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Anders Linnard

Anders Linnard

Anders Linnard is the founder of Gothenburg Historical Fencing School (GHFS), St Mark fencing gear, The Fencing Guild ranking organisation, Swordfish and The Historical Fencer. He started fencing in 1988 and joined his first historical fencing group in 1994. In 2003 he founded GHFS and was the head instructor until he stepped down in 2019. He won his first international gold medal in HEMA in 2006 and was the first winner of a sanctioned Swedish national championship in 2015, as well as winning gold at Swordfish – the premier fencing competition in the world – as well as silver in the Nordic League in Denmark that same year. He has also competed in full contact stick fighting. Anders has been instrumental in the development of HEMA in Sweden and internationally. He wrote the first official rules which laid a foundation for the modern competitive format. He has also focused on developing safer competitions through writing injury reports from Swordfish. He established the regulations and looks of modern HEMA referees and judges, as well as many norms for conduct on the matt. He was instrumental in raising the bar for physical training and athleticism in HEMA. Over the years, he has published many articles, research and interpretations on historical fencing techniques and topics and he is a member of the international research organisation HEMAC. He is also the person behind the curriculum and pedagogical model for GHFS, one of the most successful HEMA clubs in the world. He has also choreographed fighting scenes for a documentary on the 16th century ship Mars produced for Swedish national Television and aired on National Geographic.

Portrait, Videos juni 29, 2018 juli 13, 2018

Anders Linnard, historical fencer

DigitasLBi made this film about me to show a good work-life balance. And what better balance can there be than fencing to cultivate your…

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Training juni 29, 2018 juni 29, 2018

Power generation and the pell

How can you use the pell to learn body mechanics? And what is the proper way to generate force when cutting from a bind?…

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What is a fencer? Part I
Historical Fencing culture juni 29, 2018 juni 29, 2018

What is a fencer? Part I

I know I am not the only one who feels fencing is more than training, research, techniques, sparring, and competitions. Being a fencer means…

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What is a fencer? Part II: Fencing and modernity
Historical Fencing culture juni 28, 2018 juli 5, 2018

What is a fencer? Part II: Fencing and modernity

What is a fencer? Part II The sword is one of the most powerful symbols of our culture. But how does the sword and…

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Event juni 27, 2018 juni 29, 2018

Swedish National Championships livefeed, July 8, 2018

Don’t miss the Swedish National Championships being broadcasted live by the Swedish Martial arts federation.   Sommarsändningar i Budokampsport-TV

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Swordfish XIII is open for registration
Event juni 27, 2018 juni 29, 2018

Swordfish XIII is open for registration

Don’t miss out on the greatest fencing happening of the year. It’s the true world championships, with tonnes of workshops and lots of great…

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Training, Videos juni 4, 2018 juli 4, 2018

Training for explosive power, 2009

This was a talk I held in 2009 at Swordfish as I was trying to figure out how to best build explosive power and…

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Media juni 29, 2017 juni 29, 2018

Channel 4 reporting from Swordfish (2008)

A short clip from Swordfish 2008 by Swedish Channel 4, featuring some nice fighting and teaching (English subs).

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Training juni 29, 2017 juni 29, 2018

Interpretation of the scheitelhau

This is an older clip but more or less the same interpretation I still use.

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Media, Videos juni 30, 2016 juni 30, 2018

Al-Jazeera reporting from Swordfish, 2014

Al-Jazeera reported from Swordfish in Gothenburg in 2014, talking to Axel Pettersson and Jessica Finley. They also made a visit to Bert Gevaert in…

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