Also, Jake Norwood runs the HEMA group there, and he is a great fighter and great guy.

I can attest to the truth of this quote.

Are there tournaments/competitions for this? I have to say (and I hope I don't offend anyone too badly) that this is far more fun to watch than olympic fencing. I don't know if the costumes and attitudes of the participants have anything to do with it, or if it's just cool to see these diverse styles recreated.



I haven't really delved much into HEMA, just a couple of seminars really, but I do like to watch what is going on in the study of the art(s). There are a couple of tournaments that have been well documented on youtube, one called "Swordfish" has a number of bouts over several years.

As an example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syfEd2DM8Z4&feature=channel&list=UL