Kunst des Fechtens Conversations 108: KdF is Dead!

Cory Winslow (MEMAG) and Mike Edelson (NYHFA) have spent quite some time deconstructing Liechtenauers Kunst des Fechtens (“Art of Fencing”), and have come to the conclusion that it is not in fact the elite combative system designed to trump all systems in all contexts as it was so often assumed (no real surprise there)! In this special finale of Squinting Rabbit’s first season of Kunst des Fechtens Conversations, Cory and I talk about the failings of the early Liechtenauer ‘system’ and what exactly it means when we say “KdF is dead!”

Kunst des Fechtens Conversations 107: Becoming a Better Fencer

Cory Winslow (MEMAG) and I talk about what makes a good fencer: in a phrase, constant innovation (and whether or not that negates the “H” in HEMA.

Kunst des Fechtens Conversations 106: Gaps in the Sources

In this 6th installment, Cory Winslow (MEMAG) and TZLongsword talk about what we don’t know, just reading the source materials; discussing the limitations of teaching from the written word; and I go off on a minor tangent to discuss speed and timing, the “fourth dimension” of technique.

Kunst des Fechtens Conversations 105: The Future of HEMA

In which Cory Winslow (MEMAG) and I talk about the future of Historical European Martial Arts, and how to balance keeping the “H” in HEMA, with constantly innovating and not letting the various sword arts stagnate and die out (again).