How Fast Do Swords Move? – Try 1
My first attempt at motion capture. It wasn’t great, but I got something. And you can all laugh and learn from my mistakes.
HEMA Ratings – Does it actually mean anything?
“Damn those stupid numbers, no HEMA Rating’s going to tell me what my odds of winning are!” While on an individual level there are a ton of other factors that the rating doesn’t capture, does it do a good job overall?
Introduction to Material Properties
When understanding equipment it’s important to have a basic understanding of material properties, and — most importantly — how they interact.
Data Mining – CombatCon Longsword
How has the CombatCon Longsword tournament changed year over year? We crunch the numbers and see.
Data Mining – SoCal Swordfight Longsword
How has the SoCal Longsword tournament changed year over year? We crunch the numbers and see.
Force Vector: More than a science-ey sounding name
I’m guessing most probably don’t care too much about what the difference between a vector and a scalar is. Trust me, it can be a helpful tool for learning to beat people up.
Case Study: SoCal 2018 Sword and Buckler
I’ve always been a big advocate of evaluating tournaments in as objective a manner as possible, so I’m going to take a crack at it. […]
For the paranoid and the pansies: What is real risk?
Something that a lot of people are really bad at (other than HEMA) is evaluating risk. This isn’t just in relation to martial arts, it’s everything in your life. But I don’t care about the rest of your life, I just want you to make smarter HEMA decisions.
Scalability: Why bugs are small and tournament rulesets are hard
I bet you never imagined a connection between why bugs are small and why large tournaments are run a certain way. But here we are.
What is Force Dispersion? And how it keeps you safe from swords.
How our gear keeps us safe is an important topic, especially if we ever want to make it safer!