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Anonymous02/18/25, 07:55No.224017/HEMA/ General
/HEMA/ General - Hungarian Shield Edition
>What is HEMA?
HEMA stands for Historical European Martial Arts, sometimes also called Historical Fencing.
It's reconstructing how to fight with swords, daggers, polearms, and other weapons based on old European fighting treatises
>What does it look like?
Inside the World of Longsword Fighting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zueF4Mu2uM
Back to the source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBmNVHTmNs
Martin Fabian Sparring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8QlbKfX84k
>Where can I find these treatises?
https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Main_Page
https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Category:Weapons
>Where can I find HEMA clubs near me?
https://www.hemaalliance.com/club-finders
https://hroarr.com/train/clubs-gear/club-finder/
https://ifhema.com/ifhema-members/
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Anon02/19/25, 16:28No.224128
If you have the time it's worth watching the whole series, it goes in-depth on what was learned from the modern longsword community.
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Anon02/23/25, 02:00No.224411
>Instructor couldn't make practice
>tells me last minute
>asks me to run the practice since I'm the second most experienced after him
>just do drills and forms
>no one has the gear to spar yet cept me anyway
I'm sorry class. I barely knew what I was doing. I really need to work on the names of the guards and cuts as I'm flowing through them. God I was awkward.
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Anon03/04/25, 17:02No.225318
What are the advantages of Italian longsword over German? What about German over Italian
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Anon03/06/25, 01:17No.225406
Longsword, Rapier and Dagger, or Saber?
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Anon03/09/25, 18:05No.225713
>check out local club
>nice and affordable, no elitist bullshit
>practices are relaxed, good mix of athletes and nonathletes
>then sparring happens
>every single fucking match is feathertouch handsnipe bullshit
>guys are just whipping it at their opponent's hand really quick and insisting they scored
What the fuck is the point
>if the hand was the only target I had IRL, I'd go for it
so you do all this practice with form, technique and bladeplay, only for your actual matches to devolve into smack the hand from as far away as possible? Seriously? the IRL excuse is bullshit too, because these guys are wearing plastic gauntlets so a feather strike wouldn't do shit
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Anon03/13/25, 00:07No.225861
So other than drills, what other workouts do you do for Hema? I picked up some weighted clubs and a mace for shoulder exercises. Shit feels good for a warmup and a break in the drills.
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Anon03/19/25, 14:23No.226127
From the tryhard hema group. I can't believe they shitpost more than we do.
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Anon03/30/25, 15:45No.227278
Everyone must be actually training and going to tourneys. Proud of you faggots
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Anon03/31/25, 17:55No.227411
Any of you guys do Harnischfechten?
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Anon04/04/25, 18:52No.227727
Hot take. I actually enjoy HEMA and practicing it.
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Anon04/05/25, 00:41No.227741
are there any standardized or semi standardized rules for equipment in tournaments? I want to customize some of my feders
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Anon04/10/25, 06:51No.228191
>leave another practice sessions with broken bones in my fingers
Hmmmmmmmmmmm, surely my bones will get stronger at some point and stop this inconvenience from happening
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Anon04/12/25, 20:21No.228359
Whats a decent cheap sword I can buy that'll take abuse
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Anon04/12/25, 23:57No.228370
https://www.woodenswords.com/product_p/vb.as.16.pear.htm
I use this. Holds up well.
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Anon04/27/25, 17:23No.228766
Sup faggots did any of you train or go to a tourney during the 14 day ban?
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Anon05/03/25, 01:24No.229418
bong here, any of you ever been to the club in oxford? would you recommend it?
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Anon05/05/25, 01:10No.229620
>no HEMA where I live
>no friendsWhat are the chances a schizoid loser can find people to start a group with in a town with population below 10k?
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Anon05/06/25, 00:30No.229750
I think arm shields are pretty neat.
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Anon05/06/25, 23:35No.229816
Any else have the issue of the only clubs near you being super pozzed? I'm moving to a new city next year and it all the clubs have their leadership's pronouns and there's visibly a lot of trannies and whatnot in the promotional photos.
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Anon05/11/25, 18:55No.230408
>Tourney in Portland in July
>One handed weapons only
>no rapiers
>have to hold a mug or glass of "water" in your offhand and fight
>usual rules of hits and bouts
>Lose points for having less liquid in your cup than your opponent
What the larp shit is this?
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Anon05/15/25, 16:57No.230578
>guy keeps hitting too hard with follow ups even when they got 1-2 hits in already and I "give in"
should I just go ape shit on his ass and actually swing fast, hard and keep swinging until he screams for me to stop or is knocked down?
Because I'm tired of caring for their safety and leaving openings for him to exploit because of that.
Like holy shit, I'm approaching this as a "friendly spar" and you are taking opportunities to whallop me even if my position is compromised and I'm disengaging. Like what, you expect me to actually fight you seriously? Is that what you want twat?!
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Anon05/20/25, 16:34No.230822
I’m interested in HEMA in general, but not really the fencing style rules for sparring matches that the sport centers on. Can anyone tell me about HMB? The big tournament was cancelled two years in a row from the coof, then again because of Ukraine, and it hasn’t been hosted again. I was trying to look up the sport and just find a local group to check out but I can’t really find anything current. Am I using incorrect search terms? Is HMB dead now?
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Anon05/21/25, 04:18No.230844
Powerful
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Anon05/25/25, 11:18No.231055
A Kendoka would absolutely destroy any HEMA fag in a real sword fight
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Anon05/26/25, 08:19No.231163
Castille sale 15% off
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Anon06/03/25, 16:18No.232589
Looking to buy my first set of gear and thinking of getting an AP Light from spes and pants, overlays, and the skirt from them as well with a mask from PBT.Any insights on if I should consider/look at other gear, and if its worthwhile to purchase from purpleheart (I'm in the US) or directly from spes/PBT?
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Anon06/05/25, 03:55No.232855
Anyone in Sydney?
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Anon06/08/25, 21:50No.233216
Yo, my trad archery club is hiring on a guy to teach historical hungarian sabre fencing, I'm trying to buy a sabre that's suitable for HEMA style sparring but also looks the part of a 9-10th century szablya so I can wear it to medieval fairs and stuff like that when we perform, anybody got reccomendations?
I figure ordering something online would be cheaper and I'm not looking for anything super sepcial but if not I could just go to a local bladesmith and place a custom order.
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Anon06/10/25, 14:43No.233528
What could possibly go wrong?
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Anon06/10/25, 19:58No.233579
It's sad that the hobby is so niche that clubs will always pander to trannies and their ilk to keep memberships and to avoid being blacklisted globally.
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Anon06/12/25, 10:54No.233817
Tell me about HEMA as a sport. What disciplines are more competitive? How athletic are people who do HEMA as a sport?
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Anon06/13/25, 06:11No.233904
Is there anything like the Battle of Nations style combat? I’m not into the fencing point touch shit and some of these combat re-enactor groups look like retarded with helmets that don’t restrict visibility and overly padded weapons. Meanwhile the battle of nations guys were dressed more accurately and were beating the absolute fuck out of each other.
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Anon06/21/25, 03:20No.234879
Be honest. How many of you are fat? How many people in your local club are fat?
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Anon06/25/25, 19:32No.235541
still not posting on xtra smoll.
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Anon06/29/25, 06:20No.235923
I'm thinking of getting into HEMA anons, is there something I should know before I take the plunge?
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Anon08/03/25, 03:29No.239473
Need to sell some of my blackfencer synthetics to get some medical funds, how's the secondhand market for them? I don't have anything exotic just the arming swords, katana and a feder.
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Anon08/03/25, 05:44No.239475
To start, thank you for all the resources posted, just joined a club and halfway through my beginners course and intend to stick with it and pursue training, even though I'm old as fuck at 32.However, given the mentions of trannies in HEMA, holy shit, I have stories. I should have expected troons and poons given my area and the fucking trend of trans people ruining everything and the doughy nerd attraction to swords, but I digress. I encountered my first one before I even started the class. Almost had to cancel due to financial difficulties that came up, but the main coach was a fucking bro and gave me 6 classes for free. Would have to purchase my own helmet eventually but could borrow a loaner.I went in to cancel, and met a female instructor teaching a women and "gender minorities" class. I didn't factor in the possibility of troons, but as soon as I saw one fucking 60 ft away I clocked them immediately. While the women wore leggings and t-shirts, looney troon was wearing booty shorts and a pink tank top. Cancelled my class, but on the way out I saw his shirt: it said "Hole." Literally said "Hole." Later found out it's apparently a band, so either tranny knows what he's doing and is a creepy fuck (likely), or is a completely unaware autist. Gave me a creepy smile on the way out, the AGP smirk is real.My fucking first class was hysterical though. Get there early to warm up, stretch, observe, whatever. There is a kid's class before mine though. Come in, sit down, 5 mins later a very clockable troon enters. Dude is wearing tights and a plaid red and black skirt (pretty short too) with a metal shirt, very long hair, must be trans for a while now. Dude plops down on the floor and starts stretching. Mother fucker, there are kids practicing, quit trying to live out your AGP dreams.Gets even funnier, Jesus Christ I had to contain my laughter. Anyways, tips for noobs would be helpful, thanks for coming to my Troon Talk.
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Anon08/07/25, 01:20No.239728
one of the most immediate things that needs to be resolved. is how do we know we're effective without knocking a person out i.e the force generated by both fencers is hard that even a simple chop can KO if it meets its target. barely anyone except ex-athletes from other fields have a remote awareness of injury from contact sports. so when an injury occurs, it creates moral panics and there goes hate bandwagon over something inconsequential. and the ostricizing our best fighters despite being a martial arts. the meme utube channel sellsword literally shows you can have tatami tests on the side to test your winning hits afterwards. we can even have meat poles or wheeled targets to test moving techniques we used in the sparring if it would work with sharp. this should take away 99% of the injuries in sparring just by being aware of lethality doesn't need power, only the amount of resistance between structures. without needing to teach them exactly how cripple someone to not cripple them, because the community could be too irresponsible to be educated about human weak points. lots of weirdos, can be trusted to fence with but not trusted to know how to harm others
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Anon08/26/25, 08:03No.241024
What type of sword is this? Got this generic looking "broadsword" model for my vidya, but it doesn't look like any broadsword listed on wikipedia.
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Anon08/31/25, 14:27No.241426
Can someone redpill me on the whole "Nazigate" thing that happened with the Swedish HEMA scene?
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Anon09/01/25, 17:16No.241570
There's no historical precedent for fencing with two sabres of the same size. no manuscript detailing it, and no practical reason it should exist. It serves almost no combative advantage and may even be getting in your own way. Anyone who insists on using a "two-saber style" is not practicing hema, but fantasy dueling, and I'm tired of pretending otherwise.
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Anon09/04/25, 10:19No.241829
"extra weapon" *extra saber
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Anon09/05/25, 00:25No.241898
you dumb fuck retard hasgunz need to gtfo of any contact sports nigga retard faggot fucktard
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Anon09/05/25, 00:34No.241899
Who are these dumbfucks post 2020 who have been trying to gain clout using this same rhetoric of identity politics across all of the internet in every field possible?
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Anon09/08/25, 11:23No.242107
What do you guys have to say about the SPES' Hussar set? (Jacket and Pants). The jacket is nearly 4.5 kg at XL, and the pants are 2.25 kg at XL. Does a scrawny tall guy (really not all that strong, has maybe some arm strength but definitely no leg/torso strength) stand a chance in these?
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Anon09/20/25, 10:39No.242922
Why the hell did Sparring Gloves come up with this new, god awful design? The wrist is barely protected with the foam having replaced the segmented plates and mobility is terrible.
>https://youtu.be/DXIgwPAjUcA
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Anon09/26/25, 13:28No.243267
What kind of military saber are you guys using? I want to go for a revolutionary war vibe
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Anon09/26/25, 20:06No.243295
Whats the cheapest possible way to get into HEMA? whats the cheapest discipline?
I'm not picky at all and dont have any preconceived notion in mind. For reference I was looking into the French stick fighting but I'm American and thats less common than hema.
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Anon09/26/25, 21:39No.243302
anyone know what that thing is called where a bunch of guys put on armor and moshpit each other
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Anon10/04/25, 20:23No.244114
>stop hema for 3 months cause of health reasons, including shoulder pain
>after many medical visits, all I have is slight swelling in my supraspinatus and the doctors can't see any damage in any of my rotator cuff muscles
>go to 10 sessions of physical therapy, start fixing my posture
>helps a bit, physical therapist does not understand my shoulder pain as I have passed all the rotator cuff tests negative and have very good shoulder mobility
>after 6 minutes of using the rapier, it begins hurting again
>get incredibly fucking demoralized and stop for the day
Yes, I did warmup before any of you fags say anything. And I started feeling a little bit of pain by the end of the warmup too. I do not believe my rotator cuff is weak. The medical tests show no damagw and a year ago I managed to OHP 1pl8, so I am literally the strongest person in the class. What the fuck is my problem? Is it cause I have hypermobility? Am I doomed to be in constant pain everytime I do HEMA? If it matters, this pain never manifests when I do quarterstaff. It is worse with rapier than it is with saber, while everyone else complain about their arm getting sore with saber work than with rapier.
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Anon10/08/25, 21:42No.244511
>that one person that you have an absolute blast fighting, minor scratches is the damage we walk away with
>that one person who is a pain in the butt to fight and never feels good, but you are just too stubborn to move on before you best him completely your way. constant bruises all over the body and hairfractured bones.
I yearn for the first, but the second is always available, unlike the first.
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Anon10/14/25, 05:50No.244873
>download t*ktok
>look up HEMA
>find this shit https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdW4SWrs/
>remove t*ktok
We need more gatekeeping and to call out these fags I swear on my life.
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Anon10/15/25, 13:40No.244993
https://files.catbox.moe/5wrk7s.pdfCouldn't find any English translations of this so I spent a couple hours with Grok translating and editing.This is the Thurnierbuch by Georg Ruxner. Published in 1530, it describes the somewhat mythologized account of the origin of the Tournament tradition in the Holy Roman Empire as started by Emperor Henry the Fowler in Magdeburg after he fought the Magyars around 925.
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Anon10/15/25, 17:01No.245025
still not posting on cringe /xs/. bring /asp/ back!