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2016 in review

January 16, 2017 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

2016 was a hell of a year in all sorts of good and less good ways. Celebrities apparently dropping like flies and some seriously crazy political developments put my own experiences of the year into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: audatia, hema, How To, productivity, writing

Unexpected Help, and dragging HEMA into the 21st Century by its hair.

July 8, 2016 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

I'm a Luddite, it’s true. I resist the march of technological progress because I think that most new technologies aren't labour saving life enhancing devices at all. I was saying this back in the ‘80s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: breathing exercises, dagger, hema, how to start meditating, how to start meditation, Ipswich, learning, longsword, meditation, online course, online courses, online sword courses, rapier, sword school, writing

The Book that began it all: Francesco Novati’s Il Fior di Battaglia

April 22, 2016 By Guy Windsor 13 Comments

Yesterday I went to visit my friend Peter Mustonen. He’s an arms dealer; but our kind of arms dealer: gorgeous antique swords, knives, guns, armour, shields; you name it, he has a delicious example. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books and Writing Tagged With: antiques, fiore, fiore longsword, hema, manuscripts, sharp swords, sword texts

My top 5 martial arts, and why.

March 17, 2016 By Guy Windsor 5 Comments

Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of my School. I date it to the first demonstration and class I gave in a small room in the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki on March 17th 2001. While … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Other Martial Arts Tagged With: fitness, hema, hema tournament, martial arts

To boldly go… thoughts on the new International Armizare Society.

February 25, 2016 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

It is an exciting time to be a Fiore scholar; the Getty recently released hi-res scans of the treatise, Michael Chidester of Wiktenauer fame has just released his concordance of the techniques in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: certification, fiore, hema, IAS, international armizare society, mastery

Time for a Change of Pace

January 4, 2016 By Guy Windsor 7 Comments

It’s time for a change of pace. I have been a full-time professional teacher of historical swordsmanship since March 17th 2001. By which I mean it was my one and only job, source of income, and so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: hema, teaching, the swordsman's companion, writing

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