Spent the day spectating and coaching one of my students at the Herne’s HEMA tournament today in Oxford. Very happy how well he placed in the sword and buckler for his first competition. A few random action pics from the longsword tournament. #hema #armizare.

So I’ve just published my first book, admittedly self published on lulu.com, but people have actually bought it! It’s a translation of Fiore dei Liberi’s Flos Duellatorum manuscript from 1409 written for Niccolo d’Este, it describes how to fight in and out of armour with a range of weapons. Currently working on translating his longer Fior di Bataglia manuscript.

#HEMA #armizare

Today I’m doing some knitting. Extending my mail collar as it was too short and keeps slipping out from under my breastplate. #armour #armizare #hema