For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/community-and-the-club-with-samantha-west/
To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy
Sam West is an instructor at the Dueling Weapons Academy of Renaissance Fencing aka DWARF, a historical martial arts club in Barrie, Ontario, where she teaches Italian longsword, 1.33 sword and buckler, and rapier.
We chat about running a non-profit club and creating an open and inclusive space for everyone to take part in HEMA. Sam is passionate about relating the club to the community, and she tells us about the different projects they get involved in to help the local community and also create awareness of HEMA.
Amongst other things, she's also involved with running The Gathering of the Blades, which is not a tournament. It’s a historical martial arts buffet of a weekend seminar.
We also talk about smallsword, aka murder spikes, access to equipment, bringing together women in HEMA, translating sources, and starting your own club to have people to play with.
You can find Sam’s school at Barrieswords.ca.
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
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
Sword Geekery and Stunts, with Jared Kirby
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
That Don‘t Sound Right
Adeptus Ridiculous
来都来了 | 听了再走
Gun Talk
Love to Sew Podcast