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?
Rule Sets
Doing A Double-Take At Predicting Doubles
It didn’t work before, but I tried some new things to predict doubles. Could this be the success I have been looking for?
Double, Double Toil and Trouble with Predictive Modeling
Time to take a stab at predicting doubles. How successful will this be?
A Gentle Introduction to Predictive Modeling: HEMA Edition
Predictive modeling can be a very complex topic, but I’ll take it easy on you and give you some fun HEMA-related examples!
SwordSTEM: Failure to Find a Relationship
Sometimes even I fall into the trap of the Positive Publication Bias. This is a step towards fixing that.
HEY! Where the HEMA Women At?: A Graphical Analysis of Women’s Tournaments and Participation
Ever wonder about the prevalence of women competitors and tournaments tailored for them at events? Well, we’re going to take a little dive into the fHEMAle world now.
HEMA Myth: Double Outs Increase the Rate of Doubles
It’s been brought to my attention that multiple people are claiming that having double-out rules in tournaments makes people double hit more often. That would be an interesting story if true.
Combat Con 2021 – The Nerd Review
Combat Con 2021 just wrapped up recently*, the first large-scale North American event to start back up since the Covid shutdowns. It is also a […]
Finding the World’s Highest Level HEMA
“In your opinion, which country has the highest level of practitioners?” Let’s see if I can answer this in the most unhelpful way possible.
HEMA Tournament Double Hit Frequency
The YouTube channel Turul HEMA recently posed a video attempting to derive the average number of double hits seen in HEMA longsword tournaments. (HEMA Longsword […]