I have a new #sword and it's a very special one. A unique model of Fechtschwert closely reconstructed from the measurements of a XVIth century original kept in Rome, according to a design by Mehdi Cruchade.

La sixième édition de Marquisattack, intitulée « Odyssée », se tiendra à Annecy les 14 et 15 février prochains.
L’événement s’articule autour d’un programme en trois volets, conçu pour mettre en valeur l’ensemble des dimensions des Arts Martiaux Historiques Européens (AMHE).

We're back in #Annecy for another year of #HEMA.
Longsword on Monday, Rapier & Smallsword on Thursday, Other traditions on Friday. Hop in if you are around the French Alps !

This book is good - and a must-have for #Lichtenauer enthusiasts. Clear and concise summary of the interconnections of the Ainring glosses, complete transcriptions & translations of the different witnesses, and a ton of useful information for Fechtbuch nerds !

Summer training and interpretation work of Giovanni dall'Agocchie's #sword and #dagger with @heleneleblanc.bsky.social is a joy.
French translation available here : drive.google.com/file/d/1OHGe...

I'm listing #HEMA related #books published in French and English, sorted by release year on my @senscritique.com account. Pick your summer reading in there -

www.senscritique.com/liste/arts_m...

Random #HEMA Internet find Pt 4 - the New Academy, and lessons from Mr. Vodromont, Master of Arms, in four parts, including parries and ripostes from single to double, Explanations in Questions and Answers, how to place a student and train him in a very short time and without the slightest fatigue.

Random #HEMA finds part 3 - the #FFAMHE had the Ms.2348 , a 17th #fencing treatise by De la Fresnaye digitized in 2022.
There is another manuscript by the same author in the Library of the National Museum in Prague - shelfmark XG21. Not digitized yet, AFAIK.

Random find Pt2 - an early 19th century manuscript copy of the Οπλοδιδασκαλια sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri, by HF Massman - Ref Hs. 2264 Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. 100 yrs before Dörnhöffer
Also contains stuff from Egenolff.

digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/heidh...

There is a neat little rapier manuscript from 1618 (?), located in the Nostitz library, Praha with two illustrations that seem to have been quite crudely copied from either Fabris or Capo Ferro. It was digitized in 2023 and might have escaped your attention.
new.manuscriptorium.com/hub/catalog/...

I will be in Dijon at the end of the month for the big HEMA Gathering organized by De Taille et d'Estoc. See you there ?

Springtime is cleaning time !

I had the pleasure of teaching a workshop on Hans Medl von Salzburg at the last Saint-Cergue #HEMA Gathering, organized by GAGSchola. Martin was kind enough to film the whole thing, if you want to hear me rant for nearly 3 hours : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFt...

The French #HEMA federation published some simplified guideline to cite and use the works of others (translations, transcriptions, articles etc.) in scientific and non-scientific communications : www.ffamhe.fr/citer-ses-so...
#FFAMHE

Suite aux élections récemment tenues, je rempile pour un second mandat de deux ans au conseil d'administration de la FFAMHE, cette fois comme secrétaire. N'hésitez pas à me tagger si vous avez besoin de renseignements sur la fédération.
#AMHE #FFAMHE #HEMA

Les compères @benitoren.bsky.social et @siredeck.bsky.social poursuivent comme chaque année leur onanisme de tableur en compilant les tops de top metal - De quoi entretenir la playlist un certain temps.

Marquisattack Annecy, the yearly HEMA event we host in Haute-Savoie (France, 74) will take place in one month. we're overly excited to present a top-level roster of instructors. Registrations are full, but a waiting list is still open. escrime-annecy.com/marquisattac...

HEMA sources in the wild - a dagger fight sculpted on the capital of a decorated column at the musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg.

Mon premier post sur BlueSky, et déjà de la pub :
Les éditions Solstices lancent une campagne de précommande pour la traduction du Hans Medl Fechtbuch réalisée avec Hélène Leblanc - Ce sera probablement la seule occasion d'avoir ce livre en version imprimée !