It’s Not “All in the Hips”
A colloquialism associated with generating power is “it’s all in the hips”, but this is a little bit misleading, as the hips themselves aren’t really the source of the power.
Articles by Sean Franklin
Don’t Give Points When People Withdraw From Matches!
In some tournament formats a competitor will be given a win and the maximum match points if their opponent doesn’t fight. This is a terrible idea and unfair to all the other competitors.
Geometry of a Flat Hit
You can tell when a sword lands flat. With MATH!
Tournament Season? Tournament Countries? Where and when does HEMA happen
Even though we have tournaments all year I kind of felt like we had a tournament season. I was wrong…
There is no horizontal zwerchau cutting plane!
That’s right, you heard me. Geometry forbids keeping your edge in line while the tip is below the hands.
Batting a cut out of the way – a.k.a. “How You Cut Your Hand Open”
I know it sounds ridiculous, but I have come across someone who thought they could bat a cut out of the way by hitting the backside of the blade with their hand…
Force, Deceleration, and how to stab through a tank.
It was the first two words that got you hooked, right?
What German Weapons are most common?
I was cleaning up my computer and I found yet more data that I had tabulated for my own interest. And then I remembered that time I threw some random data I found into an article and it became one of my most viewed posts.
What Can Go Wrong With HEMA Ratings
Differences in tournament format can have a surprising effect on the overall match results, even for the exact same fighting. Does that sound confusing? Read on!
Why Do Polearms Hurt?
The short answer to everything is always F = ma. For the longer answer, read the article.