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Maxime Chouinard —————— Historical Martial Arts Researcher

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The sabre lesson of Messieurs Billès and Wachter

A translation of a very interesting lesson on sabre fencing published during the Second Empire.

Jafsie’s stick fencing: The first video evidence of Irish stick?

Rodney Bennett, our fervent video archivist from Victorian and Edwardian Martial Arts found an interesting video of a certain Dr.Condon…

American Martial Arts, Antrim Bata, bataireacht, boiscin, History, Ireland, Irish history, irish martial arts, Irish stick fighting, La Canne

Duffing rascals: What is La canne?

La canne, the fascinating French art of fighting with a walking stick. Let’s delve into it’s history.

19th century, Bartitsu, canne de combat, France, HEMA, La Canne, savate, Sport

What is the best sabre manual?

This is a question that comes back again and again. “I am interested in taking up sabre. What is the…

Let the sparks fly: How was the briquet used?

The briquet is an iconic blade of revolutionary France. Developed in 1767 to replace the longer grenadier sabres it was…

Briquet, fencing, France, HEMA, History, Napolenic, Saber

How to care for your sword like a Victorian trooper

Yesterday, I explored a few French sources telling us how to clean and care for swords. Now let’s look at…

How to care for your sword like a Napoleonic soldier

A few rules on how to care for your sword like a member of the Old Guard.

Men in white: The history of the fencing uniform

Olympic fencing is white, HEMA is black…but what was it historically?

Masiello’s sword exercise and the medical profession

In 1895, the British army released a new sword exercise for the use of its officers, which had been in…

Inflamed with authority: The knife fighting of the Argentinian Gaucho

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

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