Upcycled a beam for a new #pell. I could reuse most of the old post parts so I went with the same design. #HEMA
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Pell down
Sun, spring, viruses. What a time to have a cold. Anyway, used the chance to clean all my swords in the garden. Fresh air. So important.
The Sword – Form And Thought
JSachers (blog.histofakt.de)„The Sword – Form and Thought“ was the name of an exhibition held at the Deutsches Klingenmuseum (German Blade Museum) in Solingen from 26th September 2015 until 28th February 2016, and is also the title of the accompanying catalogue.
Re: http://blog.histofakt.de/?p=3358
The Sword – Form and Thought (ISBN 978-1-78327-427-7) is indeed a must-have for every sword enthusiast. Got my print years ago but I guess the recent prints are of the same fine quality.
Teaching in HEMA
In teaching, the answer given by the student is not as important as the response; that a thought process is provoked. Likewise, as instructors, we should focus more on the learning, instead of the...
Wise words on teaching in #HEMA:
In teaching, the answer given by the student is not as important as the response; that a thought process is provoked. Likewise, as instructors, we should focus more on the learning, instead of the teaching.
These are fundamental pedagogical things which should be applied to HEMA too
Roger Norling
On speed in HEMA
Sean Franklin (swordstem.com)“Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.” This adage is used to illustrate the fact that speed is gained through efficient movements, rather than just trying to use as much force as possible. And in a lot of ways it is true. Most of the increases in speed we realize are not from an increase in the ra...
Looks like Sean wrote an excellent article on training speed in #HEMA [that I somehow missed until now].
Gotta love that series on Sword STEM.
Spring
First pell training this year. I really slacked off. Man.. my arms are hurting now. Still great to train outside again ?
„Warum machen Sie als Frau eine Ausstellung über Schwerter?“ Diese Frage einer Journalistin führte bei uns zunächst zu Sprachlosigkeit. Sollte man denn als Frau nur Ausstellungen über Schmuck, Kleidung und „schöne“ Dinge machen? Ist das Thema heute wirklich noch so männlich besetzt, dass es Frauen nicht interessieren kann? Und wenn doch, gilt man dann als verhaltensauffällig…
Toller Artikel. Solche Fragen und altbackenen Vorstellungen kann ich ebenfalls 2018 in keinster Weise mehr nachvollziehen. Ich stecke meine Nase regelmäßig in alle der oben erwähnten Bereiche und kann daher nur den Kopf über dieses veraltete Weltbild schütteln. Leider gibt es diese Vorstellungen noch immer. So wurde z.B. einer guten Bekannten aus Italien letztes Jahr bei einer Vorführung Punkte abgezogen, da sie „in Männerkleidern“ auftrat. Es bleibt also noch viel zu tun.
The Sword – Form and Thought
Catalogue on the occasion of the same named special exhibition in the Deutsches Klingenmuseum from 26th September 2015 until 28th February 2016.
Das Schwert – Gestalt und Gedanke / The Sword – Form and Thought: https://shop.histofakt.de/product_info.php?products_id=64&language=en
Product No. B-930315-017