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Teaching Us to Sit Still with Tim Parks

April 8, 2021 By Katie Leave a Comment

The Sword Guy Podcast, episode 42 Tim Parks is a prolific novelist, non-fiction writer and translator and perhaps most importantly from my perspective, he wrote a fantastic memoir on getting into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Italy, meditation, mindfulness, renaissance, translation, writing

Challenge of the Month: Eat Well in April

April 2, 2021 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Last month’s challenge was very simple: prioritise sleep. While sleep quality varies hugely, it’s still basically the same thing for everyone: there’s good sleep, there’s bad sleep, and there’s enough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle

Writing and Walking, with Joanna Penn

April 2, 2021 By Katie Leave a Comment

The Sword Guy Podcast, episode 41 Joanna Penn is a writer (both fiction and non-fiction), podcaster and ultramarathon walker. She doesn’t do swords, or even a lot of history, but she has been a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: fitness, health, pilgrimage, walking, weight training, writing

Jousting with Callum Forbes

March 26, 2021 By Katie Leave a Comment

The Sword Guy, episode 40 Callum Forbes is an extremely experienced martial artist, having got into sports fencing in the late ‘70s, and Hapkido from 1982. But then HEMA drew him in, both from a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Dungeons and Dragons, fiore, hema, jousting, Lord of the Rings, New Zealand, sport fencing

An unconventional approach to HEMA, with Lauren Ings

March 19, 2021 By Katie Leave a Comment

The Sword Guy Podcast, episode 39 Lauren Juliette Ings is an assistant instructor with the Stoccata School of Defence in Sydney, Australia, and is also a circus performer, a burlesque dancer and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: accessibility, Australia, LBTQI+, women in HEMA

Swordschool is turning 20!

March 14, 2021 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

On March 17th 2001 I taught my first class as a full-time professional instructor of historical fencing, at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. I had expected five, maybe ten people to show up, but to my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship

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