thinking about this challenge for quite some time, and I think I have an ans
"So, how do you compare HEMA tournaments analytically? We can cross some things off the list right off the bat; some important quantities like âfunâ are invisible to cold analytical filters. But even if we are looking at numerical analysis alone, itâs not so straightforward. Iâve been thinking about this challenge for quite some time, and I think I have an answer."
For anyone who hasnât yet seen the following links:
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Some advice on how to start studying the sources generally can be found in these older posts
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Remember to check out  A Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts Gym as it may help with your own club/gym/dojo/school culture and approach.Check out their curriculum too.
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Fear is the Mind Killer: How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience by  Kajetan Sadowski  may be relevant as well.
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âHow We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skillsâ  by Rob Gray  as well as this post that goes over the basics of his constraints lead, ecological approach.
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Another useful book to check out is  The Theory and Practice of Historical European Martial Arts (while about HEMA, a lot of it is applicable to other historical martial arts clubs dealing with research and recreation of old fighting systems).
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Trauma informed coaching and why it matters
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Look at the previous posts in relation to running and cardio to learn how that relates to historical fencing.
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Why having a systematic approach to training can be beneficial
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Why we may not want one attack 10 000 times, nor 10 000 attacks done once, but a third option.
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How consent and opting in function and why it matters.
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More on tactics in fencing
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Types of fencers
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Open vs closed skills
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The three primary factors to safety within historical fencing
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Worth checking out are this blogs tags on pedagogy and teaching for other related useful posts.
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And if you train any weapon based form of historical fencing check out the âHEMA game archiveâ where you can find a plethora of different drills, focused sparring and game options to use for effective, useful and fun training.
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Check out the cool hemabookshelf facsimile project.
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For more on how to use youtube content for learning historical fencing I suggest checking out these older posts on the concept of video study of sparring and tournament footage.
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The provoker-taker-hitter tactical concept and its uses
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Approaches to goals and methodology in historical fencing
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A short article on why learning about other sports and activities can benefit folks in combat sports
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Consider getting some patches of this sort or these cool rashguards to show support for good causes or a t-shirt like to send a good message while at training.
