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The Sword Guy Podcast

Guy Windsor and friends discuss sword training, historical swordsmanship, research, and other topics. Guests include well-known instructors and experts in the field. You can support the show at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy.

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01:08:17

Medieval swords and research, with James Hester

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2021/03/05

Episode 37 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/medieval-swords-and-research-episode37/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy James Hester has been involved with HEMA since the age of 15, when he began performing fight shows throughout New England. He then set his course as an academic and educator, working in museums before completing an MA in Medieval Studies in the UK. He then joined the Royal

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01:26:31

Historical Medieval Battle in New Zealand, with Dayna...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2021/02/26

Episode 36 Photo by Keane Chan. For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/historical-medieval-battle-nz-episode36/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dayna Berghan-Whyman is the President of the New Zealand Federation for Historical Medieval Battle and Buhurt. In case you haven’t heard of it, Historical Medieval Battles (HMB) are full contact sports fighting, where defensive and offensive

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01:18:23

Analysing sword science and technology with Myles Cupp

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2021/02/19

Episode 35 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/analysing-sword-science-episode35/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Myles Cupp is an instructor at South Coast Swords, in California. You might have seen him on the History Channel's Knife or Death show, and he's a contributor to swordstem.com. SwordSTEM is a website dedicated to applying science to sword martial arts, which analyses martial arts

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01:12:34

Battle of Nations with Beth Hammer

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2021/02/12

Episode 34 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/battle-of-nations-episode34/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy In this episode I talk to Beth Hammer. One of Beth’s favourite pastimes is “This is Sparta” kicking people through fences as part of Battle of Nations competitions. Based in Seattle, USA, Beth practises HEMA and Escrima, and is now enjoying the freedom of Battle of Nations fighting. In

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01:19:31

How to Make Swords, with Craig Johnson

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2021/02/05

Episode 33 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/how-to-make-swords-episode33/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Craig Johnson is Manager of Arms and Armor, a sword lover's dream job, as they make a wide variety of items from the Medieval and Renaissance periods to faithfully recreate the look, feel, and function of historic weapons. In this episode, we talk about recreating medieval swords as

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01:04:08

Pole Dancing with Swords, with Kelley Costigan

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2021/01/29

Episode 32 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/pole-dancing-with-swords-episode32/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy In this week’s episode I interview Kelley Costigan. Kelley is an actor, director, pole dancer, fencer, performance combatant, adventurer and pirate, currently living in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, home of William Shakespeare. Listen to our conversation to discover the Shakespeare

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01:34:30

Why Swords are Cool, with Damon Young

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2021/01/22

Episode 31 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/why-swords-are-cool-episode31/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Damon Young is an Australian martial artist and philosopher, author of books like Philosophy in the Garden and the soon to be published in Europe, already out in Australia, On Getting Off: Sex and Philosophy. He has also edited a couple of books on philosophy and martial arts:

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52:35

Fencing in Russia, with Elena Muzurina

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2021/01/15

Episode 30 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/fencing-in-russia-episode30/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Elena Muzurina is a military sabre instructor, longsword champion and owner of a HEMA equipment company. Elena is a Russian champion – one of her proudest moments was winning at Swordfish – but HEMA is relatively new to Russia. In this episode we talk about what it is like learning

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01:20:38

Violence and Self Defence, with Rory Miller

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2021/01/08

Episode 29 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/violence-and-self-defence-episode29/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Rory Miller is a martial arts and self-defence expert and author of many books, ebooks and video courses, including “Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training and Real World Violence”, which is widely considered as one of the best books on martial arts ever

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01:26:24

Art and Fencing, with Nora Cannaday

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2021/01/01

Episode 28 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/art-and-fencing-episode28/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Nora is an artist and a fencer from sunny Southern California. She works primarily in watercolours and in illumination, though we cover a lot in this episode, including calligraphy, translations, making a living from your art and whether simply putting in the hours of practise is enough

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01:17:18

Irish Stick Fighting, with Maxime Chouinard

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2020/12/25

Episode 27 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/irish-stick-fighting-episode27/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Maxime doesn’t do longsword. But he does practise Irish Stick Fighting, 19th century sabre, and has a background in karate and kenjutsu. In this episode Maxime describes Irish Stick Fighting, the challenges of finding someone to learn it from, and how he was able to bring it back

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01:14:04

Straight White Men with Swords, with Claire Mead

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2020/12/18

Episode 26 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/straight-white-men-with-swords-episode26/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Claire Mead is an English/French freelance curator with museums and heritage sites specialising in making collections and programming more inclusive, specifically in terms of women's narratives and LGBTQI narratives. Claire also fences with foil and longsword. Since

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01:02:39

Fire Eating and Fencing, with David Ito

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2020/12/11

Episode 25 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/fire-eating-and-fencing-episode25/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy David Ito is a sport épée fencer, Kendoka, longsword practitioner, and a fire eater. He also does 100 burpees first thing every morning. In this episode David tells us how he got into both fencing and fire eating, takes us through his somewhat intensive training regime, and

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59:51

Designing Knives and Random Flow training, with Maija...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2020/12/04

Episode 24 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/designing-knives-random-flow-episode24/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Maija Soderholm lives in the United States, but grew up in England with Finnish parents. She trained with the late Filipino master Sonny Umpad, and she has taken this multicultural approach in her designs with her company, SoMiCo Knives. In this week’s episode we discuss

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01:02:11

African Martial Arts, with Da’Mon Stith

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2020/11/27

Episode 23 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/african-martial-arts-episode23/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Da’Mon Stith is the Chief Instructor and Founder of the Guild of the Silent Sword, teaching a range of African martial arts. In this conversation we discuss how he began his martial arts journey, and go into the specifics of how he recreates African arts, many of which do not have

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01:09:59

Tournament Mindset, with Brittany Reeves

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2020/11/20

Episode 22 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/tournament-mindet-episode22/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Brittany Reeves is the co-founder of Mordhau Historical Combat in Mesa, Arizona, and has taught internationally. She has medalled at tournaments in longsword, cutting, glima, and ringen. She also has a degree in Ancient and Medieval history. In this conversation we discuss tournament

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01:03:40

Wiktenauer, with Michael Chidester

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2020/11/13

Episode 21 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/wiktenauer-episode21/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Michael Chidester is the a long-time researcher and practitioner of historical martial arts, and the Director of Wiktenauer. There were some unfortunate technical problems with the recording of this interview, so you may wish to refer to the transcription below. You can also support the show

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01:15:54

Translating Spanish Rapier Texts, with Lois Spangler

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2020/11/06

Episode 20 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/spanish-rapier-episode20/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Lois Spangler is a Verdadera Destreza ("Spanish Rapier") instructor and researcher with the Brisbane School of Iberian Swordsmanship. We discuss translating Spanish fencing sources, the problems of getting fencing jackets that actually fit, and even the philosophy of narrative. Check out

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48:16

Founding Longpoint and Fencing in Armour, with Jake...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2020/10/30

Episode 19 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/founding-longpoint-fencing-in-armour-episode19/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jake Norwood is a highly experienced and widely respected historical martial arts instructor. He co-founded the HEMA Alliance (one of the largest historical martial arts associations), and Longpoint (one of the best-known US historical martial arts events). He has

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01:12:04

Women in Armour, and Translating Latin Fiore, with...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2020/10/23

Episode 18 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/the-sword-guy-episode-18-kendra-brown/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Kendra Brown is a swordswoman, researcher, and translator of the Latin version of Fiore’s Il Fior di Battaglia (known as the Florius manuscript). She has an awesome blog at https://darthkendraresearch.wordpress.com/ In this wide ranging conversation we discuss the perils

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