Drop Testing For Evaluation Of Potential HEMA Protective Material
Drop swords on gear and learn stuff.
Impact
Punches Hit Harder Than Cuts?
A punch is more likely to knock your pell over than a sword strike? That sounds crazy, but it’s true.
“Safe Sword” is made up words
We frequently talk about how to make swords “safe”. Unfortunately unless you can come up with a definition which satisfies a few specific criteria, the word “safe” doesn’t have a lot of meaning.
Force, Deceleration, and how to stab through a tank.
It was the first two words that got you hooked, right?
Why Do Polearms Hurt?
The short answer to everything is always F = ma. For the longer answer, read the article.
What Does Hitting Hard Mean?
From a physics point of view hitting ‘hard’ can be a somewhat difficult property to quantify. Learn a little bit about what can make a strike ‘hard’.
Impact, Impulse, and Momentum
Sometimes people talk about how much ‘force’ something hits with. Unfortunately, they use the same term to describe average force, peak force, and impulse.