For those of us who have met him, Charles Murdock, have experienced an interaction with a HEMA "Witch-doctor", life long martialist, a coach and advisor. My fellow Meyer Freifechter Guild brother tells us tale of his martial arts journey up to and into his experiences with Historical Fencing and HEMA Sport fencing. Not only does he shares his story, Charles gives training advise, and some remembrances of our organization's now reposed leader, Mike Cartier-whose birthday if we recall is today.
Mike had a passion for history and martial arts, and an unwavering love for his family. Mike’s first great discovery was history, and he had the good fortune to see it first hand through his many travels as a child. Those things he could not witness in the world, he explored through books. One book that touched him most deeply was “The Sword and the Centuries;” and it was this book that fed his second appetite, martial arts. In fact, it drove him to study with HACA (1999), and use these skills to create his own guild, Meyer Freifechter Guild (MFFG). He held the vision of the club as a fellowship of scholars in brotherhood and fighters earnestly seeking to understand the teachings of Meyer and rebuild the tradition that he represented.
Train hard, Be Hard
Chris VanSlambrouck
