Hey everyone! Sorry for the day-late upload (1st time in over a year, combo broken!) but we accidentally gave some incorrect information and had to reshoot one of the scenes. (Can you guess which one? :P )

There is a lot of grappling in this video.

Literally never realized you guys had the same last name before and was wondering why you were all touchy

I Started my own Hema club last year in Venezuela. Things are going very well :)) we are a group of 5 people now. We just need more swords!!

So my friend and I are starting a club since the closest one is 8 hours away. Thank you for posting this video.

Those were most valuable tips. Thank you. I intend to open an academy here in Niterói, whoever my focus shall be rapiers, sideswords and sabers. You know, elegant stuff.

That'll be Fiorians, to you Meyer-naisers. Haha! Just kidding, great video guys and gals. You all might just get me to incorporate some Lichtenaur in to my Fiore😉

Great video. Thanks for putting this together for us, and for the other great videos you've produced.

Absolutely fantastic video. Thanks guys.

Great video once again.

i love my club. it has this sense of community. makes it feel like we're all just a bunch of people trying to learn a new skill, we all listen to these geeky medieval styles of music in the gym. the instructors are really really nice too, and they have great senses of humour as well, and they happily help and answer our questions. we only officially have longsword for now, some of us do sabre with their own equipment. they might start classes for a second discipline. anyways, its really quite cool. a HUGE improvement over aikido, bullshit techniques that only have justifications and no answers, a stupidly stiff hierarchy. in the HEMA club people arent afraid to say 'i dont know'. and half of our practitioners are doctors/medical students. i miss it.

Amazing video and coincidental. I have been training outdoors for two years and my buddies and I may have finally found an indoor area used by a local Olympic fencing group.

Remember kids: If you need indepth help on techniques there is a patreon teir for single practitioners meaning that for the small cost of your soul you can now learn hema online properly. ;)

Good advice and I love your mug😻

I'm in North Vancouver, so taking a bus to Burnaby every week isn't possible, but I love what you guys do with a very serious and professional of teaching 👍🏻

Thanks for sharing .

very very motivational!

Great video! thanks for the info! PD: Fiore Rules!

As a fencing coach, I touch base with the local HEMA club from time to time. I agree that you should have some formal coaching theory behind the lessons. I have taught some SCA fencers and they had no idea why do you such actions or tactics. Plus you need a core group of dedicated coaches for a club to last. Building coaches takes time and patience.

Hey, Fiore isn't half bad! Us Fiorists shower daily (I hope). We aren't dirty!

Ohhhhh I'd like to start a HEMA club in Brazil so badly

We mainly use Rawlings at our club and sometimes use feders. I agree that the binding is very different but I'm not sure what bad habits are reinforced by using a Rawlings. If you could let me know I'll try to keep an eye out for that next time we train.

Question. Who was the first HEMA practitioner and what was their motive for wanting to recreate and safely practice medieval combat?

Hello. Thank you for the great video. Can you advise sources for dagger fencing? I've found some Fiore stuff, but can`t find anything about German dagger.

So, we have one in Springfield, IL. 4 regular members. Everyone has their own equipment. The problem we run into is facility space. We trained at a local outdoor park that is completely free and where the cops don't bother us during the summer months, but now it is winter time in Central Illinois, and outdoor training is becoming problematic. With only for regular members, paying rental fees by charging dues becomes fairly exorbitant. Who did you guys have to partner with in order to find cheap gym space with plenty of overhead room? We aren't part of a local University, and obviously some of the local public schools would have gems, but people get Leary when you talk about a club that involves swinging swords around, and where the members are just people from regular Springfield society and not part of the school.

Fiesta comentary. Good vídeo, i really like hema. Please a vídeo of dual weilding

Do you Guys teach mainly German and Italian Swordsmanship? Do you Guys incorporate other Traditional European Martial Arts?

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Living in Saskatoon, there are limited options out there. I really appreciate your insight. What are good places to find materials though? Online? Book store?

I've heard the blackfencer synthetic rapiers are pretty good though.

I know you guys prefer Meyer but, since Meyer focuses on the longsword, what treatise would you recommend to study sword and shield, sword and buckler and sword and dagger (or double swords, if that's a thing)? What about halberds and other pole weapons, should I stick to Meyer or is there a better treatise? And finally, can I use the same techniques for the longsword and the montante?

do you guys practice anything from the early medieval period? I noticed you guys practice with the buckler a lot. what about the shield?

I know you said that you prefer Meyer, but is there a particular translation or version that you prefer? And do you use I.33 for your sword and buckler reference? Thank you for your time!

Any book for sword and buckler to recommend?

Did you get a chance to check out blackfencers rapiers?

I am not so much interested in beginning a club. I just am over 100 miles away from the closest club and want to train. Is there a good online course to begin?

Can you share a link for the armory that you recommended for the rapier?

Great video! Keep in mind though that to start a club $100 for the sword alone can be pricey!

Hi, i want to train... There are any kind of excrcise por stretchin before start?

It's gonna take massive amounts of dough just to import these equipment in my country. :( I suppose PVC pipes will have to do for now.

I was thinking of getting into messer. I was considering buying a Rawlings. would you mind explaining why you wouldn't recommend them in more detail? thank you.

You dare insult Italian swordsmanship?! I'm Fiore-ous!! But, seriously, this video was extremely helpful in helping me figure out how to plan out a HEMA club I plan to create. Just one question from a kid with hardly any money: what do you think of a club starting with foam weapons? I don't have a lot of money to burn on both swords and protective equipment, so I'm wondering if that's a viable option.

I like Fiore though

A dawwww.

She has a very "teacher" voice

Why do you always trash the Italian system????

What you need to start a HEMA Club 1. Neck 2. Beard 3. Glasses 4. Ponytail 5. Beer gut 6. Fedora 7. Trench coat 8. Wallet chain 9. Kyphosis 10. Poor hygiene ☻