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What You Should Read to Help Your HEMA (That’s Not HEMA) - Part 2
Continuing from last week, here are another four books that might just help your HEMA training.
This week we’re getting all the enlightenment and motivation we can handle.
Not the Age of Enlightenment (I prefer to deal in earlier systems) and not the “yoga, kale, smiles!” kind of motivation. Not that there’s anything wrong with yoga, kale or smiling. In moderation.
Instead, I hope these readings will promote critical, informed reflection, and affirm your genuine motivation and sense of purpose in training. Continue reading
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Running a Fencing Competition - Jon Willis
What You Should Read to Help Your HEMA (That’s Not HEMA) - Part 1
Can I become a better fencer simply by reading? Not really. Read these anyway.
In lieu of an insightful, technical, enlightening and motivational article this week, here’s a list of books that can deliver all that instead. None of them are HEMA books, instead they’re from other martial arts (or none), but I believe each and every one of them can benefit your HEMA practice.
This week, we'll look at a pair of insightful works, and a pair of more technical ones. Next week, it'll be enlightenment and motivation!
The works in question are my personal favourites, so it’s an incredibly subjective set of reviews. The links are to Google Books. Continue reading
An introduction to me (Alex Paul)
As a first post I thought I would take the opportunity to explain a little about myself and my role here. Leon Paul is a fourth generation family business with Leon being my great grandfather. Sadly I never got to meet him or his wife Nana Paul with whom he started the company way back in 1921. Continue reading
The story of the flag mask and how to make your own.