The Sword Guy Podcast

Episode 20 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/spanish-rapier-episode20/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Lois Spangler is a Verdadera Destreza ("Spanish Rapier") instructor and researcher with the Brisbane School of Iberian Swordsmanship . We discuss translating Spanish fencing sources, t...

Episode 19 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/founding-longpoint-fencing-in-armour-episode19/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jake Norwood is a highly experienced and widely respected historical martial arts instructor. He co-founded the HEMA Alliance (one of the largest historical marti...

Episode 18 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/the-sword-guy-episode-18-kendra-brown/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Kendra Brown is a swordswoman, researcher, and translator of the Latin version of Fiore’s Il Fior di Battaglia (known as the Florius manuscript). She has an awesome blog a...

Episode 17 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/maori-martial-arts-bartitsu-episode17/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Tony Wolf is an author, lecturer, antiquarian, and has trained in a very wide range of martial arts. In this conversation we discuss everything from Maori martial arts to...

Episode 16 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/dark-ages-episode16/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr. Eleanor Janega (whom Dan Snow refers to as “The most awesome medieval historian in the world”) is a Guest Lecturer at the London School of Economics in their International History depar...

Episode 15 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/anyone-can-do-hema-episode15/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today's guest on the show is Robyn Alman, from the Athena School of Arms, in Boston. She is well known on the US tournament circuit, and believes that "anybody can do this and enjo...

Episode 14 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/videogame-swordfights-episode14/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Kirk Williams, also known as the Knight of Green (to find out why, listen to the interview), is a practising historical martial artist… and also recreates video game sword fight...

Episode 13 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/indian-weapons-episode13/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Alina Boyden is a pilot, swordswoman, and the author of Stealing Thunder,  a fantasy novel that you really should read (no spoilers! but I really enjoyed it, especially the dragons-as-...

Episode 12 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/mindset-military-service-episode12/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Rigel Ng is the president of the Pan Historical European Martial Arts Society ( PHEMAS ) in Singapore. In this conversation we cover a lot of ground, from military service to...

Episode 11 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/setting-fire-to-nunneries-episode11/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Kimberleigh Roseblade is a historical martial arts instructor, specialising in Fiore's Art of Arms. She teaches at AEMMA in Toronto, and has taught at many international lev...

Episode 10 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/armour-episode10/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy My guest this week is Tomas Suazo, a historical fencer and armourer from Chile. I first met Tomas when he came to train with me in Finland in 2014. He did a Grand Tour of European historical f...

Episode 9 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/acting-fighting-training-episode9/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today’s podcast episode is with Siobhan Richardson. You may recognise her from the cover of my latest book, From Medieval Manuscript to Modern Practice. She's an actress, singe...

Episode 8 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/hma-viking-sword-episode8/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy I met Roland Warzecha (also known as Dimicator) at the first Swordfish event, in Malmö in 2006, and we have been friends and colleagues ever since. He has built a first-class reputatio...

Episode 7 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/mounted-combat-episode7/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jennifer Landels is the founder and head of Academie Duello’s Mounted Combat Program which operates out of Cornwall Ridge Farm in Langley BC. She has been swordfighting since 2008, and r...

Episode 6 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/running-a-club-nyc-episode6/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy One of the great advantages of starting a podcast has been getting to talk to people I've not yet met, but whom my friends speak highly of. I think you'll see why several other guest...

Episode 5 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/how-to-train-episode5/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy In this episode of The Sword Guy, I talk to Kaja Sadowski, author of the must-read Fear is the Mind-Killer, about training with two swords, training in high-stress situations, and lots mor...

Episode 4 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/lightsabers-rapiers-episode4/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Airrion Scott is an Italian Rapier and Sabre Fencer and Instructor out of the Mid-Atlantic Society for Historic Swordsmanship in Annapolis, Maryland. Since joining them in 2016, Air...

Episode 3 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/sam-swords-episode3/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Sam -also called Samantha- Swords has been passionate about swordfighting since he was old enough to hold a stick. Strongly inspired by the stories of western warrior culture as a child, he...

Episode 2   For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/women-in-hema-episode2/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Francesca Lacuata is lead instructor at The School of the Sword’s Godalming chapter, having studied Bolognese swordplay and rapier since 2010. She has a further interest and some experi...

Episode 1 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/medieval-shoulders-trees-swords-episode1/   To support the show, come join the Patrons at   https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jess Finley has had a sword in her had for the past twenty years. Her initial interest was in stage combat, but not too long after beginning that pursuit began to ask "....