l'Arte Dell Armi

Holiday Special: Dysfunctional Families of the Renaissance Featuring Kari Holman, LCPC, NCC, CCTP-II!   Holidays are a time for family, and sometimes that can bring with it a certain connotation. To help ease you into your trip to visit the in-laws, or prep you for the awkwardness of that uncle who just wants to talk about politics at the dinner table, we've put together a series of stories highli...

Lochlan Koulouris of Warriors of Ash, and Descendant Leather, joins Stephen and I to talk about his military experience, polearm fighting in formation, the awesome polearms his company produces, and so much more!   Check out Warriors of Ash Here: https://www.warriorsofash.com/ Descendant Leather Polearms: https://descendantleather.com/  

  Episode II Attack of the Bentivoglio   The Pope has succeeded in conquering Bologna, but thanks to the cunning of the lady Ginverva Sforza Bentivoglio, hope is renewed.  Hannibal, Guido, and Ermes have gathered an army of thousands and have positioned themselves on the border between Bologna and Modena.   Meanwhile the trouble is brewing. To the east, the forces of Giampaolo Baglioni, Ugo Pepoli...

Happy Halloween! Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. If I told you that there was a monastic throwdown in Bologna between 1450-1500 over the right of priests to summon demons to do their bidding, would you believe me? What if I told you witches and necromancers were high society, upper crust, fat cats in the Renaissance? Well, if that's not enough to get you in the spirit, maybe a little...

Devon Boorman of Academie Duello joins us to talk everything sword and small buckler! Ever wondered why sword and buckler is a critical edifice of the Bolognese corpus? What tactical considerations a taller fencer or a shorter fencer need to make while fencing? We answer all of that and more in this episode of l'Arte Dell Armi.    Want to learn more from Devon? Check out his blog, and Duello TV! B...

In this episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, Stephen and Joshua talk to Richard Cullinan of Stocatta School of Defense in Australia. 

Hey! Happy St. Petronius day!   In honor of the patron saint of Bologna, we decided to do a special episode featuring the history of the city from antiquity to the death of Sante Bentivoglio (which takes right up to the timeline we cover in Maestro Wars), along with some intresting facts spanning into the modern era. Then, we wrap it up with an interesting discussion on the attributes of the city...

On New Years Eve 1516 Count Guido Rangoni fought Count Ugo Pepoli in a duel on a field prepared for them by the Marquis of Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga. The duel was fought with sword and bronze guantlet.  These two men feature prominantly throughout the fencing treatises of the Bolognese tradition. Both Ugo Pepoli and Guido Rangoni are hailed by Angelo Viggiani as paragons of the the art in his trea...

Dr. Dori Coblentz brings her perspective as a scholar of the history of technical communication, and applies her knowledge to the fencing manuals we all know and love. 

In this episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, Stephen and Joshua press Greg Mele on what it takes to structure a school, what constitutes a good interpretation, validating interpretations, how to deal with the challenges of interpretation, the value of history in WMA/HEMA and how that affects interpretation... *Take a breath* ...What constitutes a good translation, the perils of translation,  how we should...

David Biggs is back! Following-up on our previous discussion, David and Josh dive deep into tactics, and suss out the secret sauce of Antonio Manciolino's Opera Nova. 

In this episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, we begin our monthly installment of Maestro Wars, a histroical deep-dive on this history of the city of Bologna, featuring two larger than life figures, Guido Rangoni and Ugo Pepoli. This months installment features a narrative teaser, a look at Marozzo and Viggiani's text where they mention our noble characters, and a discussion about the founding of il Casino...

In this episode I talk to Arik Mendelevitz, Arik (are-rick) has been doing martial arts since 2001 and historical fencing since 2008. Although his initial focus was in the rapier of Nicoletto Giganti, in the past few years he has moved more and more into the Bolognese school, focusing equally on sidesword and the sword in two hands. He has used his study of the Bolognese texts to help him win nume...

This week's guest is Ian Davis, Ian studies Italian fencing from the 14th to 16th centuries, including Fiore, Pietro Monte, and later Bolognese and Paduan sidesword methods. He teaches dagger and wrestling at Boston Amrmazare, he transitioned to HEMA from Filipino Martial arts from Jeet Kune Do, and focuses on bringing Fiore into the modern combative/self-defense context. He's published translated...

In this week's episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, I get the distinct pleasure of talking with Devon Boorman, co-founder and director of Academie Duello, in Vancouver, Canada. From Ted Talks to Academie Duello online, Deven has reached, mentored, and inspired fencers across the globe.    Website: www.academieduello.com DuelloTV: www.duello.tv Swordplay Masterclass ( www.swordplaymasterclass.com ) and the...

In this week's episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, I sit down and talk with Fran Lacuata. Fran is a freelance writer and editor, lead instructor at The School of the Sword in Godalming, UK, and the CEO and founder of By the Sword; she's has been studying Bolognese swordplay and Rapier for over eleven years. We talk a lot about sword and buckler, a little Rapier, weave our way through the sources, and wra...

Elionora Rebecchi is the Creative Director and Sales Manager of Malleus Martialis. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna Italy, Elionora is a passionate swordswoman, and researcher. In this week's episode we talk about what goes into the design of historical swords, and what makes Malleus Martialis' swords so special!   Check out Malleus Martials' collection:  https://malleusmartialis....

Moreno Dei Ricci, instructor at Sala di Armi Guardia di Croce. Club Page: http://www.guardiadicroce.org/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6VV7yapRIJdNOHGujOJgg

Swordwind's Website for Queens Gambit Information: https://www.swordwind.org/ Amazon link for Eric's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Use-Medieval-Weaponry-Eric-Lowe/dp/1912807262/ref =sr_1_1?crid=AYFLNOSFOJ9X&dchild=1&keywords=use+of+medieval+weaponry+by+eric+lowe&qid=1617939447&sprefix=Use+of+Medieval+Weapon%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

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