How on earth have I not seen these books until now. I also didn’t realise these set of books are actually the annual publication of De re militari: The Society for Medieval Military History. With that in mind, I was really excited to delve into the Journal of Medieval Military History. The first thing to […]
I have read a few of the Japanese samurai history books by Stephen Turnbull and was surprised to learn he has an interest in Medieval and Renaissance history too. The book covers the period of the 14th and 15th centuries. During this period the book charts the development of arms, armour, and tactics in warfare. […]
One of the key components of swordsmanship or in fact any martial art is conditioning and training. While we train using historical reference materials, conditioning has always been hard to deliver using training techniques that can be considered as authentic or historically accurate. It has taken a while but I have found a system that […]
We are delighted to announce that HEMA shop (The Knight Shop) are sponsoring us by providing a number of synthetic longswords, to help us run more beginners workshops at events this year and helps us to take part in the Games of Thrones themed ThroneFest event taking place in May this year in Thanet – […]
