A (belated) Report from the Road The Western Martial Arts Workshop hosted by the Chicago Swordplay Guild is one of the premier WMA events...

One of the great things about going to a HEMA workshop event is getting new perspectives on things that you kinda know. Someone else’s...

In the mid 16th century Kamiizumi Nobutsuna had an idea. Rather than have his students injure each other in class when practicing at full...

by Andriy Holuk Sport vs Tradition. Martial Artists love this debate. For HEMA, this discussion is even more nuanced given our primary...

It is a given that Signum Corvus School of Arms is a martial arts school. I mean, it’s right in the name, isn’t it? But the question...

At the King’s Cup My heart is racing like overwound clockworks though I’m doing nothing but sitting in the nave of the church,...

Giacomo DiGrassi wrote an influential fencing treatise and published it on March 6th 1570. It is one of very few fencing treatises...

How do you learn a new skill? How do you transform information into insight?Can you draw on outside experience to supercharge your learning?

Fencing Thoughts I have been doing fencing now for over a year and a half. I think I have trained solidly for 12 months during that time,...

Hello HEMA Scholars! This is Ian, longtime member of Signum Corvus and perpetual longsword novice. Have you ever finished a lesson or...