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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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All Episodes

01:49:30

Vadi and The Four Virtues of Sword Making, with...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/06/21

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/vadi-and-the-four-virtues-of-sword-making-with-eleonora-rebecchi/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today’s episode is a bit different to the usual format, as we have both a delightful sample from an audiobook and a related interview. I have created an audiobook of Philippo Vadi’s De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi. It comes in three parts: 1. My friend,

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01:02:40

Could HEMA ever be big in China? With Zeng Yang

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/06/07

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/could-hema-ever-be-big-in-china-with-zeng-yang/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today’s episode is with Zeng Yang, who is a doctoral student at the Shanghai Sport University, where he is pursuing a PhD in the history of European swordsmanship from the 14th to the 17th centuries. He is a lifelong martial artist having begun training in Wushu at the age of

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02:01:20

HEMA and heresy, with Xian Niles

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/05/24

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/hema-and-heresy-with-xian-niles/To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Xian Niles is a fencing instructor, martial artist and the founder of Spada, a recreational Bolognese fencing study group in maritime Canada. He's also the founder of The Niles Fencing Academy in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In our conversation we talk about his move from representing Barbados in

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01:36:29

Historical dancing, historical fencing… and a bear,...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/05/10

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/historical-dancing-historical-fencing-and-a-bear-with-sarina-wagner/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Sarina Wagner is a musical actress and dancer who trained at the University of Music and Arts of the City of Vienna, which is probably the best place in the world to do that. She is a historical fencer focusing on Capoferro and Fabris, as well as Spanish

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01:33:33

Swords for all humanity, with Janna Datahan

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/04/26

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/swords-for-all-humanity-with-janna-datahan/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Janna Datahan was born and raised in the Philippines and is currently living in the United States. She's a mother, a published poet, a fibre artist and an aesthetician. Janna discovered Historical European Martial Arts in late 2019 and found her way into the supportive arms of the

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33:57

Want to write a training manual? How to write...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/04/12

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/want-to-write-a-training-manual-how-to-write-training-manuals-for-historical-martial-artists-with-guy-windsor/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy This episode is an unusual one because there’s no interview. Instead, it’s an extended sample from my new audiobook, From Your Head to Their Hands: How to write, publish, and market training manuals for Historical

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02:08:26

Messers and More, with Bob Brooks

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/03/29

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/messers-and-more-with-bob-brooks/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Robert (Bob) Brooks is one of the original generation of historical fencers, who began training with me in the Dawn Duellists’ Society in the early 90s. He founded the Hotspur School of Defence in 2003. So it's turning 20 this year. He has been teaching primarily German historical martial

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01:32:18

Writing Historical Novels: the Facts and the Fiction,...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/03/15

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/writing-historical-novels-the-facts-and-the-fiction-with-elizabeth-chadwick/To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Elizabeth Chadwick is an award winning best-selling writer of historical fiction. She has been writing since she was a teenager, but it took many years and many books before she was finally published. She has had great success since, so it’s a good

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02:41:27

What is a volta? A very detailed examination of...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/03/01

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/what-is-a-volta-a-very-detailed-examination-of-fiore-with-dario-magnani/To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy My guest today is Dario Alberto Magnani, better known as Mr. Thokk, who was a longtime scholar of the Italian single combat tradition from the late medieval/early Renaissance period, and a world renowned historical martial arts instructor and gear

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57:27

Horse Armour at the Royal Armouries, with Eleanor...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/02/16

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/horse-armour-at-the-royal-armouries-with-eleanor-wilkinson-keys/To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today’s episode is with Eleanor Wilkinson-Keys, who is Assistant Curator of Arms and Armour at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. She has an MA in Medieval Studies from the University of Leeds, and works with the European armour and edge weapons collections,

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02:04:10

Bronze Age Britons Were Weird, with Dr James Dilley

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/02/02

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/bronze-age-britons-were-weird-with-dr-james-dilley/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr James Dilley is an archaeologist and craftsman specializing in prehistoric technologies such as flintknapping, and casting bronze weaponry. He is the founder of Ancient Craft, a company that provides expertise and experiences to individuals and educational

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01:40:57

Community and the Club with Samantha West

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/01/19

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/community-and-the-club-with-samantha-west/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Sam West is an instructor at the Dueling Weapons Academy of Renaissance Fencing aka DWARF, a historical martial arts club in Barrie, Ontario, where she teaches Italian longsword, 1.33 sword and buckler, and rapier. We chat about running a non-profit club and creating an open and

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02:12:07

The Politics of Eastern and Western Martial Arts,...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2024/01/05

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/the-politics-of-eastern-and-western-martial-arts-with-jonathan-bluestein/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Jonathan Bluestein is a martial artist and author who contacted Guy with some interesting questions related to his research. Jonathan is looking into the similarities and differences between the traditional Chinese martial arts and traditional

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01:09:10

Medieval Music and the Troubadours, with Alix Evans

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2023/12/22

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/medieval-music-and-the-troubadours-with-alix-evans/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Alix Evans is a professional performer and teacher of historical music, founder of Falsa Musica, and has even fenced rapier in the SCA. We talk about what led Alix into becoming a musician, with a mention of her husband David Biggs. (Check out his episode here.) Alix

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01:24:33

Swords in South Africa, with David Wagenfeld

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2023/12/08

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/swords-in-south-africa-with-david-wagenfeld/ David Wagenfeld is a fencing coach, creator of the En Garde model for teaching fencing in schools, and the co-founder of Table Mountain Fencing and Historical European Martial Arts. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa and has been instrumental in creating the HEMA scene in the country. We talk about how he got into sport fencing, then coaching, then HEMA. He

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01:10:51

Life in the Stone Age and Bothering Hedges with Sally...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2023/11/24

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/life-in-the-stone-age-and-bothering-hedges-with-sally-pointer/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Sally Pointer is a freelance heritage educator, archaeologist and presenter of traditional skills and historic crafts. She is also an author and an Experimental Archaeology MSC student at Exeter University. Sally lives near Hereford, which is in the west of

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54:49

Business, Chivalry, and Life-or-Death Training, with...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2023/11/10

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/business-chivalry-and-life-or-death-training-with-jason-kingsley/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy One of our most listened-to guests is back on the show! Jason Kingsley OBE is the co-founder and CEO of the games company Rebellion Developments, which also owns 2000 AD, and he’s the man behind the YouTube channel Modern History TV, starring Warlord, which

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01:37:26

Washing paper and restoring books with Aurelia Sedlmair

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2023/10/27

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/washing-paper-and-restoring-books-with-aurelia-sedlmair/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Aurelia Sedlmair is a historical fencer, a translator, a transcriber, and is now studying the conservation of paper and books. Her Instagram is @freiraum.buch In our conversation we talk about what brought Aurelia to the Isle of Man, a small, independent island off the

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02:12:26

How to fight like Sir Gawain, with Dr Przemysław...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2023/10/13

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/how-to-fight-like-sir-gawain-with-dr-przemyslaw-grabowski-gorniak/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr. Przemysław Grabowski-Górniak is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw. His research focuses on the chivalric tradition of the late Middle Ages, be it chivalric romances or medieval manuscripts and

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01:45:16

Seven Frenchmen vs. Seven Englishmen: who will win?...

The Sword Guy Podcast ·

2023/09/29

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/seven-frenchmen-vs-seven-englishman-who-will-win-with-dr-rachael-whitbread/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr Rachael Whitbread is a historian and author. Her PhD from York University was on tournaments, jousts and duels. She is the co-author with Graham Callister of Battle: Understanding Conflict from Hastings to Helmand, and is currently working on a

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