For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-198-safety-testing-hema-with-jamie-maciver To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jamie MacIver is a historical martial arts instructor who co-founded the London Historical Fencing Club in 2016, whi…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-197-russian-dissidence-with-romana-shemayev To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Romana Shemayev is an American songwriter and performer, translator of contemporary Russian poetry, and one of the …

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-196-theory-and-practice-and-pole-dancing To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy In today’s show I’m sharing some excerpts from the audiobook of The Theory and Practice of Historical Martial Arts. Yo…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-195-pirates-with-dr-jamie-goodall To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr. Jamie L.H. Goodall is a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C. She is the author of Pi…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-194-drawing-a-dream-of-swords-with-chris-schweizer To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Chris Schweizer is a three-time Eisner Award nominated cartoonist, a writer, concept artist and illustrator …

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-193-kinesiology-and-concussions-with-jane-strange To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jane Strange represented Team North America at the 2019 European games in Minsk, and she is a competition med…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-192-solo-training-and-an-interview-with-guy To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Hello Sword People, and welcome to episode 192 of the podcast! Training alone is an essential skill. You can train …

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-191-clubs-wands-and-gladiators-historical-physical-culture-with-ben-miller To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Ben Miller is the man behind Physical Culture Historians, preserving and reviving hi…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-190-crystal-and-silver-in-a-shakespearean-accent-with-ben-crystal To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy In today’s episode we have another audiobook/interview mashup! The Paradoxes of Defence Audio…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-189-federations-forests-and-body-awareness-with-marine-beaumel To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Marine Beaumel is a historical martial arts instructor best known for her work with Royal Armour…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/vadi-and-the-four-virtues-of-sword-making-with-eleonora-rebecchi/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today’s episode is a bit different to the usual format, as we have both a delightful sample from an audioboo…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/could-hema-ever-be-big-in-china-with-zeng-yang/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today’s episode is with Zeng Yang, who is a doctoral student at the Shanghai Sport University, where he is pursuing a PhD in t…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/hema-and-heresy-with-xian-niles/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Xian Niles is a fencing instructor, martial artist and the founder of Spada, a recreational Bolognese fencing study group in maritime Canada.…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/historical-dancing-historical-fencing-and-a-bear-with-sarina-wagner/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Sarina Wagner is a musical actress and dancer who trained at the University of Music and Arts of the City…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/swords-for-all-humanity-with-janna-datahan/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Janna Datahan was born and raised in the Philippines and is currently living in the United States. She's a mother, a published poe…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/want-to-write-a-training-manual-how-to-write-training-manuals-for-historical-martial-artists-with-guy-windsor/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy This episode is an unusual one because there’s no interview. In…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/messers-and-more-with-bob-brooks/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Robert (Bob) Brooks is one of the original generation of historical fencers, who began training with me in the Dawn Duellists’ Society in th…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/writing-historical-novels-the-facts-and-the-fiction-with-elizabeth-chadwick/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Elizabeth Chadwick is an award winning best-selling writer of historical fiction. She has been wr…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/what-is-a-volta-a-very-detailed-examination-of-fiore-with-dario-magnani/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy My guest today is Dario Alberto Magnani, better known as Mr. Thokk, who was a longtime scholar of the…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/horse-armour-at-the-royal-armouries-with-eleanor-wilkinson-keys/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today’s episode is with Eleanor Wilkinson-Keys, who is Assistant Curator of Arms and Armour at the Royal Armo…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/bronze-age-britons-were-weird-with-dr-james-dilley/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr James Dilley is an archaeologist and craftsman specializing in prehistoric technologies such as flintknapping, and cast…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/community-and-the-club-with-samantha-west/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Sam West is an instructor at the Dueling Weapons Academy of Renaissance Fencing aka DWARF, a historical martial arts club in Barrie…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/the-politics-of-eastern-and-western-martial-arts-with-jonathan-bluestein/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jonathan Bluestein is a martial artist and author who contacted Guy with some interesting questions …

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/medieval-music-and-the-troubadours-with-alix-evans/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Alix Evans is a professional performer and teacher of historical music, founder of Falsa Musica, and has even fenced rapie…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/swords-in-south-africa-with-david-wagenfeld/ David Wagenfeld is a fencing coach, creator of the En Garde model for teaching fencing in schools, and the co-founder of Table Mountain Fencing and Historical European Martial Arts. He lives in Cape Town, South …

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/life-in-the-stone-age-and-bothering-hedges-with-sally-pointer/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Sally Pointer is a freelance heritage educator, archaeologist and presenter of traditional skills and historic …

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/business-chivalry-and-life-or-death-training-with-jason-kingsley/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy One of our most listened-to guests is back on the show! Jason Kingsley OBE is the co-founder and CEO of the …

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/washing-paper-and-restoring-books-with-aurelia-sedlmair/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Aurelia Sedlmair is a historical fencer, a translator, a transcriber, and is now studying the conservation of paper a…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/how-to-fight-like-sir-gawain-with-dr-przemyslaw-grabowski-gorniak/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr. Przemysław Grabowski-Górniak is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies at the Unive…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/seven-frenchmen-vs-seven-englishman-who-will-win-with-dr-rachael-whitbread/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr Rachael Whitbread is a historian and author. Her PhD from York University was on tournaments, j…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/force-of-virtue-with-jack-gassman/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jack Gassman, runs Horseman of Eire, an equestrian training school and medieval combat academy outside of Wexford in Ireland with Alessia P…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/jessica-finley-2/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Medieval wrestling and Liechtenauer expert Jessica Finley will be familiar to many of you from her two previous appearances on The Sword Guy. (Episode 1 and…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/big-blue-flags-with-marli-vlok/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Marli Vlok is a virologist, historical martial arts instructor and historical flag waver. She was also a competitive target shooter who repres…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/sword-geekery-and-stunts-with-jared-kirby/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jared Kirby is a fight director and stage and screen combat instructor at the New York Combat for stage and screen. He’s a stuntman…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/cutting-and-calligrams-with-brittany-reeves/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy In this episode, I welcome back Brittany Reeves, who is the head instructor of Mordhau Historical Combat in Mesa, Arizona. She is…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/thc-tournaments-and-training-with-david-ito/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy There is a slightly different intro to this episode as Guy is in Kansas being medievally wrestled by Jessica Finley. Hear the noi…

Photo Credit: Angel Uribe For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/brains-biology-and-better-teaching-with-sara-lewis/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr Sara Lewis is a neuroscientist specializing in the biology of childhood movement disorders, a…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/wma-hema-the-sca-and-other-abbreviations-with-david-biggs/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy David Biggs is a lawyer, a diplomat and senior historical martial arts instructor with The Tattershall School of De…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/hema-for-life-with-dr-marie-meservy/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr Marie Meservy is a neuro radiologist, a psychologist, historical martial artist, sword mom to the Noble Science Academy in Nevada and …

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/dressing-up-with-zack-pinsent/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Zack Pinsent is a tailor of bespoke period clothing for men and women, reproducing primarily Regency civilian and military costume. He is vocal…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/adhd-speedboats-and-wrestling-in-kindergarten-with-katriina-malkki/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Katriina Malkki is a historical martial artist, dietician with an MSc from the University of Eastern Finla…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/sword-people-are-book-people-with-diniz-cabreira/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Diniz Cabreira is a Kunst des Fechtens practitioner at Arte do Combate, a publisher of historical martial arts books, primar…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/bringing-italo-hungarian-sabre-to-taiwan-with-huang-chun-yi/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Huang Chun-Yi is an instructor of classical and military sabre at Lionheart Historical European Swordsmanship in …

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/you-cant-learn-swordfighting-from-a-book-with-dr-antti-ijas/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr. Antti Ijäs is a grant-funded researcher, whose recent doctoral dissertation is a scholarly examination of Roy…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/sword-events-should-be-more-like-ikea-with-jana-howson/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jana Howson lives near Chicago and is a historical fencer, a Ph.D. candidate, mother and spouse, as well as being a Lu…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/behind-the-scenes-at-the-sword-guy-with-katie-mackenzie/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy It’s the 150th(ish) episode! So to mark this momentous occasion we’ve got a guest who can’t think of any reason at al…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/bringing-fiore-to-a-knife-fight-with-ian-davis/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Ian Davis is a historical fencing instructor at Boston Armizare, specialising in Italian fencing from the 14th to the 16th cen…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/babies-horses-and-a-secret-knife-with-gretchen-settle/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Gretchen Settle models, swordfights and makes stuff. She is getting back into training after giving birth to an incredi…

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/boldly-going-with-stephen-hand/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Stephen Hand is a founder of the Stoccata School of Defence, author of several books, including English Swordsmanship: The True Fight of Georg…

For transcriptions, images and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/hema-in-mexico-and-inspirational-women/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Mariana Lopez is a historical fencer, coach, artist and one of the founders of HEMA in Mexico, 16 years ago. She is also the c…