DREYNEVENT 2020 REPORT Dreynevent. One of the oldest and most well-regarded HEMA gatherings in Europe. And if you ever visited it, you definitely understand why. While this was not my first Dreynevent by any stretch, i could not attend the last few – some because I couldn’t make it, some because the tickets just went […]
Granted, me being primarily a longsword fencer, I am not all that aware of later masters of the sword, but damn do they have some interesting stories! This time around in inspirational historical swordspeople: Jean-Louis Michel Born in present-day Haiti in 1785, his earliest years have a bit of a conflict in the sources. Some […]
In HEMA, protecting your head is of utmost importance. If you fight, you will get hit, there is no way around it. To make masks truly safer, we need data and we needs lots of it. Whether you’re doing sabre, longsword, side-sword, rapier, dagger, or any other weapon or combination, sooner or later your bell […]