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l'Arte Dell Armi

by Joshua Wiest

l'Arte Dell Armi, is a Bolognese podcast where we discuss the intricacies of the Bolognese tradition with the practitioners, translators, authors and teachers working to bring the art back to life. HEMA WMA Bologna Marozzo Manciolino dall'Agocchie Anonimo

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Episodes

  1. Connor Kemp-Cowell: Wounds

    Listener discretion is advised, this discussion contains accounts of graphic violence, real life trauma situations, and intense detail that might make some feel uncomfortable. The following historical accounts of duels, warfare, and civic violence were used during this podcast. Historical…

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  2. The Real Martin Fabian

    Your Step-by-Step Guide to HEMA Deification Elite competitor, ardent scholar, artist, and entrepreneur Martin Fabian joined Stephen and Joshua to talk about HEMA. If you’ve ever wondered what the journey to becoming one of the best competitive fencers in HEMA looks like from an aspect of…

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  3. Aaron Miedma: The Duel; Context and Culture

    About Aaron: Aaron was introduced to swords as a participant in the first National Stage Combat Workshop run by Fight Directors Canada in 1993. In 1998, he traded the theatrical for the historical and took up Italian Rapier. In 2002 he began studying the Lichtenhauer tradition as one of the...

  4. Joeli Takala: The Real Johannes Liechtenauer

    Check out the first installment of Joeli's written research here: https://open.substack.com/pub/theartofarms/p/studying-the-birth-of-the-liechtenauer?r=1e0ent&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

  5. Herbert Schmidt: The Medieval and Renaissance Buckler

    Check out Herbert's Books! The Medieval and Renaissance BucklerCatalogue of European Bucklers

  6. Liam H. Clark: A Journey to Stasbourg

    In this episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, Stephen and Joshua go on a journey across the Alps to visit the Bolognese master Giacomo da Basel--err, Joachim Meyer. We're going to Strasbourg with our brilliant tour guide Liam H. Clark. Have you ever wondered how Fechtshule worked, what other fencing…

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  7. Niccolò Menozzi: The Spadone Project

    Do you like big swords? Yea, we know. We all do! Well, if you do, you're probably familiar with The Spadone Project, it's phenomenal, how could you not be? Now meet the man behind the curtain, Niccolò Menozzi! In this episode Stephen and Joshua sit down with Niccolo to tackle the tropes and the...

  8. Jean Chandler: Guilds

    Jean Chandler is one of the most dedicated researchers HEMA has to offer. He's absolutely brilliant! He's also a pretty incredible human being. If you want to learn more about guilds, Renaissance commerce, and martial traditions, this is the episode for you! Check out Jean's website here:...

  9. Dr. Guy Windsor: Teaching, and a survey of Vadi and Fiore

    This 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…

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  10. Jack Gassmann: Martial Culture, Context and Crossbows

    Jack Gassmann is both an accomplished academic and historical fencer, a true jack-of-all-trades, he's lived a life full of historical exploration in about every capacity you can possibly imagine, including stunts and film. Stephen and I sat down with Jack and tried to understand what it might've...

  11. Bolognese Foundations Part 4: Tactics

    To attack or not to attack, that is the question! It would seem there are many different ways to approach the tactics of Bolognese fencing, but is that because of the varied approaches of different authors, or is there a hidden consensus? Martin, Stephen and Joshua discuss measure, tempo, the...

  12. Maestro Wars Episode 4: Rogue Son

    Pope Julius II has turned his covetous eye toward Ferrara. Meanwhile the French under Bayard and his d'Este allies prepare the way in hope of resisting the Pope's forces and his new league of allies, the Holy League. The French army has a few aces up their sleeves in the Bentivoglio and a young,...

  13. Bolognese Foundations Part 3: Footwork

    Put on your blue suede shoes, it's time for some Dardi Dancing! In this episode of Bolognese Foundations Stephen, Martin, and I discuss footwork!

  14. Bolognese Foundations: Part 2, Guards (with Martin Höppner)

    En garde! In the first installment we learned how to travel between point A and point B, in this episode we'll talk about what those points are, what they mean, and what they're good at. The Cuts and thrusts take you between different guards, but all of your actions will begin and end in guards…

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  15. Bill Grandy: A Complete Perspective

    Bill Grandy has done it all, and been really good at all of it too; he has one of the most complete perspectives of anyone I've had the pleasure of talking to on this podcast. So, what did we talk about? A little bit of everything! Armor, wrestling, messer, sidesword, rapier, push of pike, you…

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  16. Bolognese Foundations: Part 1, Cuts and Thrusts (with Martin Höppner)

    So, you've heard about the magical powers of the Bolognese Sauce, and you want to get cooking, but when you open up the books all you see is a bunch of really odd Italian words mixed up in sentances with weird grammer and sometime illogical phrasing. You really want to read the text's of Marozzo,...

  17. Michael Chidester: Bellafortis

    Kats, poisonous gas, trebuchets, armored vehicles covered in spikes, and magic--lots of magic; Konrad Kyeser's Bellafortis is an imaginative book that inspired the likes of Hans Talhoffer, and perhaps even Leonardo da Vinci. It's full of recreations of some of history's most obscure innovations,...

  18. Jess Finley: Sword in Armor

    Lucio Malvezzi, Tadeo del Volpe and Fra Leonardo Prato all prefer to go to battle with the Stucco, or the Estoc, or the Tuck. We wanted to learn more about fighting with a sword in armor, so we turned to the expert, Jess Finely!!! The Book we discuss in the podcast with the wedding throwdown is…

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  19. Dr. Patrick Bratton: Renaissance Naval Warfare

    Dr. Patrick Bratton is an accomplished fencer, and a professor at the United States Army War College. Naturally, we discussed fencing, fencing strategy, before digging deep into the battle of Polesella, and the grand strategy of the Venetian Empire. This was an amazing conversation that could've...

  20. Episode 3.2: The Siege

    Episode III.ii The Siege Guido Rangoni is in Padua surrounded by the largest army assembled in Italy since the Roman Empire. Among the enemy ranks are the crown of German aristocracy, the flower of French Chivalry, an assortment of famed Italian Condottiere, and a core of cutthroat mercenaries...

  21. Mike Prendergast: Pietro Monte’s Collectanea

    We've reached the year 1509 in our timeline of Maestro Wars, and as a consequence of focus and time we had to mark the battle of Agnadello as a footnote in our story. That said, Agnadello is more than just a significant Venetian defeat to the historical fencing community, it marks the death of…

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  22. Jen Landels and Devon Boorman: Cavalry Tactics

    Continuing with our system specific highlights that help us answer questions about the historical narrative we’re researching in the Maestro Wars series, we brought on Jen Landels (the preeminent instructor of mounted combat in North America) and Devon Boorman to talk to us about Cavalry tactics....

  23. Puck Curtis: Destreza

    Maestro Puck Curtis joined us to talk about Destreza. We kept running into accounts of Italian troops fighting against their Spanish allies, and we thought it would be fun to get a feel for what that might look like. Who better to ask than Puck Curtis? In this episode of l'Arte dell Armi we…

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  24. Maestro Wars Episode 3.1: Revenge of the Pontiff

    Episode III.i Revenge of the Pontiff The Bentivoglio’s plans to take back Bologna have been thwarted. Now with new excommunications orders leveled against them, this time including our hero Guido Rangoni, and fresh bounties on their heads, they have no choice but to lay low, and wait out the…

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  25. Devon Boorman: Spears, Polearms, and Armor

    Wrapping up our November deep-dive on Polearms with a pleasant holiday bow is the venerable Devon Boorman. Devon provides us with his perspective on the various Bolognese polearms systems, Partisan, Spiedo, Ronca, Poleaxe in armor. This is a real treat; we hope you enjoy! For more amazing content...

  26. Holiday Special: Dysfunctional Families of the Renaissance

    Holiday Special: Dysfunctional Families of the Renaissance Featuring Kari Holman, LCPC, NCC, CCTP-II! Holidays are a time for family, and sometimes that can bring with it a certain connotation. To help ease you into your trip to visit the in-laws, or prep you for the awkwardness of that uncle who...

  27. Lochlan Koulouris: A Soldiers Perspective

    Lochlan Koulouris of Warriors of Ash, and Descendant Leather, joins Stephen and I to talk about his military experience, polearm fighting in formation, the awesome polearms his company produces, and so much more! Check out Warriors of Ash Here: https://www.warriorsofash.com/ Descendant Leather...

  28. Maestro Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Bentivoglio

    Episode II Attack of the Bentivoglio The Pope has succeeded in conquering Bologna, but thanks to the cunning of the lady Ginverva Sforza Bentivoglio, hope is renewed. Hannibal, Guido, and Ermes have gathered an army of thousands and have positioned themselves on the border between Bologna and...

  29. Halloween Special: Necromancy, Torture, and Execution

    Happy Halloween! Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. If I told you that there was a monastic throwdown in Bologna between 1450-1500 over the right of priests to summon demons to do their bidding, would you believe me? What if I told you witches and necromancers were high society, upper...

  30. Devon Boorman: Sword and Small Buckler

    Devon Boorman of Academie Duello joins us to talk everything sword and small buckler! Ever wondered why sword and buckler is a critical edifice of the Bolognese corpus? What tactical considerations a taller fencer or a shorter fencer need to make while fencing? We answer all of that and more in...

  31. Richard Cullinan

    In this episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, Stephen and Joshua talk to Richard Cullinan of Stocatta School of Defense in Australia.

  32. St. Petronius Day Special

    Hey! Happy St. Petronius day! In honor of the patron saint of Bologna, we decided to do a special episode featuring the history of the city from antiquity to the death of Sante Bentivoglio (which takes right up to the timeline we cover in Maestro Wars), along with some intresting facts spanning...

  33. Maestro Wars, Episode 1: The Papal Menace

    On New Years Eve 1516 Count Guido Rangoni fought Count Ugo Pepoli in a duel on a field prepared for them by the Marquis of Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga. The duel was fought with sword and bronze guantlet. These two men feature prominantly throughout the fencing treatises of the Bolognese tradition....

  34. Dr. Dori Coblentz: A Critical Analysis of Fencing Treatises

    Dr. Dori Coblentz brings her perspective as a scholar of the history of technical communication, and applies her knowledge to the fencing manuals we all know and love.

  35. Greg Mele: Pedagogy, Pasta, Interpretation, Translation, and Condottieri

    In this episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, Stephen and Joshua press Greg Mele on what it takes to structure a school, what constitutes a good interpretation, validating interpretations, how to deal with the challenges of interpretation, the value of history in WMA/HEMA and how that affects...

  36. David Biggs: Stringere of Space and Manciolino

    David Biggs is back! Following-up on our previous discussion, David and Josh dive deep into tactics, and suss out the secret sauce of Antonio Manciolino's Opera Nova.

  37. Episode 0: Maestro Wars

    In this episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, we begin our monthly installment of Maestro Wars, a histroical deep-dive on this history of the city of Bologna, featuring two larger than life figures, Guido Rangoni and Ugo Pepoli. This months installment features a narrative teaser, a look at Marozzo and...

  38. Arik Mendelevitz

    In this episode I talk to Arik Mendelevitz, Arik (are-rick) has been doing martial arts since 2001 and historical fencing since 2008. Although his initial focus was in the rapier of Nicoletto Giganti, in the past few years he has moved more and more into the Bolognese school, focusing equally on...

  39. Ian Davis

    This week's guest is Ian Davis, Ian studies Italian fencing from the 14th to 16th centuries, including Fiore, Pietro Monte, and later Bolognese and Paduan sidesword methods. He teaches dagger and wrestling at Boston Amrmazare, he transitioned to HEMA from Filipino Martial arts from Jeet Kune Do,...

  40. Devon Boorman

    In this week's episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, I get the distinct pleasure of talking with Devon Boorman, co-founder and director of Academie Duello, in Vancouver, Canada. From Ted Talks to Academie Duello online, Deven has reached, mentored, and inspired fencers across the globe. Website:...

  41. Fran Lacuata

    In this week's episode of l'Arte Dell Armi, I sit down and talk with Fran Lacuata. Fran is a freelance writer and editor, lead instructor at The School of the Sword in Godalming, UK, and the CEO and founder of By the Sword; she's has been studying Bolognese swordplay and Rapier for over eleven...

  42. Eleonora Rebecchi

    Elionora Rebecchi is the Creative Director and Sales Manager of Malleus Martialis. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna Italy, Elionora is a passionate swordswoman, and researcher. In this week's episode we talk about what goes into the design of historical swords, and what makes...

  43. Moreno Dei Ricci

    Moreno Dei Ricci, instructor at Sala di Armi Guardia di Croce. Club Page: http://www.guardiadicroce.org/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6VV7yapRIJdNOHGujOJgg

  44. Eric Lowe

    Swordwind's Website for Queens Gambit Information: https://www.swordwind.org/ Amazon link for Eric's Book:...

  45. Stephen Fratus

    You can find a copy of the Anonimo here: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/anonimo-bolognese-stephen-fratus/with-malice-cunning-anonymous-16th-century-manuscript-on-bolognese-swordsmanship/hardcover/product-1rzr5kdm.html?page=1&pageSize=4

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l'Arte Dell Armi, is a Bolognese podcast where we discuss the intricacies of the Bolognese tradition with the practitioners, translators, authors and teachers working to bring the art back to life.

HEMA WMA Bologna Marozzo Manciolino dall'Agocchie Anonimo

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Joshua Wiest

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