Articles by Kristen Argyle

Kristen’s HEMA studies began in late 2010 with John Harmston in Utah’s ‘Happy Valley’ and which later moved north to the Salt Lake ‘Valley of Sin and Villainy’ to continuing her training under Jeremiah Smith. She started teaching a weeknight German Longsword class to students at the University of Utah in 2014 in order to gain and train more sword friends (she was successful in this endevour), and she hasn’t let go of the heady reins of power since. HEMA was Kristen’s first martial art, and now she does Crossfit every morning, applying what she learns about the biomechanics of lifting and jumping to HEMA. She dabbles in other weapon systems, notably Meyer’s staff, Fiore’s dagger, and I.33 sword & buckler. Her latest dabbling is in Alfred Hutton’s saber system. She has a baby boy named Marcus born in 2018.