The HEMA-Cast

Peter Bruseau and James Auger are our guests today. Peter Bruseau is with the Virginia Academy of Fencing and spoke with us about his experiences with tournament fighting and what he hopes to get out of competition. You can find more information about the Virginia Academy of Fencing at  http://www.vafinc.com/ James auger is from Elizabeth City North Carolina and is an independent scholar of the Lo...

Today's episode is going back to meeting more members of the HEMA Community. The past couple of episodes have been more technical in nature, and we're going back towards hearing the community's story with this episode. Our first interview was recorded at Fechtschule New York with Jonathan "Jazzy" Bucci of Broken Plow Western Martial Arts in Pittsburgh, PA. Jazzy is a partner in Broken Plow, and wa...

In this week's episode, we have an interview with Karl Bolle of Capital Kunst Des Fechtens (CKDF). Karl is an instructor at CKDF and is the Longpoint, DC HEMA Open, and Combat Con 2016 champion in advanced target cutting, and has earned multiple medals in cutting and single-handed weapon competitions. Karl shared his cutting experience and expertise with us at Longpoint 2016. For more information...

We're Back! In today's episode we have two interviews from Matthew Stinson and one episode from Patrick McCaffrey. Jeff Wilson is a Free-Scholar and President of Steel Ring Academy, a member of the Historical Fencing Affiliates. Jeff has been involved and interested in reinacting for decades and recently found his way into the HEMA world. He has combat military experience and has been instrumental...

This episode is the first episode from Longpoint. Nina Cafaro is your host, and I was her first interview. So you get to know a little more about me and my own HEMA journey. Patrick McCaffrey studies Fiore with L'Arte Della Bellica in Kutztown, PA. He has been studying HEMA for just over a year, and regularly visits other schools and groups. At L'Arte Della Bellica he runs the Abrazare (grappling)...

This is just a quick teaser episode until I get a full episode up this weekend. This will be up for a limited time just to whet your whistle while I work on the next episode.

For our last episode before Longpoint we are finishing up the series of interviews with Sword Carolina and including an interview with the founder of MEMAG. Matthew Stinson interviewed Ashley Polasek of Sword Carolina. Ashley is a Women's Longsword competitor and Gold medal winning student of Sword Carolina. She also has a podcast of her own called the  Baker Street Babes , an all-female group of...

This week's episode is again with guest host Matthew Stinson. We're continuing the series of interviews from Sword Carolina. This time with Josh Lucas. Josh is Aaron's right hand man and also started up Sword Carolina with him. Sword Carolina can be found online at http://swordcarolina.com/ Like us on facebook at HEMA-Cast or on twitter @HEMAcast E-mail us at HEMApodcast@gmail.com Listen to us on...

This week's episode is a special guest Host episode with Matthew Stinson of Steelwind Fencing Academy from Jacksonville, FL. Matthew recently interviewed Aaron Shober of Sword Carolina. He was kind enough to share the interview with me to get it out to the rest of the HEMA Community.  Aaron stumbled onto HEMA in 2010 and quickly became passionate about it.  He practiced largely on his own for the...

In this episode I interviewed Jake Norwood of CKDF about Longpoint. America's premier HEMA gathering. We spoke about what goes on at Longpoint, and why people should attend Longpoint. Jake Norwood  is an internationally known competitor and instructor in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), with over 30 medals from national and international full-contact competitions in longsword, military sab...

In this episode I interviewed a couple of amazing ladies who are a part of the HEMA community. Christy Conley is a massage therapist and is working with HEMA fighters to reduce stress and injury by providing her services at HEMA events. Her website is http://www.unwindthehema.com/  And her business number is (607) 862-6863 or, if you're feeling like a cheesy comercial, (607)UNBOUND. Her facebook p...

In this episode I interviewed a couple of the suppliers of HEMA gear. Destroyer Modz and Purpleheart Armoury are two makers and suppliers of HEMA gear and accessories in America. I was able to interview Josh Parise of Destroyer Modz and Natasha Darce of Purpleheart Armouy. Josh not only founded Destroyer Modz, but also established Broken Plow Western Martial Arts in Pittsburgh. He competed at Fech...

Over the weekend of June 3rd through 5th I went up to Andes New York for Fechtschule New York, and the NYHF-Point Tournament. While I was there I got to interview TOBY Hall about the NYHF-Point Tournament. Toby designed and managed the tournament over the weekend and was kind enough to talk about the logistics and ideas behind the tournament. Toby is an instructor at the New York Historical Fencin...

Over the weekend of June 3rd through 5th I went up to Andes New York for Fechtschule New York, and the NYHF-Point Tournament. While I was there I got several great interviews in. Today's episode is a shorter episode of short interviews with Jacob Kelly of the Pennsylvania Klopffechters, and Joseph Michel and Christian O'Connell of Tristate Historical Fencing . This is a shorter episode just gettin...

Today's episode isn't really an episode so much as an announcement that I will be taking a two week break. Our next episode will be posted June 2nd, and I'll let you know who I'll be interviewing as soon as I figure that out. In the meantime, here are a couple other podcasts related to HEMA that you should check out. And a link to the next event I'll be attending beneath that. Frank Docherty - Eng...

On May 7th, there was supposed to be an event called Klopfterfecht. It was an event that wouldn't be about classes or tournaments, but instead about having fun. Ultimately, the event didn't happen, but not for lack of trying. In this interview, I visited John Rothe of the Pennsylvania Klopffechters. John organized the aforementioned event, as well was one of the founding members of the Klopffechte...

On April 23rd and 24th I had the opportunity to go to Springeck, an event in Wanaque, NJ, hosted by the NJ Historical Fencing Association. I had a blast free-sparring, learning and even got the chance to interview several people over the weekend. In this episode, I interviewed Eric White from the New Jersey Historical Fencing Association, Ben Lehman and Chris Taylor both from the Wisconsin Histori...

On April 23rd and 24th I had the opportunity to go to Springeck, an event in Wanaque, NJ, hosted by the NJ Historical Fencing Association. I had a blast free-sparring, learning and even got the chance to interview several people over the weekend. In today's episode, I interviewed Tom and Zack from the NJ Historical Fencing Association, Aaron Pynenberg from the Wisconsin Historical Fencing Associat...

I'd like to apologize for the tardiness of this podcast. I am still getting used to the amount of time it takes to edit the raw interviews into something manageable. I personally found this podcast difficult to edit because of the length and variety of topics covered. I feel that this is the best podcast that I could release while still being genuine and letting the interviewees speak for themselv...

Shortpoint Info:  Shortpoint 2016 website   Our interviewees Toby Hall - Toby is a certified instructor at NYHFA . He trains Lichtenauer's KdF as well as i.33 and Andres Liegnitzer Sword & Buckler. And went on to take 3rd place overall at Shortpoint, his first metal for open longsword. Stephen Cheney - Steve Cheney is a student at MEMAG NJ and has been working on translating some untranslated mate...

An introductory episode where I introduce myself, and some of my goals for the HEMA-Cast. About myself: I am a relatively new member of HEMA having started in July of 2015 with L'Arte Della Bellica, a Fiore school in Kutztown, PA. I decided to start this podcast because I personally listen to podcasts and wanted to listen to a podcast about something I'm very passionate about, HEMA. About the Podc...