Austin Historical Weapons Guild

HEMA school in Austin, TX.
Teaching people to safely hit their friends.

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@BradyHaran @Objectivity_Vid @donttrythis @testedcom @royalsociety I run a HEMA school in Austin, Texas and would love to chat Thibault and swords with you all!

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Had a blast at @IKKiCON! So great to be out and sharing swords again. Thanks so much for having us!
#HEMA #SwordFight #FightForFun

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Tonight we wrap up our first in-person Beginner's Course in over a year. A smaller class, but no less exciting. More swords lie in the future!
#HEMA #swordfight #FightForFun

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@BrendanSturges @Swordaholic I find the opposite. As the community grows fewer people need to read.
We actively seek people of all interests: history buffs, competitors, etc. The commonality is it's usually those that can't make classes often that turn to outside sources, and YouTube is easier than reading.

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@Swordaholic @BrendanSturges Right, and my point is for most there is no need. I find most people come to HEMA because swords are cool, and are happy to hear there's a reason for what we do. Short of having written tests on sources as a requisite for attendance, I don't know how to make an artificial need.

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@Swordaholic @BrendanSturges But that's just giving them tools to interpret for themselves. I've got someone who is deadset on reading Thybault (which I want to but can't stand).
I guess I just don't think it's a big deal if someone has no interest in reading the books.

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Gearing up for the kick off class of the in-person Beginner's Course tonight.
It's good to be back.
#HEMA #SwordFight #FightForFun

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It's just a little video. What will it hurt?
OK, well maybe set a timer on your Monday sword self-care.

You can always join us on our YouTube channel for so much content you'll cry. For joy, of course.

#hema#ahwg #virtualswords #historicalweapons #historicalfencing #austin

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Apparently longsword jokes bring out all the salt in HEMA social media.

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Shot Two done.
"Expect the same reactions as last time."
That's going to make for a long weekend.

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Finished up the front room tonight. Just need to build a desk...

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@Swordaholic I'm curious to hear what you think! I'm in love with Aureus' stuff, especially my Historical (their short one).

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Almost there. A bit more to paint and then building our front desk. Moving our head out of storage this weekend.

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First coat done, another coat this afternoon.

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@Swordaholic Ha! We added rapier to our Beginner's Course and it's been fun making people practice Fabris' lean and use that to discuss offline motion and the idea of center control. My next personal challenge is Fiore on YouTube like I did the Fabris stuff.

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Opening a physical location takes way more painting than you'd expect...

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A sign that good things are right around the corner.

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@TheExilesCMMA I got to take a class on the Hungarian fokos from Russ Mitchell. A lot of fun, and it quickly became apparent how fast and frightening those weapons can be.