Author Archive: Johanus Haidner

On the After-Blow

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Thanks to Matt Galas for allowing us to use this article… ————————— “I realize that the After-Blow has become such a commonplace in HEMA that folks don’t understand its origins. Here is the full text of an article on the After-Blow concept, documenting its origins in Belgian fencing guild rules and fencing hall practice across […]

Nordschlag 2017 Results

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Thanks to everyone who came and made Nordschlag 2017 a success! We’re looking forward to 2018, which will be our 12th year! Results for this year are: Synthetic Longsword: Gold: Corry Scholtz – Saskatoon Historical Fencing Silver: Caleb Forrest – AES Edmonton Bronze: Jessica Kaprowski – AES Rimbey Synthetic Sword & Buckler: Gold: Corry Scholtz […]

Nordschlag in Less Than a Week!

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Less than a week! Woo hoo! We’ll be having the first ever Women’s Only Steel Longsword event in a Canadian tournament, as well as our usual Open Steel Longsword and Sword & Buckler events. We even have a knife fighting event. Included for those who are more beginners in HEMA are synthetic events in longsword […]

Nordschlag 2017 Updates

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The ruleset is up for the tournament! Please read, as all competitors will be held to these rules, and rules will be strictly enforced. As of today we have 21 competitors registered from schools in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Vancouver, and Calgary. There are others who have told us, verbally, that they will be attending from other […]

HEMA Rocks!

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This is part of what we do… And it’s cool to see so many people you know in a video like this. Join us in Edmonton on Tuesday or Thursday nights. Join us in Rimbey on Monday nights. Inquire for our new group in Wetaskiwin!