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The Goalie Mindset PodcastThe Goalie Mindset PodcastResilience, Reinvention & Real Talk: Stan Matwijiw on Goaltending, Coaching, and the Power of MindsetSend us a textIn this deep and energizing episode of The Goalie Mindset Podcast, Pete Fry, the Goalie Mindset Guy, sits down with legendary goalie coach Stan Matwijiw—current goaltending coach for the Windsor Spitfires and founder of Bandits Goalie School.Stan shares his powerful journey from growing up idolizing goalies at Windsor Spitfires games to playing in the WHL, attending NHL camps, and eventually coaching some of the game’s best—like Thatcher Demko, Alex Nedeljkovic, and Scott Wedgewood.They dive into:🧠 The mental battles o...2025-04-151h 14Lucky WordsLucky WordsLucky Words Podcast 2025: Episode 1 — Shakespeare’s sonnet 1For the past few years, I’ve recorded a series of podcasts every April for National Poetry Month. It’s 2025, and I’m doing it again. Woohoo!The original goal was to do a new poem every day: 30 poems over the course of the month. That is always too much work: finding the poems, doing some research, recording (on site outdoors!), editing, and posting. A daily podcast, even just a little ten minute job, could be a full-time job. In the past, I’ve had a full-time job and I don’t have the energy for two, and so I’d...2025-04-0111 minShort CornersShort CornersCamchat 0310 (feat. Cameron and Peter W)Plenty more irreverent chat here - all provoked by Cameron (so don't blame me!) :)There's a lot of pre-Melbourne chat, of course, with me trying to remind everyone that Lando Norris's biggest problem this year is not going to be how he stands up against Charles, Lewis, George or Max but how he deals with that ever-present threat that is Oscar Piastri.  Beating the guy in the same car as you is always the biggest challenge in F1.  Lewis and Charles are also up front in this chat - as is Jim Clark, who 60 years ago won bo...2025-03-121h 00Rock, Paper, Swords! - the Historical Action and Adventure PodcastRock, Paper, Swords! - the Historical Action and Adventure PodcastGuy Windsor - The Sword Guy talks to us about historical martial artsSupport us on Patreon and get bonus episodes every month: https://www.patreon.com/RockPaperSwordsPodcast Guy Windsor is a swordsmanship practitioner, instructor, researcher, writer, and also an entrepreneur. On his website swordschool.com he states his mission in life is to restore historical martial arts to their rightful place at the heart of our culture. He has a blog, books, has developed training courses, and is the host of a podcast called The Sword Guy. As Steven and I often write about swords and combat, Guy seemed like a perfect guest for the podcast. Welcome to RPS...2024-10-111h 11The Creative Penn Podcast For WritersThe Creative Penn Podcast For WritersSelf-Publishing Training Manuals And Focusing On Your True Fans With Guy WindsorWhat needs to go into a training manual if you are teaching physical skills? How can you focus in on your super fans and create only for them, while still making a living from multiple streams of income? Guy Windsor explains more in this interview. In the intro, Amazon celebrates a decade of Kindle Unlimited […] The post Self-Publishing Training Manuals And Focusing On Your True Fans With Guy Windsor first appeared on The Creative Penn.2024-09-091h 05Kristin\'s Quantum CatalyzersKristin's Quantum CatalyzersJune 2019: Suppressed Childhood Trauma from Sexual Abuse"I just wanted to make that KNOWN." Private audio notes from the Implicit Revelations Case Study. This was during the 5 years of living with anterograde amnesia. Kristin has no conscious autobiographical memories of these experiences. Kristin's Inner Evolutionary Hero on June 28th, 2019: "I have learned not to fear the darkness. I have learned to create my own light within the darkness. I have learned to BE the fiery blazing fuery of the phoenix rising from the ashes. ...2024-09-0812 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastWant to write a training manual? How to write training manuals for historical martial artists, with Guy Windsor For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/want-to-write-a-training-manual-how-to-write-training-manuals-for-historical-martial-artists-with-guy-windsor/ To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy This episode is an unusual one because there’s no interview. Instead, it’s an extended sample from my new audiobook, From Your Head to Their Hands: How to write, publish, and market training manuals for Historical Martial Artists. The book is designed to be short, clear and to the point, with zero fluff! Listen to this episode to get a good idea of what’s in th...2024-04-1233 minGuy Perryman InterviewsGuy Perryman InterviewsCalum Scott - SingerA conversation with Calum Scott – singer who shot to stardom after performing on Britain’s Got Talent in 2015, has toured as opening act for Ed Sheeran, performed at Windsor Castle, and was in Tokyo for a live show at Zepp Diver City (or Diversity!) in March 2024. Scott talks with great energy about his musical journey, honesty about the challenge of coming out in his teens, and passion about how it feels to sing, whether in the shower, on stage in front of thousands, or at karaoke in Japan.2024-04-0515 minShe Blinded Me With Science!She Blinded Me With Science!BILL BILL BILL BILLDid I score an interview with Bill Nye the Science Guy??? no i did not. BUT I did get to see Bill speak at the Long Center and then created this psuedo-interview for today's show.Today's science quote was by [Science Guy, comma Bill Nye]Share your science and lab quotes with me to be featured at the top of the show! While I was [presenting at a conference], you heard [Interplanet Janet Schoolhouse rock] Thank you to [Bill] for coming to Austin and answering some qu...2024-02-2818 minThe Art of ArmsThe Art of ArmsDr. Guy Windsor: Teaching, and a survey of Vadi and FioreThis episode marks l'Arte dell Armi's 20,000th download!!! We wanted to extend our heartfelt gratitude to you our listeners for engaging with this podcast! We greatly appreciate you, and look forward to bringing you more content in the future! Stay saucy my friends!   We had the honor of sitting down and talking to Dr. Guy Windsor.  This lively discussion highlights teaching, developing teachers, teaching hacks, running a school as a business, before transitioning into Fiore, Vadi, Capoferro and beyond. It was a truly insightful conversation and we're looking forward to having Guy on the podcast ag...2023-10-012h 36Lucky WordsLucky WordsEpisode 4.14 Walter Scott’s “Innominatus”Recorded on the Watchman Overlook in Zion National Park. There are always too may people at Zion, but I found a spot where I could have some quiet privacy and record a poem. Unfortunately, technology was conspiring against me, and so this sounds kinda lousy. Sorry.Also, I referred to the trail as "The Watchman" but what I meant was the Watchman _Overlook_: a much less ambitious undertaking. This is another one of those poems that is popular with people who don't really like poetry. That's not fair, even if Walter Scott kinda deserves his...2023-04-1810 minRiff-Raff NewsRiff-Raff Newsthe one about the us inflation reduction, act and the windsor frameworkwe discuss concern on this side of the atlantic about the us inflation reduction act, and take an overview of the windsor framework's chances of success2023-03-0655 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastHEMA in Mexico and Inspirational WomenFor transcriptions, images and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/hema-in-mexico-and-inspirational-women/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Mariana Lopez is a historical fencer, coach, artist and one of the founders of HEMA in Mexico, 16 years ago. She is also the co-founder of Esfinges, an international network of female historical fencers. In our conversation we talk about how the HEMA scene in Mexico differs from the U.S. or Europe, and what other countries might learn from the Mexican way of doing things. We also talk about Esfinges, and wh...2023-02-241h 26The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastFiore: The Movie, with Alberto MatteaFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/fiore-the-movie-with-alberto-mattea/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Alberto Mattea is an Italian film composer and filmmaker, actor and re-enactor with a deep interest in the Middle Ages. In the historical martial arts world, he is perhaps best known for his short film Fiore, which is, I think, the most accurate representation of the late 14th century ever put on the screen. In this episode Alberto explains how the film got made on a tiny budget of €3,000, how they built the...2023-02-031h 33The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Whack Don’t Die Method, with Kari HolmanFor transcriptions, photos and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.com/podcast/the-whack-dont-die-method-with-kari-holman/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Kari Holman is a rapier fencer and a licensed therapist. She has also written Psychology and the SCA Fencing Woman: a Manual for Students and Teachers. The moment I read it, I asked if I could include it in my How to Teach course because it's that good. So of course, we talk about teaching women and what’s been going wrong with teaching that leads to so many women dropping out...2023-01-271h 31The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastOutnumbered combat and catching imaginary balls, with Luis PretoFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/outnumbered-combat-and-catching-imaginary-balls-with-luis-preto/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Luis Preto is a Jogo do Pau instructor and author of multiple books, including a tutorial on multiple opponent combat with one handed weapons. He also has two master's degrees, one in teaching sports and the other in Kineseology. Jogo do Pau is known as Portuguese stick fighting, which shares a cultural heritage with similar combat systems in Europe, but one difference is that in the Portuguese system, the multiple opponent training ha...2023-01-061h 34The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastMedieval Shoulders, Trees and Swords, with Jessica Finley (Episode 1 Repeat)For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/medieval-shoulders-trees-and-swords-with-jessica-finley-episode-1-repeat/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy This week’s repeated episode is the very first Sword Guy Podcast episode, with the inestimable Jessica Finley, who may be known to you from her wonderful book about medieval wrestling. Those of you who are enrolled on my Solo Training course may have sweated and grunted through her “solo training for wrestlers” section of the course, and if you know her on her Patreon account, she produces translations, interpretations, previews of books...2022-12-301h 09The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastAsk Me Anything! With Guy Windsor For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/ask-me-anything-with-guy-windsor/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today's episode is a little bit different. It's an Ask Me Anything with me. I sent out a query to my patrons on Patreon and also to my mailing list, and I got a whole bunch of questions that apparently people want answers to, so I’ve answered them. Find out which historical master I would like on my side in a tavern brawl, my funn...2022-11-2555 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastAsk Me Anything! With Guy WindsorFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/ask-me-anything-with-guy-windsor/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today's episode is a little bit different. It's an Ask Me Anything with me. I sent out a query to my patrons on Patreon and also to my mailing list, and I got a whole bunch of questions that apparently people want answers to, so I’ve answered them. Find out which historical master I would like on my side in a tavern brawl, my funniest moment in teaching, my ideal podcast gues...2022-11-2555 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastMedieval Banana Hammocks with Tasha Dandelion KellyFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/medieval-banana-hammocks-with-tasha-dandelion-kelly/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today’s episode is with Tasha Dandelion Kelly, an expert in medieval clothing who blogs at La Cotte Simple and in my opinion, knows perhaps more than anyone else on the planet about how a gambeson should be made. We talk about the Charles de Blois pourpoint, which is constructed in such a way that it gives incredible freedom of movement. You can see pictures of different examples on Tasha’s website – check ou...2022-11-181h 17Become a Writer TodayBecome a Writer TodaySuccessfully Writing In A Narrow Niche With Dr. Guy WindsorHow niche should you go with your books? This week's interviewee is Dr. Guy Windsor. He's well known as a martial arts instructor who teaches people the art of sword fighting, but he's also a well-known author in this particular genre or niche. In fact, he's published over 30 books on the subject, and he's created courses too.I first came across Guy Windsor's work in 2015 when he appeared on The Creative Penn Podcast hosted by Joanna Penn, but he's been writing about martial arts and sword fighting and teaching all of the ideas in his...2022-11-1432 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastBroadsword for Kids, with Andrew NewtonFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/broadsword-for-kids-with-andrew-newton/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Andrew Newton lives in the Annapolis Valley in Eastern Canada. He is a historical fencer and mounted archer and runs the Annapolis Valley Historical Fencing Club, teaching broadsword, sabre and cutlass. Andrew was also an officer in the Air Force, so of course there’s a bit of plane chat. In our discussion we talk about the business end of running a club: how to make money, effective marketing tips, and why even...2022-11-111h 45The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastHow to build a space rocket, with Leigh ShockiFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/how-to-build-a-space-rocket-with-leigh-shocki/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Leigh Shocki works for Blue Origin as an Instructional Designer – she can teach you to build a rocket, even though she flunked maths. You too can work at a space company, even if you’re not a rocket scientist! Leigh is passionate about making both space travel and swords more diverse and we discuss the code of conduct she wrote for Lonin which builds in things like inclusive language and ensuring everyone feels...2022-11-041h 53Self-Publishing with ALLiSelf-Publishing with ALLiInspirational Indie Author Interview #116. Guy Windsor: 'The Sword Guy' Carves His Niche as an Indie AuthorMy guest this episode is Guy Windsor, who is also known as "The Sword Guy." He has taken his love for a very niche topic, which is researching medieval and Renaissance sword-fighting techniques and turned it into a successful career through books, online courses and crowdfunding campaigns. It's a model that other indie authors could follow. ALLi's Inspirational Indie Author interviews are sponsored by Kobo Writing Life, a global, independent ebook and audiobook publishing platform that empowers authors with a quick and easy publishing process and unique promotional opportunities. To reach a wide readership, create your account...2022-10-2317 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastThe episode in which Guy gets challenged to a duel, with Auri PosoFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/the-episode-in-which-guy-gets-challenged-to-a-duel-with-auri-poso/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Auri Poso is a long time student of Guy’s and one of the first teachers he ever trained. Auri now runs her own school, the Gladiolus School of Arms in Helsinki/Espoo, Finland. In our conversation we talk about Star Wars, which leads to a disagreement about Luke Skywalker needing a good slap. Whether lightsabers would be a suitable weapon in the ensuing duel between Guy and Auri causes another difference of o...2022-10-211h 11Schwertgeflüster - Der HEMA Podcast. Kampfkunst trifft Geschichte.Schwertgeflüster - Der HEMA Podcast. Kampfkunst trifft Geschichte.The Sword Guy feat. Guy Windsor (SG 113)Guy Windsor ist seit über 20 Jahren Vollzeit HEMAist, hat zahlreiche Bücher über das historische Fechten geschrieben und betreibt, neben weiteren spannenden Projekten wie Lehr-Videos und sogar einem Kartenspiel, auch den englischsprachigen The Sword Guy Podcast. Wir haben uns mit ihm zusammengesetzt um uns über das HEMA-Podcasten auszutauschen, sind dann aber wie zu erwarten in andere Themen abgerutscht und haben gleich noch den bisher längsten Podcast aufgenommen. Achtung: Da Guy Windsor kein Deutsch spricht ist die Folge komplett in Englisch. Die Folge hinterher einzudeutschen wie wir das mit Martin Fabian gemacht haben, ist leider zu viel Aufwa...2022-10-142h 07The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Four Virtues of Sword Making, with Eleonora RebecchiFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/the-four-virtues-of-sword-making-with-eleonora-rebecchi/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Eleonora Rebecchi is the creative director at Malleus Martialis, producer of excellent training swords, as well as a practising historical fencer and a graphic artist who has done some lovely covers for Guy. She is also a classically trained singer, which you’ll get to hear in this episode. We talk about how Eleanora and her partner Rodolfo got into designing swords for a living, what goes into the design process, and what...2022-10-071h 26The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastHow to Teach Historical Martial Arts, with Guy WindsorFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/how-to-teach-historical-martial-arts-with-guy-windsor/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy This episode of the podcast is a little bit different because I'm not interviewing anyone. I'm here to talk to you about how to teach. I believe that teaching historical martial arts or anything else is a skill, and as such it can be studied and taught. In other words, you're not born a good teacher, you become one through mindful practise. So the question, I guess, is how do you set ab...2022-09-3040 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastHow to Teach Historical Martial Arts, with Guy Windsor For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/how-to-teach-historical-martial-arts-with-guy-windsor/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy This episode of the podcast is a little bit different because I'm not interviewing anyone. I'm here to talk to you about how to teach. I believe that teaching historical martial arts or anything else is a skill, and as such it can be studied and taught. In other words, you're not born a good teacher, you become one through mindful practise. So the question, I...2022-09-3040 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastFrom Katanas to Creating the Metaverse, with Neal StephensonFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/from-katanas-to-creating-the-metaverse-with-neal-stephenson/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Neal Stephenson is a best-selling author, futurist, tech geek and swordsman whose works include Cryptonomicron, Seveneves, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash. He has also co-written several other books and graphic novels which we discuss in this episode. His latest book, Termination Shock goes into depth and detail about Sikh martial arts, which he had to research during the Covid lockdowns. Of course, Neal’s main claim to fame is that he wrote the...2022-09-231h 37The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastSupport Vector Machines are Cool, with Kari BakerFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/support-vector-machines-are-cool-with-kari-baker/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Kari Baker is a data scientist and swordswoman from Arizona who writes appallingly advanced data analysis articles for Sword STEM. In our conversation we discuss how data helped increase women’s participation in events and whether we can predict a double in tournaments. You can find Kari’s Sword STEM articles here: http://swordstem.com/author/kbaker/ If you have any interesting research questions, or datasets you want to ask questions of, send t...2022-09-021h 16The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastMovement Matters with Katy Bowman (Episode 54 repeat)For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/movement-matters-with-katy-bowman-episode-54-repeat/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Bestselling author, speaker, and a leader in the Movement movement, biomechanist Katy Bowman has been changing the way we move and think about our need for movement. Her eight books, including the groundbreaking “Move Your DNA” and “Movement Matters” have been translated into more than a dozen languages worldwide. Bowman teaches movement globally and speaks about sedentarism and movement ecology to academic and scientific audiences. Her work has been featured in diverse me...2022-08-261h 43The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastFiore and the Dinosaurs with Erin FitzgeraldFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/fiore_dinosaurs_erin_fitzgerald/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Erin Fitzgerald is a historical martial arts practitioner at the Chicago Swordplay Guild, but her day job takes us much further back in time: to the time of the dinosaurs. Erin is a Fossil Preparator and in our conversation she explains the painstaking process of safely transporting fossils back to the lab and cleaning them up ready for studying.  After talking about dinosaurs we skip forward a few tens of...2022-08-191h 14In The Rising Podcast- A Health and Wellness PodcastIn The Rising Podcast- A Health and Wellness PodcastEpisode 156: Guy Windsor on Asking the Right Questions and Following the AnswersSend me a text message! Let me know your thoughts about the episode.Guy Windsor is an instructor and researcher of renaissance martial arts. He was awarded a PhD by  Edinburgh University for his research in historical combat systems.  Guy shares his personal story of listening to his "inner voice" that told him that he will leave his home country to start  The School of European Swordsmanship in Helsinki, Finland.He has continued to publish podcasts and books on the art of swordsmanship. He has pushed for increased diversity in this field.Guy Win...2022-08-0931 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastFinding your niche, with Mila JędrzejewskaFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/finding-your-niche-with-mila-jedrzejewska/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Mila Jędrzejewska runs Audatia Creative, a professional services company for businesses in the historical martial arts space. In this conversation, we hear what led Mila to start up her own business, why she focuses on our particular niche, and how Guy and Mila are working together. Mila describes her experiences of sexism in the sword world and racism in the business world and we discuss the privilege of being able to wor...2022-08-051h 17Backstory on the Shroud of TurinBackstory on the Shroud of TurinInterview With David RolfeDavid Windsor Rolfe is a British Academy Award-winning producer and director with a long career in British television and film. After graduating from the London Film School in 1971 he cut his teeth making specialized sequences within major films like The Great Gatsby (Redford and Farrow) for Paramount and other major distributors and then documentaries around the world charting subjects as diverse as the rise of the desert kingdoms of the Middle East, the collapse of communism and the crisis posed by CFC’s to the ozone layer.This film won a major award and paved the way fo...2022-07-1450 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastStretto and Surgery, with Elizabeth ScottFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/stretto-and-surgery-with-elizabeth-scott/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Elizabeth Scott is a historical martial arts and armoured combat practitioner on foot and on horseback, as well as being a surgeon. In our conversation we cover the obvious risks to your fingers when taking part in armoured combat, which could be highly problematic in Elizabeth’s profession. We talk about the mindset needed for both swordsmanship, surgery, and flying a plane, where failure can mean death. How can these skills be taug...2022-07-011h 38The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastTraining Nerds in the Desert, with Skye HiltonFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/training-nerds-in-the-desert-with-skye-hilton/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Skye Hilton is a historical martial arts instructor and fitness trainer, best known as The Nerd Trainer, who lives in West Texas, hundreds of miles from the nearest sword school, so when she moved out there from California she started her own school to find people to play with: www.theswordschool.org/. In this episode we talk about the best exercises people can do before starting sword classes, imposter syndrome, “fendente bots”, and ta...2022-06-171h 37The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastWhat is a Round Table? With Elizabeth ChampionFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/what-is-a-round-table-with-elizabeth-champion/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Elizabeth Champion is an arms and armour historian specialising in high medieval Round Table tournaments and the Merlin legends. She's also a historical fencer, co-founder of Stratford Swords and an ex-cage fighter. In our conversation we discuss what was a Round Table Tournament. Is it to do with King Arthur, or the arrangement of the tables, or both? If you have come across anything to do with Round Tables in your reading, if...2022-06-031h 47KAJ Bytes of ChangeKAJ Bytes of ChangeInterview with Dr. Guy Windsor, Consulting SwordsmanLIVE interview with Dr. Guy Windsor, Consulting Swordsman. Yes, that's actually his job! Dr. Windsor shares with us about what he does and why he does and how movement of body is so vital for all aspects of our life.  "This can be like therapy and help you discover yourself better," he says.  This and much more. Take a listen!Watch hereListen on top podcast platforms here: https://pod.link/1523307967  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce...2022-05-2147 minThe KAJ Masterclass LIVEThe KAJ Masterclass LIVEInterview with Dr. Guy Windsor, Consulting Swordsman. Yes, that's actually his job!LIVE interview with Dr. Guy Windsor, Consulting Swordsman. Yes, that's actually his job!  Dr. Windsor shares with us about what he does and why he does and how movement of body is so vital for all aspects of our life.   "This can be like therapy and help you discover yourself better," he says.  This and much more. Take a listen! Watch here https://youtu.be/Fq99cjmR6nA Listen on top podcast platforms here: https://pod.link/1523307967 2022-05-2047 minBusiness and Entrepreneurship with KAJBusiness and Entrepreneurship with KAJInterview with Dr. Guy Windsor, Consulting Swordsman. Yes, that's actually his job!LIVE interview with Dr. Guy Windsor, Consulting Swordsman. Yes, that's actually his job!  Dr. Windsor shares with us about what he does and why he does and how movement of body is so vital for all aspects of our life.   "This can be like therapy and help you discover yourself better," he says.  This and much more. Take a listen! Watch here https://youtu.be/Fq99cjmR6nA Listen on top podcast platforms here: https://pod.link/1523307967 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/business-and-entrepreneurship-with-kaj--6217536/support.2022-05-2047 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastJudging and Jeopardy, with Rebecca GlassFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/judging-and-jeopardy-with-rebecca-glass/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Rebecca Glass is a historical martial arts instructor and an avid baseball fan. She has also appeared on the TV quiz show Jeopardy and is a part of the Trivia scene. In our conversation we talk about all three of these interests, plus judging historical martial arts tournaments. Rebecca is highly respected as a fight director, so we talk about what makes a good judge and how to make the right decisions wh...2022-05-061h 18The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastFabris vs. Capoferro, with Reinier van NoortFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/fabris-vs-capoferro-with-reinier-van-noort/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr. Reinier van Noort is a martial arts instructor and translator of over a dozen historical fencing treatises. He now lives in Norway but is originally from the Netherlands, so we talk about his impressive skills in translating from one foreign language into another. You can find Reinier’s work at www.bruchius.com, and his list of publications here: Publications - Ense et Mente (bruchius.com).   We covered a lot in our c...2022-04-291h 52The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastEpisode 100: Duelling and a Day in the Life of Guy WindsorFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/duelling-and-a-day-in-the-life-of-guy/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Welcome to episode 100 of The Sword Guy Podcast! In this special episode, Ariel Anderssen (episode 93) interviews Guy about a whole load of stuff, including how Guy got into swords in the first place, the vision up a Scottish mountain that told him to open his school in Helsinki, injuries from duelling, Guy’s best ever sword fight, feminism, getting through the pandemic, and learning to fly. Ariel also asks Guy about his typi...2022-04-082h 05The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastEpisode 100: Duelling and a Day in the Life of Guy Windsor For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/duelling-and-a-day-in-the-life-of-guy/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Welcome to episode 100 of The Sword Guy Podcast! In this special episode, Ariel Anderssen (episode 93) interviews Guy about a whole load of stuff, including how Guy got into swords in the first place, the vision up a Scottish mountain that told him to open his school in Helsinki, injuries from duelling, Guy’s best ever sword fight, feminism, getting through the pandemic, and learning to fly...2022-04-082h 05The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastMastering Movement with Dan EdwardesFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/mastering-movement-with-dan-edwardes/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dan Edwardes is a parkour coach and teacher of teachers. He's a founding member and executive director of Parkour Generations, an international organisation of Parkour Instructors with schools all over the world. He's also the author of The Parkour and Free Running Handbook. Dan also has a background as a swordsman. He lived in Japan for five years, and was one of very few westerners to train at the Katori Shinto-ryu, the ol...2022-03-251h 52The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Last Duel, or was it? With Ariella ElemaFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/the-last-duel-or-was-it-with-ariella-elema/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr Ariella Elema is a finder of the forgotten, the hidden and the obscure. She's an academic and archivist and an armizare practitioner in Toronto. Her Ph.D. thesis, Trial by Battle in France and England, should give you some clue as to why I invited her on the show. But it also won the Canadian Society of Medievalists’ Leonard Boyle dissertation prize, which is very impressive. In our conversation we talk abou...2022-03-181h 34Were You Still Talking?Were You Still Talking?#71 With Guy WindsorEpisode #71 A medieval swordsman, whaaaaaaaaat? This was an incredible conversation with Dr. Guy Windsor who studies and teaches medieval and renaissance martial arts. This conversation was not long enough! Check out his podcast The Sword Guy: https://swordschool.com/podcast/ From his website: I am a consulting swordsman, teacher, and writer. I research and teach medieval and Renaissance Italian swordsmanship (I have a PhD in recreating historical martial arts), blog about it, write books about it, have developed a card game to teach it (which involved founding another company, and crowdfunding...2022-03-141h 34The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastFrog DNA and Indonesia with PradanaFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/frog-dna-and-indonesia-with-pradana/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Pradana Pandu Mahardhika lives in Bandung, Indonesia. He describes himself as a freelance translator/interpreter, amateur tailor, and professional procrastinator. In this episode we talk about how Pradana set up a historical martial arts club, Gwaith-i-Megyr, which was founded in 2016. He had been fencing as part of an informal group for a while, but when he decided to get some wooden swords made up, he found that the enthusiasm was really high, mai...2022-03-111h 31The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastLaser Focus, Thought Control, and Jousting with Sarah HayThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 95 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/laser-focus-thought-control-and-jousting-episode95/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Sarah Hay has been jousting since 2008. Just ten years later she won the Queen's Jubilee Horn at the Royal Armouries’ Easter jousting tournament in Leeds. In this episode we find out how Sarah’s passion for jousting came about, her background with horses, getting your own armour, and the vital role that mindset plays in her success. Sarah casually dropped into conversation that she “controls her thoughts”, and we dig...2022-03-041h 09Break Time with The Big Guy & The Grand PoobahBreak Time with The Big Guy & The Grand PoobahRooster Booster Time! - Season 3 - Episode 7Tonight we have on RNY Flyhalf Sam Windsor, and #TheBigGuy and #TheGrandPoobah talk about the 2nd win of the season, the upcoming match against a scrappy Dallas Jackals squad!#Roosters #RoosterBoosters #RNY #BuiltForNewYork #RollOn2022 #AintFoundAWayToKillMeYet #Boom #RNYLocal232022-02-2333 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastMonte with MikeThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 92 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/monte-with-mike-episode92/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Mike Prendergast is the founder and head instructor of the Historical Combat Academy in Dublin and translator of Pietro Monte’s Exercitiorum Atque Artis Militaris Collectanea, which is otherwise known as the Collection of Renaissance, Military Arts and Exercises. He also teaches in an SCA group called Dun in Mara. In our conversation we talk about how you don’t have to be an expert or a profes...2022-02-111h 45The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastForged in fire, quenched in oil. With Stephanie AiutoThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 91 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/forged-in-fire-quenched-in-oil-episode91/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Stephanie Aiuto lives in New York and began her career with blades as a sport fencer, competing at a national level in sabre, until she had to stop because she wore away all the cartilage in her toes. To fill the void the lack of sabre left in her life she took up knife making, and now works at Nazz Forge in Brooklyn, when she’s not doin...2022-02-041h 24Going North PodcastGoing North PodcastEp. 463.5 – “Swordfighting, for Writers, Game Designers and Martial Artists” with Dr. Guy Windsor (@guy_windsor)“The time is going to go no matter what you do so you might as well spend it doing something interesting.” – Dr. Guy Windsor   Today’s featured bestselling author is Consulting Swordsman, teacher, woodworker, and founder of The School of European Swordsmanship, Dr. Guy Windsor. Dr. Guy and I talk about his passion for recreating historical combat systems, being a full-time entrepreneur, and more!!   Key Thing’s You’ll Learn: How Dr. Guy got into sword fighting and became an expert at i...2022-02-011h 12The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastSwords in the Movies with Peter LyonThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 90 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/swords_in_the_movies_episode90/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Peter Lyon is a swordsmith and weapons maker from New Zealand. He originally started out making swords to use in medieval re-enactment in the 1980s, and was asked to make the swords for the Lord of the Rings movies. Since then Peter has worked on many other film productions with Wētā Workshop including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The...2022-01-281h 24The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastWooden Weapons and Wing Chun with Carina CirrincioneThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 89 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/wooden-weapons-and-wing-chun-episode89/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy This week’s episode is with Carina Cirrincione of Raven Studios, based in Oracle, Arizona. Carina makes wooden training weapons such as longsword wasters, rondel daggers, and implements for Eastern martial arts. She's also a Tai Chi and Wing Chun practitioner and instructor. We talk about woodwork, Eastern martial arts, turning a hobby into a business and the challenges involved. Photos to accompany this episode This is Guy’...2022-01-211h 05The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastA Whole Lot of Tasty Bolognese with Joshua WiestThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 88 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/bolognese-episode88/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Joshua Wiest is an instructor at the Triangle Sword Guild, North Carolina, USA. He focuses on the fighting systems of masters Achilles Marozzo, Giovanni dall’Agocchie, Antonio Manciolino, and Camillo Palladini. He's also a successful tournament fencer and host of the historical martial arts podcast l’Arte dell Armi. In this bumper episode we take a deep dive into these rockstars of 16th century Italian fencing. If you wa...2022-01-141h 58The Wanderer Anglo Saxon History, mythology, Folklore and religionThe Wanderer Anglo Saxon History, mythology, Folklore and religionGuy Windsor SwordsmanThis episode is a talk by Guy Windsor. I try to include many different kinds of things in this podcast rather than keep rehashing stuff that has already been done. I have a few really good episodes lined up that I am sure everyone will like. Guy Windsor writes books about historical European swordsmanship and related topics like push-ups. My day job is finding and analyzing historical swordsmanship treatises, figuring out the systems they represent, creating a syllabus for my students to train that system with, and teaching the system to my students. Yes, I...2021-12-3136 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Mathematics of Fencing with Pamela MuirThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 85 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/the-mathematics-of-fencing-episode85/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Pamela Muir is the founder of the Academy of Chivalric Martial Arts in Arlington, Virginia. She's been doing historical martial arts since about 2003, and I've met her at several events. In this episode we talk about theoretical maths, Liechtenauer, chivalry, and representation for women in HEMA. Pamela also talks about the adult education class she teaches on historical fencing, and what a popular class it has turned ou...2021-12-241h 15The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastKatanas and Koryu with Jaredd WilsonThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 84 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/katanas-and-koryu-episode84/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy This week’s episode is with Jaredd Wilson. Jaredd is the host of the Martial Thoughts podcast, which I appeared on back in January. You can find a link to our “The Pen is Mightier than the Podcast” episode here, or on Stitcher or iTunes. In today’s conversation we talk about what prompted Jaredd to start up the podcast, and the joy of getting to interview interestin...2021-12-171h 11The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastSwordsmanship is Woodwork, with Shanee NishryThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 83 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/swordsmanship-is-woodwork-episode83/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Shanee Nishry is a historical martial arts instructor and founder of Stratford Swords, which is in Stratford-upon-Avon in the West Midlands of England. She's also a software engineer in the games industry. We first interacted when she posted some photos of a very ambitious woodworking projects she's working on, because I'm a complete woodworking nerd and it turns out that Shanee is turning into one too. A co...2021-12-101h 29The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastYour Challenge for DecemberThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 82 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/your-challenge-for-december-episode82/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Hello Sword People, and welcome to the final monthly challenge of the year. This one is a little different. Before I introduce it, let me just refresh your memory about what the challenges are. Basically, they are alternatives to New Year's resolutions because I don't like New Year's resolutions very much, and the challenges so far this year have been: breaking a habit, adding a habit, sleeping...2021-12-0314 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastOrcs in Space and Swords in a Suitcase with Edoardo AlbertThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 81 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/orcs_in_space_episode81/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Content warning: Within this podcast are descriptions of the horrific neglect of very elderly swords. Edoardo Albert is a London-based writer who writes about Britain in the early medieval period (between the Romans leaving and the Normans arriving), the 40th millennium in the Warhammer universe, and lots of other things besides. Find out more by visiting his website. This podcast is different to usual fo...2021-11-261h 18The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastAsian and African Arms and Armour with Natasha BennettThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 80 Photo credit: The Royal Armouries For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/asian-and-african-arms-and-armour-episode80/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Natasha Bennett is the Curator of Oriental Collections at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, working with the Asian and African collections. These include an enormous spread of arms and armour mostly dating from between the 14th and 20th centuries, so her research interests are necessarily wide-ranging. She has presented specialist study sessions and seminars on mounted warfare in Asia, South Asian arms an...2021-11-191h 23The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastStrategy and War with Lynette NusbacherThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 77 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/strategy-and-war-episode77/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Dr. Lynette Nusbacher is a Strategist and Devil’s Advocate. Her work has included being a logistics officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, a writer of books such as Bannockburn 1314, a lecturer at Reading University, the senior intelligence advisor to the UK Government Cabinet Office, as well as a TV presenter of various military history shows, and she now runs a management consulting company, Nusbacher and Associates. Of c...2021-10-291h 30The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastHope and Black Powder with Dr. Milo ThurstonThe Sword Guy Podcast Episode 74 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/hope-and-black-powder-episode74/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Milo Thurston is the founder of the Linacre School of Defence in Oxford, UK. He’s an absolute bastard with a single stick and a leading expert in the work of Sir William Hope. In our conversation we talk about the essence of Hope’s New Method of Fencing and what is so good about it. We also talk about Napoleonic battle reenactment, being late to class, Ken Mo...2021-10-081h 07The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastYour October Challenge: Improve Your Footwork!For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/october-challenge-episode73/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Today’s episode is your October Challenge. This year I have been setting a different challenge every month, as I really don't like New Year's resolutions, and it struck me that there was an opportunity for self-development and self-improvement that we were missing by making these nebulous resolutions at pretty much the worst point in the year to make any kind of changes. It's right after Christmas and if you're in the nort...2021-10-0124 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastViruses and Bats with Emilia SkirmunttThe Sword Guy Podcast, episode 72 For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/viruses-and-bats-episode72/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Emilia Skirmuntt runs the Oxford branch of The School of the Sword, and in this episode we talk about running a school with different branches and specialisations, and improving diversity and inclusivity within historical martial arts schools. Emilia is also a virologist at the University of Oxford, which brings up some topical questions about a certain virus. We talk about her fascinating research into virus-like genes in ba...2021-09-241h 20The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastSeptember Challenge: Range of MotionFor transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to https://swordschool.com/podcast/monthly-challenge-get-more-flexible-in-september/  To support the show, come join the Patrons at  https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Your challenge this month is to engage with your ranges of motion. Much of this episode is adapted from my new book The Windsor Method: The Principles of Solo Training. You can follow along with a pre-recorded flexibility-based training session at: Guywindsor.net/hamstringsGuywindsor.net/trainalong2021-09-0606 minthe UNCOMMODiFiED Podcastthe UNCOMMODiFiED Podcasta New Kind of CAR SALESMANThis UNPEDDLING Conversation with a 3rd Generation Car Guy, Craig Kieswetter, tucks into how to Sell Well in an industry with a problematic selling image.Chris, Craig, and I explore these questions together:How do you "Sell Well" in an industry with a problematic selling image?What are you and your team doing to break the negative "car salesman" image? What is your best advice to someone who wants to get into the business and sell professionally and well?The best lesson you learned from your Grandpa, from your...2021-08-1055 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastShakespeare and Silver with Ben CrystalThe Sword Guy Podcast episode 55Ben Crystal is an actor, author, producer, and explorer of original practices in Shakespeare rehearsal and production. In this episode we talk about Ben’s work in exploring how actors would have rehearsed, staged, and performed Shakespeare’s plays in the 16th century, and how the original rhymes and pronunciation would have sounded. It makes for a completely different experience to what we think of as “Shakespearean” in modern times. Even if you aren’t into Shakespeare this is a fascinating conversation about theatre, memory, language, and of course, swords.Which...2021-06-1856 minThe Creative Penn Podcast For WritersThe Creative Penn Podcast For WritersTransitioning From An In-Person Business To Online Multiple Streams Of Income With Guy WindsorThe pandemic has favoured digital business models, but how can you transition to online sales when you run an in-person business? How can you move from one stream of income to multiple streams? Guy Windsor has lots of ideas for your author business in this fascinating interview. In the intro, fear-based decision making [Kris Rusch]; […] The post Transitioning From An In-Person Business To Online Multiple Streams Of Income With Guy Windsor first appeared on The Creative Penn.2021-06-071h 04The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastWhat is a Sword?Episode 43What is a sword? When does a dagger become a sword? When does a sword become a spear? Can a boomerang even be a sword?In a follow-up to my conversation with Australian martial artist and philosopher, Damon Young, this special episode picks up where episode 31 finishes, with a discussion where we try to come to an agreement on what a definition of a sword might be. If you have ever wondered about this very question, or already have your own definition in mind, have a listen and see if you agree with us!2021-04-1251 minThe Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastMedieval swords and research, with James HesterEpisode 37James Hester has been involved with HEMA since the age of 15, when he began performing fight shows throughout New England. He then set his course as an academic and educator, working in museums before completing an MA in Medieval Studies in the UK. He then joined the Royal Armouries Museum, rising over five years to become Curator of Tower Collections at the Tower of London. In 2015 he was awarded the Arms & Armour Heritage Trust Studentship to complete a PhD focusing on late medieval martial arts at the University of Southampton. A summary of the PhD thesis is...2021-03-051h 08The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastHistorical Medieval Battle in New Zealand, with Dayna Berghan-WhymanEpisode 36Photo by Keane Chan. Dayna Berghan-Whyman is the President of the New Zealand Federation for Historical Medieval Battle and Buhurt. In case you haven’t heard of it, Historical Medieval Battles (HMB) are full contact sports fighting, where defensive and offensive weapons of the Middle Ages are used. It includes historical fencing, buhurts, melee, duels, small-group battles, mass field battles, professional fights, etc. In our conversation Dayna explains her involvement in getting this sport recognised in New Zealand.In this highly entertaining episode we talk about the challenges of competing in...2021-02-261h 26The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastAnalysing sword science and technology with Myles CuppEpisode 35Myles Cupp is an instructor at South Coast Swords, in California. You might have seen him on the History Channel's Knife or Death show, and he's a contributor to swordstem.com. SwordSTEM is a website dedicated to applying science to sword martial arts, which analyses martial arts with rational, evidence-based methodologies. In our discussion we talk about some of the articles on SwordSTEM, and how looking at the numbers can influence the rules of tournaments, the gear we use, and the most effective ways to fight.Myles’ day job is as an engineer at Disneyland, and we...2021-02-191h 18The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastBattle of Nations with Beth HammerEpisode 34In this episode I talk to Beth Hammer. One of Beth’s favourite pastimes is “This is Sparta” kicking people through fences as part of Battle of Nations competitions. Based in Seattle, USA, Beth practises HEMA and Escrima, and is now enjoying the freedom of Battle of Nations fighting. In this episode we explore what this fun activity involves, and also talk about Beth’s other hobby of fireman’s lifting men much bigger than herself, including me!Photo by Olivia BlakeBeth is also an artist, specialising in sculpture and making models. And when she is not doing all that, she...2021-02-121h 12The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastHow to Make Swords, with Craig JohnsonEpisode 33Craig Johnson is Manager of Arms and Armor, a sword lover's dream job, as they make a wide variety of items from the Medieval and Renaissance periods to faithfully recreate the look, feel, and function of historic weapons. In this episode, we talk about recreating medieval swords as faithfully as possible, modern fashions in sword design, and the intricacies of sword manufacture. If you are interested in anything to do with swords and how they are made, this episode is a must-listen.Craig has been involved in Historical European Martial Arts / Western Martial Arts since the early days of...2021-02-051h 19The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastKelley Costigan on fencing and pole dancing with swordsIn this week’s episode I interview Kelley Costigan. Kelley is an actor, director, pole dancer, fencer, performance combatant, adventurer and pirate, currently living in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, home of William Shakespeare.Listen to our conversation to discover the Shakespeare connection that inspired me to ask Kelley to narrate my audiobook, The Theory and Practice of Historical Martial Arts. (It’s out now: you can probably find it in your audiobook app of choice, or get it directly from me here: https://gumroad.com/l/ttphmaaudio.)As a child, Kelley was told that fencing was “not something that girls do”, but she has...2021-01-291h 04The Sword Guy PodcastThe Sword Guy PodcastElena Muzurina on Fencing in RussiaElena Muzurina is a military sabre instructor, longsword champion and owner of a HEMA equipment company. Elena is a Russian champion – one of her proudest moments was winning at Swordfish – but HEMA is relatively new to Russia. In this episode we talk about what it is like learning Italian rapier and longsword in a country where there are very few sources translated into the language. We talk about the problems with fencing equipment, and what she would do with a million dollars to improve HEMA in Russia.When listening to this episode you might not have caught some of the name...2021-01-1552 minPoilitics and ProfanityPoilitics and Profanity48 days till Freedomthis week to take a look into the fall of cult 45, Paris erupting over a new law that violates the safety of citizens, The investigation into University of Windsor after disturbing allegations come to light, plus more!2020-12-0343 minRebel HR Podcast: Life and Work on Your TermsRebel HR Podcast: Life and Work on Your TermsEpisode 17: Innovative Virtual Training with Simon Greany and Sam WindsorSend us a textJoin Kyle Roed  and Molly Burdess as they speak with Simon Greany and Sam Windsor from Elucidat.  Elucidat's mission is to help big employers drive down the cost of business-critical training. Making it easy to produce. Super fast.https://www.elucidat.com/About Simon: My vision is to enable organisations to respond to change more quickly, by giving everyone the power to produce and manage effective digital learning - learning that has a real impact.I am passionate about using technology to build a learning cu...2020-11-1137 min