Do Fighters Game Rule Sets?
Do competitors try to hand snipe their way to victory all the time? Or do they only do so when the rules don’t favor deep targets?
Drop Testing For Evaluation Of Potential HEMA Protective Material
Drop swords on gear and learn stuff.
Can I Hit That?
Have you ever wondered what your chance was of winning an exchange against Sean Franklin? Look no further than “Can I Hit That?”, a fun new tool for looking at your probability of winning exchanges against your HEMA friends!
What Is The Biggest NA HEMA Tournament Of 2022?
Watch me explain why simple questions are never so simple.
WTF: Women’s Tournament Forecasting
Sean told me one day “I want a ‘Should you run a women’s tournament?’ calculator.” Being the people pleaser I am, of course I’m going to try my hand at it.
What Is A Normal HEMA Rating?
This is an article about populations and distributions, but to be honest you’re going to read to see if you’re above or below the average rating.
Standards For HEMA Testing – Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Blade Flex
A pretty thorough investigation into what is important when measuring blade flex, and what the best practice should be going forward.
Turns Out Lichty Glosses Are Oddly Specific About Edges
You won’t bat an eye when a source tells you to hit but doesn’t mention the specific edge. Turns out in RDL that’s less common than I thought.
Bigger Tournaments Don’t Mean More Fights!
People get excited about big tournaments and all the people they get to fight. But is that really true?
Combat Con 2022: Why Sample Size Matters
Combat Con 2022 had a hot take on how to run a longsword tournament: eliminate self-selection of skill level and, instead, have people fight in preliminary pools to get placed into different tiers based on their performance. Let’s see if that worked out the way it was intended.