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Lisa Losito is a sword mom, historical fencer and an organising brain behind Lord Baltimore's Challenge. Lisa suffers from a chronic illness which affects her training, but she is absolutely passionate about helping others achieve their vision for events within the historical martial arts world. Whether that’s a big event like Lord Baltimore’s Challenge, or small grassroots events with local clubs, Lisa will make sure everyone has what they need, and make sure that everyone is safe.
Safety is something we discuss in this episode, both in terms of gear (particularly head protection) and physical and emotional safety within the environment. We talk about the culture change that is needed to prevent injuries like concussion and to keep bad actors out of historical martial arts.
Plus, we also find out that Lisa wants to open a salle with a brothel attached. (That’s not exactly true…)
Birthday Sale
In other news, it was my birthday on November 30th and as has become traditional, I have a present for you. You can use the code, GUYTURNS49 to get £5 off any of my books at swordschool.shop and 30% off any course at courses.swordschool.com. The code will work until the end of December 2022.
This Week’s Non-Sponsor
Most podcasts have sponsors who offer discounts to the listeners and money to the host. In the sword world most of the companies and organisations offering products or services to sword people have tiny profit margins and very little cash. So I thought I’d introduce a non-sponsor segment to the show, where I call out producers of good sword stuff and recommend it to our listeners without getting paid for it.
The first non-sponsor to the show is the mighty wiktenauer.com which is a gigantic reference source for everything historical martial arts. It’s run by Michael Chidester, who I interviewed in episode 21, and it includes scans, transcriptions, translations and articles and just keeps getting better every day. I use it almost daily and it’s a simply astonishing resource.
Historical dancing, historical fencing… and a bear, with Sarina Wagner
Swords for all humanity, with Janna Datahan
Want to write a training manual? How to write training manuals for historical martial artists, with Guy Windsor
Messers and More, with Bob Brooks
Writing Historical Novels: the Facts and the Fiction, with Elizabeth Chadwick
What is a volta? A very detailed examination of Fiore, with Dario Magnani
Horse Armour at the Royal Armouries, with Eleanor Wilkinson-Keys
Bronze Age Britons Were Weird, with Dr James Dilley
Community and the Club with Samantha West
The Politics of Eastern and Western Martial Arts, with Jonathan Bluestein
Medieval Music and the Troubadours, with Alix Evans
Swords in South Africa, with David Wagenfeld
Life in the Stone Age and Bothering Hedges with Sally Pointer
Business, Chivalry, and Life-or-Death Training, with Jason Kingsley
Washing paper and restoring books with Aurelia Sedlmair
How to fight like Sir Gawain, with Dr Przemysław Grabowski-Górniak
Seven Frenchmen vs. Seven Englishmen: who will win? With Dr. Rachael Whitbread
Force of Virtue with Jack Gassman
Medieval wrestling and making sense of the Liechtenauer swamp, with Jessica Finley
Big Blue Flags with Marli Vlok
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