How to Up Your Competitive Chops
September 09, 2025 • Opinion
Improving tournament performance through honest self-assessment, study, and grinding actions.
Read— The Program —
Collected Dispatches
Lets Wind
September 08, 2025 • Opinion
How to Wind - a misleading article description
ReadWhy We Bind and Wind
September 02, 2025 • Training Notes
Reading Meyer’s rapier rules (Rostock) as first principles for the longsword—and why that makes binds & winding our default.
ReadLet’s Talk About HEMA Tournaments
September 02, 2025 • Opinion
Why they’re necessary, why I don’t like them, why we’re doing a terrible job with them, and what we can do better.
ReadAnother paper on the Vor, Nach, Indes, and Gleich
August 27, 2025 • Me • Blog
Thoughts on Vor, Nach, Indes, and Gleich as system balance/imbalance and practical timing.
ReadHello All
August 20, 2025 • Me • Introduction, HEMA
Hello all, this is my first blog post.
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