Historical Fencer – Exploring the culture of historical fencing

Fencing Through the Swedish Summer Nights

Why Solstinget explores a different side of HEMA. Read it now

Editorial, Historical Fencing culture

The Virtues of a Fencer

by Anders Linnard

Historical Fencing culture, Portrait, Research

The Violent Genius of Benvenuto Cellini

by Anders Linnard

Research, Training

Give Your Athletes Time

by Anders Linnard

Historical Fencing culture, Research

The Untold Story: How the Habsburgs Shaped the German Fencing Tradition

by Arturo Camargo

Historical Fencing culture, Research, Sport fencing

Gripping History: The Handshake in Fencing

by Anders Linnard

Historical Fencing culture, Research

The Untold Story: How Prague shaped the German fencing tradition

by Arturo Camargo

Editorial, Historical Fencing culture, Psychology

The Cardinal virtues in historical fencing: exploring the past, understanding the present

by Anders Linnard

Editorial, Historical Fencing culture

Four tips to help make your sword sing

by Alexander Olsson

Historical Fencing culture, Media

When Hollywood gets it right – The best fencing scenes

by Anders Linnard

How to hang your swords – our indispensable guide to home decoration

Historical Fencing culture

How to hang your swords – our indispensable guide to home decoration

by Anders Linnard

Stick with it – How I keep training even on bad days

Editorial, Historical Fencing culture, Training

Stick with it – How I keep training even on bad days

by Alexander Olsson

Competitions, Historical Fencing culture, Training

Don’t stop cutting the enemy! A look at Frequens Motus

by Anders Linnard

Kids, Training

How to make your fencing classes more fun for kids

by Anders Linnard

Eight things that will make you a better fencer

Historical Fencing culture, Psychology, Training

Eight things that will make you a better fencer

by Anders Linnard

Historical Fencing culture, Training

How to train and learn swordsmanship without a local group

by Lee Smith

Historical Fencing culture, Research, Training

How to train like a knight from medieval times

by Arturo Camargo

Historical Fencing culture, Training

Why you should own and train with a sharp sword

by Lee Smith

Research

An Alternative Interpretation of the True Fight of George Silver

by Cory Winslow & Michael Edelson

Dennis Ljungqvist: “This is why I love Swordfish”

Portrait

Dennis Ljungqvist: “This is why I love Swordfish”

by Anders Linnard

Happy birthday to The Historical Fencer!

Editorial

Happy birthday to The Historical Fencer!

by Anders Linnard

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"A fencer must have a sense of himself"

Interview with rascal Scott Hellroth Read the article

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Competitions, Editorial, Event

Historical Fencing’s New Frontier: A Week with SHMA in Shanghai

by Anders Linnard

China has been building its HEMA scene for over a decade, and it’s showing real depth. I spent a week in Shanghai with SHMA…

Historical Fencing culture, Research

Origins of the Marxbrüder fencing guild

Interviews, Portrait

The importance of style – Interview with Scott Hellroth

Historical Fencing culture

What is a fencer? Part I

Historical Fencing culture

What is a fencer? Part II: Fencing and modernity

Dashing looks & smashing fencing

Dashing looks & smashing fencing

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