The Wayward Apprentice, a taut medieval thriller. Author Jason Vail is a member of the HEMA Alliance Curriculum Council and the Meyer Freifechter Guild. His previous book, Medieval and Renaissance Dagger Combat, set the standard for HEMA dagger practice. Thirteenth century England has never been brought more vividly to life than in The Wayward Apprentice. Available in paperback or Kindle from Amazon.com.
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Michael Chidester of True Edge Academy recently announced the completion of a new section in the Wiktenauer.
The Nuremberg Group is a series of manuscripts that describe a common set of techniques and seem to have originated in the area of Nuremberg, Germany. It has been suggested that these treatises define a local martial arts tradition native to that city, which would be a subset of the mainstream German style. The first two sections of the Codex Wallerstein are the oldest entry in the group, and it’s possible that the later treatises are dependent on it, particularly that of Albrecht Dürer. A late entry in the Nuremberg group is the treatise of Antonius Rast, which was left unfinished at his death in 1549 and acquired by Paulus Hector Mair in 1552. He finished the manuscript, probably by referencing the Codex Wallerstein. Mair also incorporated some of the contents of the group into his own writings.
Click here to learn more.
The Meyer Frei Fechter Guild is pleased to announce Dixie Krieg II, a Southeastern HEMA Alliance Gathering. This two-day event will take place October 16-17 in Tallahassee, Florida, at:
Jack L Morris American Karate Studios
4500 W Shannon Lakes Dr
Tallahassee, FL 32309
The theme of this event is VICTORY THROUGH THE MASTERS’ TECHNIQUES. The instructional format is unique. It consists of a series of sparring clinics in which experienced teachers will guide participants through simple, yet effective techniques drawn straight from the manuals and show how reliance on these techniques makes for victory in freeplay. Half a session will cover the techniques while the other half will involve putting them into practice in controlled freeplay. These clinics will provide immediate feedback and assistance from experienced fencers to enable participants to improve their sparring on the spot.
The event will offer instruction in:
Longsword (both nylon and steel)
Sword and buckler
Polearms
Dagger
In addition, there will be instruction in Joachim Meyers’ longsword devices, prescribed patterns of offense and defense that contain the secrets of his art; and an introduction to Achille Marozzo’s unarmed dagger defenses.
We will also host a prize play for eligible fighters seeking rank. There will, of course, be plenty of opportunities for open sparring.
For more info: http://freifechter.com/events/fall2010/
The New York Historical Fencing Association is pleased to announce a two day seminar event featuring Thomas Stoeppler from Bonn, Germany.
The event will take place the weekend of October 2-3 in Andes, NY. It will be an outdoor event with camping available on site (bring your own tent), as well as an abundance of nearby hotels and resorts in the beautiful Catskill Mountain region of Upstate New York (look for hotels in Andes, Margaretville or Arkville).
For more information, visit the forums: http://hemaalliance.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=328
Michael Chidester of True Edge
Academy recently completed
two new sections of the Wiktenauer.
Visit the links below to learn more.
Paulus Kal
http://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Paulus_Kal
Jörg Wilhalm
http://wiktenauer.com/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Wilhalm
UPDATE: ELECTION RESULTS:
The 2010-2011 Governing Council of the HEMA Alliance:
Mike Cartier
Michael Edelson
John Harmston
Jonathan Mayshar
Jake Norwood
Steven Reich
Jason Taylor
Thanks again to all voters, and to the vote counters, who will be keeping separate election archives.
The first meeting of the first elected Governing Council is this Monday, 7/12/2010, at 7 PM Pacific Time. All Members of the HEMA Alliance are welcome. To attend, get a Skype ID and email that ID to secretary@hemaalliance.com.
UPDATE: Elections are over. Results will be posted shortly. Thank you to all who voted.
Voting has begun! Please go here for election information and voting instructions.
Oh Happy Day!
Given the definitions and conditions contained in the policy we chose with Francis L. Dean & Associates, our options were to overlay a complex set of rules on top of our affiliation and membership system, or to overhaul our system so that it would work seamlessly with our insurance. We chose the latter, so whether you are a new, old, or prospective member, please read our new Individual Membership and Affiliation policies.
And just to be completely clear for the literal-minded out there: no, we will not submit an insurance claim for you if your fundament is perforated by a spiked peasant flail while wearing a Cirque du Soleil costume.
Two new articles have recently been added to the Articles Section, one on artifacts in freeplay by Michael Edelson, and one on Dobringer’s longsword “flourish.”
We would love to have your article submissions as well. We do not require any sort of exclusive publishing rights; in fact, you can revoke your permission for us to publish should you later have another publishing opportunity that requires exclusivity. If your article is already up on your group’s website, that’s fine too. We would be happy to help increase awareness of your HEMA activities.
Martial articles may be submitted to curriculumcouncil@hemaalliance.com. Articles on club and organization issues may be submitted to governingcouncil@hemaalliance.com.
This year’s Irish Fighting Arts Days will be mostly a set of announcements to gather interest and contributors to make Irish Fighting Arts Days 2011 a major event. Maxime Chouinard will be our coordinator for this project, so please contact him at maxime.chouinard@hemaalliance.com if you have an Irish fighting arts link, article, question, or if you just want to let Maxime know that your group is prepared to put down your swords and pick up shillelaghs once in a while.
We’ll have a set of Irish fighting arts links posted later in the week, as well as information on Maxime’s upcoming webinar on bataireacht (traditional Irish stick fighting). And please visit the Irish Fighting Arts thread on our forum!
Download the flyer here:
http://www.hemaalliance.com/documents/2010Gathering.pdf
Some of the best HEMA practitioners and scholars in the world will be there. Whether you’ve been in HEMA for 15 days or 15 years, these are 3 days you don’t want to miss!
 Wiktenauer is a project begun by Ben Michels of Maryland Kunst Des Fechtens, and The HEMA Alliance is pleased to make this a priority project. Wiktenauer is currently housed here:
http://wiktenauer.com
Like all HEMA Alliance learning resources, Wiktenauer belongs to the community and requires community input. Please contact Ben at Ben.Michels@hemaalliance.com to help.
For those who may not be familiar with wikis, they are a platform for multiple editor collaboration, but not all Wiktenauer material will be available for editing. If you want to lend a final-draft research paper to the Wiktenauer collection, that’s fine too, and we appreciate it. Again, contact Ben.Michels@hemaalliance.com.
It should be noted that while we fully support the vast educational potential of Wiktenauer, we realize that a wiki is not the best solution for every form of media and research. Wiktenauer will ultimately be integrated with HEMAD, the HEMA Database.
Below is the beginning of Ben’s introduction to Wiktenauer. Discuss Wiktenauer with us here.
The Wiktenauer is, in its pure form, a HEMA information dump. Every technique mentioned in the manuals does or will have a page. Every page will eventually show all of the text from the manuals, including pictures, transcription and translation that is relevant to that technique. Basically, one should be able to view a technique of their choice and view all of the source information in one place.
Visit Wiktenauer for more!
http://wiktenauer.com
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