Trends In Quality Of Competition In HEMA
What are the overall pre and post Covid trends in terms of Quality of Competition at North American and European HEMA tournaments?
Rule Sets
On Rating HEMA Tournaments
So, how do you compare HEMA tournaments analytically? I’ve been thinking about this challenge for quite some time, and I think I have an answer.
Weapon Specialization: A Help or A Hinderance?
Does specializing in a weapon make you better at it? Or does diversification improve performance? Can you use data mining to justify buying even more swords?
Do Swords Make You Look Cool?
We all dream of looking as cool as Aragorn, Xena, Cloud, or Guts when it comes to wielding swords, but does that dream become reality when outsiders look at the HEMAverse?
Geo-Mapping US Top Fencers Over Time
I saw some graphics floating around Facebook a while ago showing the geographical location of top-rated HEMA fencers. These graphics, created by J.J. Conlon, showed […]
Do Fighters Game Rule Sets?
Do competitors try to hand snipe their way to victory all the time? Or do they only do so when the rules don’t favor deep targets?
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?
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!