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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 with rational, evidence-based methodologies. In our discussion we talk about some of the articles on SwordSTEM, and how looking at the numbers can influence the rules of tournaments, the gear we use, and the most effective ways to fight.
Myles’ day job is as an engineer at Disneyland, and we talk about working on rides like the new Star Wars Rise of the Resistance. We also chat about driverless cars, and speaking Italian like a native, but the episode is really all about swords! One of Myles’ guiding principles is about sharing knowledge, and his work on SwordSTEM is bringing fascinating information to light on really understanding what is going on in tournaments, the swords themselves, and our training methods.
Useful links from this episode:
Store Webpage:
https://southcoastswords.com/
Club webpage:
https://southcoastsword.com/
YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM5BmY0WSmMUq6dskeIUluQ
SoCal Swordfight:
https://socalswordfight.com/
And of course, SwordSTEM:
http://swordstem.com/
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