What organizations exist to preserve and train in the historical (ie not recreational sparring) sword training of medieval Europe? I found a few: Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts Pan-Historical European Martial Arts Society Organizations Association for Renaissance Martial Arts Historical European Martial Arts Coalition The Company of Maisters of the Science of Defence Swordforum International Schools Aegis Swordfighting Academy Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts, located in Toronto, Canada Academy of European Swordsmanship, located in Edmonton, Calgary and Victoria (Canada) Ars Gladii Iron Door School of Arms The Chicago Swordplay Guild The Medieval European Martial Arts Guild (MEMAG) Schola Gladiatoria - Located in London, Devon, Hampshire and Trondheim Selohaar Fechtschule - Located in Oxford, CT, USA
Schools: School of European Swordsmanship, in Helsinki, Finland. Hotspur School of Defence, in Alnwick, UK The New York Historical Fencing Association, near Brooklyn, NY Best regards, -Mark
I don't know if this group have been 'logged' in the fora anywhere previously but I found their explanatory pages of what Historical European Swordsmanship was about to be well written and very readable: http://www.ericwargo.com/sword/about/index.html.
Organizations Association for Historical Fencing http://www.ahfi.org/ Schools Martinez Academy of Arms http://www.martinez-destreza.com/ Academia Duellatoria (Portland and Medford Oregon) Northwest Academy of Arms http://www.northwestacademyofarms.com/
Aye, their DVD's are quite informative too. Nothing too flash and lots of repetitions so you can get the feel for what's going on in a technique.
Scatha Combat Guild: http://boxwrestlefence.com/ Historical European Martial Arts Alliance: www.hemaalliance.com Western Martial Arts Coalition: www.wmacoalition.com Best regards, -Mark123