Continuing in my presentation of knife fighting traditions, I found these two detailed descriptions of Argentinian Gaucho dagger fencing from the … More

Monday, October 3, 1904 Watertown Daily Times Fencing bouts indulged in by Italians with blunt weapons Man Suspected of Baddato’s (sic) … More

A small colored booklet on broadsword fencing published in 1830 by Capt. Frederick Wroughton.

What makes HEMA truly unique in the martial arts world is how it is community driven.

A newspaper article about an Irish man defending himself with a shillelagh in 1930s Australia.

An 1845 method of singlestick based on Walker.

Where (and when) the term originates and how it came to hold the meaning it has today.

A selection of some of the earliest videos of Western Martial Arts.

A selection of unusual weaponized canes from a recent auction.

L’histoire des arts martiaux au Québec, des premières nations en passant par l’arrivée des Européens et celle des arts martiaux de l’Asie.