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Finding the World’s Highest Level HEMA

December 8, 2020 Sean Franklin 0

“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

April 14, 2020 Sean Franklin 0

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 […]

A Win is a Win: How Weighted Point Values Don’t Affect Match Outcomes

April 2, 2020 Sean Franklin 0

Good fighters find a way to get it done. It looks like hitting them more than they hit you is more important than what the point values of the targets are.

First Blood, First Win? How Important Is the First Exchange

February 19, 2020 Sean Franklin 0

How important is the first exchange? Turns out, it tells you quite a bit.

Full Afterblow Smackdown: 1&2 vs 2&3

November 27, 2019 Sean Franklin 0

The most common point allocations for Full Afterblow tournaments are 1&2 and 2&3 points. Thanks to HEMA CM we can observe what difference that makes.

What Can Go Wrong With HEMA Ratings

May 15, 2019 Sean Franklin 1

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!

Is Going For Deep Targets Worth It and More – Longpoint Stats Review

April 17, 2019 Sean Franklin 0

Longpoint showed us that once again we want to be going deep and targeting the head, if we care about the afterblow at all that is.

Does HEMA have “Home Field Advantage?”

January 23, 2019 Sean Franklin 0

Is there such a thing as home field advantage in HEMA tournaments? Do international or local fencers tend to win more matches?

Are Double Hits and Afterblows Related?

December 12, 2018 Sean Franklin 0

Can the Bilateral Hits measurement tell us about Afterblows and Doubles? Or are they essentially independent quantities?

What are Tournament Stats?

November 28, 2018 Sean Franklin 0

I like to post about tournament stats, but we all need to keep in mind the inherent limitations of what the numbers can and can’t tell us.

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