Spent the afternoon at a Kobudo weapons seminar where they also taught HEMA. Fascinating!
HEMA is Fun!
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What form of HEMA?
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Some nice sparring videos on their page, but not much info otherwise. Maybe Kirk knows them. What sort of material did they cover?
OP
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Stances, mostly. Different ways of holding the sword and footwork. Not much, we only had a few hours. All German names, but I don't recall them now.
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What's hema?
Historical European Martial Arts
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The basic stances are Ochs (Ox), Pflug (Plow), Alber (Fool), and Vom Dach/Tag (From the Roof), just to give you something to remember.
Other common terms: Oberhau (Over-strike, any strike from above to below)
Unterhau (Under-strike, and strike going from low to high)
Zornhau (Wrath Strike, a diagonal strike, commonly used to parry another incoming Oberhau while simultaneously putting the point in front of the opponent's face for an immediate follow-up thrust.
My guess is that's pretty much what you would have been shown. Anything else come to mind?
Other common terms: Oberhau (Over-strike, any strike from above to below)
Unterhau (Under-strike, and strike going from low to high)
Zornhau (Wrath Strike, a diagonal strike, commonly used to parry another incoming Oberhau while simultaneously putting the point in front of the opponent's face for an immediate follow-up thrust.
My guess is that's pretty much what you would have been shown. Anything else come to mind?
OP
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No, that was it exactly! Thank you!
OP
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More photos...
Did they provide the training swords? What were they made from? I can't tell from the photos.
OP
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Yes, there were training swords provided. I am not sure what they were made of, but I think Nylon. They were not light.
Let me know if you hear about the group putting on another seminar. I might be willing to drive up there if they provide the training tools.
OP
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Will do, but I'm not in regular contact with them; it came about because they use a dojo in Livonia, MI to teach in on Monday nights. The dojo was teaching a kobudo seminar (Tokushinryu Kobudo) and they did a several-hour demo as part of it. It was a charity thing to raise money for disabled kids.
The dojo is here:
Okinawa Budo Kai School of Karate & Kobudo - Home
You can find the Michigan Medieval Combat Association FB page here:
Michigan Medieval Combat Association
This gentleman is the Captain of the group:
Kyle Randall Tansek | Facebook
Just for anyone interested - not an endorsement and I have no financial or other involvement with the group in question.
