The history and development of modern weight lifting is often obscured by the over-zealousness of certain fitness equipment companies to develop exciting marketing materials for their products. It is therefore not unusual for many fitness…
Creating a HEMA club as a school to teach Historical European martial arts medieval sword fighting when there is no local one is a common reason for new HEMA clubs to come into existence. Chances…
Our last site update post for HEMA Resources was on September 5th so we felt it was time for yet another article that gives an overview of new content we’ve published to this website. HEMA…
If you are looking for advice on HEMA specific advice for strength and endurance training then this article will provide you a general overview of the most popular methods used for body conditioning by sword…
Introduction to the Italian Rapier by Devon Boorman is a contemporary martial arts manual on how to fight with a rapier sword based on techniques from surviving manuals originally written during the Renaissance period of…
Here at Historical European Martial Arts Resources (HEMA Resources / HEMAR) we have a dedicated page, Path of the Long Sword, with lists of historical source based material that teaches how to fight with a…
Zweihänder, literally translated as “two-hander”, are very large great swords that served as shock weapons for 15th-century German and Swiss mercenary forces known as landsknechte. As the name implies, the zweihänder is a large two-handed…
If you are looking for good sparring swords for HEMA medieval sword fighting training then you’ve come to the right place to find these weapons. Medieval sword training in HEMA, or Historical European martial arts,…
As the COVID epidemic has shut down many HEMA clubs and forced instructors to focus teaching virtual workshops and classes, there has been renewed surge of interest in how to construct fencing dummies and pells…
Many people are searching online for information about the best HEMA armor for Historical European Martial Arts sword fighting. As HEMA uses heavier training swords than modern Olympic fencing you typically need to use specially…
