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The Sword Guy Podcast — 220 episodes

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1

Coaching Coaches, with Nathan Weston

2

Forging Swords in the Steel City, with Katie McCats

3

Physics, Rainbows and 3D Printing, with Dr Stephan Eickelmann

4

Capoferro, AI, and the missing zero, with Dr Marc Heimann

5

Making seated longsword work, with Ella Rose

6

The pen and the sword of justice, with Ariel Anderssen

7

Swords in your Seventies, with Deborah Fisher

8

Armoured Martial Arts, with Jenny Häbry

9

Physio for Ninjas, with Erick Ellison

10

Embodying martial arts in an aging body, with Jess Finley

11

From Homeschool to Author, with Amos Wilson

12

Medieval European Body Culture, with Dr Maciej Talaga

13

Swords are where I can be me, with Vera Martocchia

14

The perfectly rational fencer? With Martin Höppner

15

You’re a Fechtmeister too, with Liam Clark

16

Salute before you cross swords with Damon Young

17

Staying Fit for Fencing, with Dr. Elizabeth Scott

18

Writing Great Sword Fights, with Sebastien de Castell

19

The Schielhau in detail, with Alexander Fürgut

20

The Notebook and a Zibaldone Salad with Roland Allen

21

Episode 200 with Michael Chidester: sharing hidden treasures

22

Why Guy needs a pie in the face, with Sydney Schwindt

23

Safety Testing Swords, with Jamie MacIver

24

Russian Dissidence with Romana Shemayev

25

Theory and Practice and Pole Dancing

26

Pirates! With Dr Jamie Goodall

27

Drawing A Dream of Swords with Chris Schweizer

28

Kinesiology and Concussions with Jane Strange

29

Solo Training and an interview with Guy

30

Clubs, Wands and Gladiators: Historical Physical Culture with Ben Miller

31

Crystal and Silver in a Shakespearean accent, with Ben Crystal

32

Federations, forests and body awareness, with Marine Beaumel

33

Vadi and The Four Virtues of Sword Making, with Eleonora Rebecchi

34

Could HEMA ever be big in China? With Zeng Yang

35

HEMA and heresy, with Xian Niles

36

Historical dancing, historical fencing… and a bear, with Sarina Wagner

37

Swords for all humanity, with Janna Datahan

38

Want to write a training manual? How to write training manuals for historical martial artists, with Guy Windsor

39

Messers and More, with Bob Brooks

40

Writing Historical Novels: the Facts and the Fiction, with Elizabeth Chadwick

41

What is a volta? A very detailed examination of Fiore, with Dario Magnani

42

Horse Armour at the Royal Armouries, with Eleanor Wilkinson-Keys

43

Bronze Age Britons Were Weird, with Dr James Dilley

44

Community and the Club with Samantha West

45

The Politics of Eastern and Western Martial Arts, with Jonathan Bluestein

46

Medieval Music and the Troubadours, with Alix Evans

47

Swords in South Africa, with David Wagenfeld

48

Life in the Stone Age and Bothering Hedges with Sally Pointer

49

Business, Chivalry, and Life-or-Death Training, with Jason Kingsley

50

Washing paper and restoring books with Aurelia Sedlmair

51

How to fight like Sir Gawain, with Dr Przemysław Grabowski-Górniak

52

Seven Frenchmen vs. Seven Englishmen: who will win? With Dr. Rachael Whitbread

53

Force of Virtue with Jack Gassman

54

Medieval wrestling and making sense of the Liechtenauer swamp, with Jessica Finley

55

Big Blue Flags with Marli Vlok

56

Sword Geekery and Stunts, with Jared Kirby

57

Cutting and Calligrams, with Brittany Reeves

58

THC, tournaments and training, with David Ito

59

Brains, Biology, and Better Teaching, with Sara Lewis

60

WMA, HEMA, the SCA, and other abbreviations, with David Biggs

61

HEMA for Life, with Dr Marie Meservy

62

Dressing up with Zack Pinsent

63

ADHD, speedboats, and wrestling in kindergarten, with Katriina Malkki

64

Sword People are Book People, with Diniz Cabreira

65

Bringing Italo-Hungarian Sabre to Taiwan, with Huang Chun-Yi

66

You can’t learn swordfighting from a book, with Dr. Antti Ijäs

67

Sword Events Should be More Like IKEA, with Jana Howson

68

Behind the Scenes at The Sword Guy, with Katie Mackenzie

69

Bringing Fiore to a Knife Fight, with Ian Davis

70

Babies, horses, and a secret knife, with Gretchen Settle

71

Boldly Going with Stephen Hand

72

HEMA in Mexico and Inspirational Women

73

Swordbeards and Violence, with Dr. Mark Geldof

74

Patience and Perspective, with Ginny Beatty

75

Fiore: The Movie, with Alberto Mattea

76

The Whack Don’t Die Method, with Kari Holman

77

Becoming Your Best Swordsman with Robert Childs

78

The importance of mixer taps, with Eleanor Janega

79

Outnumbered combat and catching imaginary balls, with Luis Preto

80

Medieval Shoulders, Trees and Swords, with Jessica Finley (Episode 1 Repeat)

81

Fear is the Mind Killer, with Kajetan Sadowski (Episode 5 Repeat)

82

The Yeti of Chest Protection, with Veronica Young

83

What Makes a Warrior? With Cain Maxwell

84

Furries, Bar Fights, and Cryotherapy, with Lisa Losito

85

Ask Me Anything! With Guy Windsor

86

Medieval Banana Hammocks with Tasha Dandelion Kelly

87

Broadsword for Kids, with Andrew Newton

88

How to build a space rocket, with Leigh Shocki

89

Podcasting with the Sword Whisperers (Schwertgeflüster)

90

The episode in which Guy gets challenged to a duel, with Auri Poso

91

Poofy pants and Murderhobos with Adam Franti

92

The Four Virtues of Sword Making, with Eleonora Rebecchi

93

How to Teach Historical Martial Arts, with Guy Windsor

94

From Katanas to Creating the Metaverse, with Neal Stephenson

95

Elementary, my dear Windsor, with Dr. Ashley Polasek

96

Teaching horses martial arts with the Horsemen of Eire

97

Support Vector Machines are Cool, with Kari Baker

98

Movement Matters with Katy Bowman (Episode 54 repeat)

99

Fiore and the Dinosaurs with Erin Fitzgerald

100

Fire and Cauldrons with Ruth Goodman (Episode 44 repeat)

101

Finding your niche, with Mila Jędrzejewska

102

Tameshigiri Training with Asante Lawla

103

Combat Theory and the Incas, with John Lennox

104

Sword Business, with Jo York

105

Yoghurt Pot Armour with Kin Chan

106

Stretto and Surgery, with Elizabeth Scott

107

You’ve been holding your lightsaber all wrong, with Kyle Rowling

108

Training Nerds in the Desert, with Skye Hilton

109

Pain is the best teacher, ideally somebody else’s. With Steaphen Fick

110

What is a Round Table? With Elizabeth Champion

111

Synthetic Armour and Smithing in France, with Anthony Rischard

112

Smacking People in the Head… Gracefully. With Riri Nitihardjo

113

Is there anything Daniel Jaquet can’t do in armour?

114

Judging and Jeopardy, with Rebecca Glass

115

Fabris vs. Capoferro, with Reinier van Noort

116

Rocket Science and Cosmic Washing Machines, with Naziyah Mahmood

117

Living the Nobler Dream, with Christian Tobler

118

Episode 100: Duelling and a Day in the Life of Guy Windsor

119

A Two-Handed Sword to Fight a Griffin, with Marie Powell

120

Mastering Movement with Dan Edwardes

121

The Last Duel, or was it? With Ariella Elema

122

Frog DNA and Indonesia with Pradana

123

Laser Focus, Thought Control, and Jousting with Sarah Hay

124

Harps and Sharps with Andrew Lawrence-King

125

Startling Burglars with Ariel Anderssen

126

Monte with Mike

127

Forged in fire, quenched in oil. With Stephanie Aiuto

128

Swords in the Movies with Peter Lyon

129

Wooden Weapons and Wing Chun with Carina Cirrincione

130

A Whole Lot of Tasty Bolognese with Joshua Wiest

131

Ballet for Swordfighters with Anna Beard

132

The Two-Handed Sword with Neil Melville, and a Review of the Year

133

The Mathematics of Fencing with Pamela Muir

134

Katanas and Koryu with Jaredd Wilson

135

Swordsmanship is Woodwork, with Shanee Nishry

136

Your Challenge for December

137

Orcs in Space and Swords in a Suitcase with Edoardo Albert

138

Asian and African Arms and Armour with Natasha Bennett

139

Medieval Myths, the Mindsword, and Mounted Combat with Jason Kingsley

140

Improve your striking in November

141

Strategy and War with Lynette Nusbacher

142

Armour of the English Knight, with Tobias Capwell

143

YouTube by Lauren Danger Adventure Ranger

144

Hope and Black Powder with Dr. Milo Thurston

145

Your October Challenge: Improve Your Footwork!

146

Viruses and Bats with Emilia Skirmuntt

147

Talking Tempo with Guy and Cornelius

148

Guns, blood and swords with RC-Annie

149

September Challenge: Range of Motion

150

Love poems to Welsh bucklers, with Paul Wagner

151

Classical Fencing and Digital Pedagogy with Dori Coblentz

152

Swashbuckling with Sebastien de Castell

153

The Armoured Knight, with Dr Amanda Taylor

154

Tales from the National Fencing Museum, with Malcolm Fare

155

Drawing swords with Yael Nathan

156

Your Challenge for August: Get Stronger!

157

Steven Pressfield on Spartans, Romans and Hollywood

158

Pirates and Batons with Julie Olson

159

Who whacked Talhoffer? With Dierk Hagedorn

160

Lightsaber Twirling with Jill Bearup

161

Monthly Challenge: breathe better in July

162

Persian Martial Arts with Manouchehr Khorasani

163

Shakespeare and Silver with Ben Crystal

164

Movement Matters with Katy Bowman

165

Turning the tables, with Guy and Jess

166

Challenge of the Month: meditate in June

167

The Sparkle School, with Claire Wemyss

168

Mines and Mimeographs, with Steven Muhlberger

169

Silver’s Paradoxes- in glorious audio!

170

Revolution, Cooking and Knitting with Monica Gaudio

171

The Progression of Teacher Training in Swordschool

172

History is my playground, with Mike Loades

173

Challenge of the Month: Learn a new skill in May

174

People like us: the Middle Ages with Danièle Cybulskie

175

Swords and Historical Handcrafts, with Bill Grandy

176

Fire and Cauldrons, with Ruth Goodman

177

What is a Sword?

178

Teaching Us to Sit Still with Tim Parks

179

Writing and Walking, with Joanna Penn

180

Your challenge for April

181

Jousting with Callum Forbes

182

An unconventional approach to HEMA, with Lauren Ings

183

Portuguese Party Weapons with Jessica Gomes

184

Medieval swords and research, with James Hester

185

Historical Medieval Battle in New Zealand, with Dayna Berghan-Whyman

186

Analysing sword science and technology with Myles Cupp

187

Battle of Nations with Beth Hammer

188

How to Make Swords, with Craig Johnson

189

Pole Dancing with Swords, with Kelley Costigan

190

Why Swords are Cool, with Damon Young

191

Fencing in Russia, with Elena Muzurina

192

Violence and Self Defence, with Rory Miller

193

Art and Fencing, with Nora Cannaday

194

Irish Stick Fighting, with Maxime Chouinard

195

Straight White Men with Swords, with Claire Mead

196

Fire Eating and Fencing, with David Ito

197

Designing Knives and Random Flow training, with Maija Soderholm

198

African Martial Arts, with Da’Mon Stith

199

Tournament Mindset, with Brittany Reeves

200

Wiktenauer, with Michael Chidester

201

Translating Spanish Rapier Texts, with Lois Spangler

202

Founding Longpoint and Fencing in Armour, with Jake Norwood

203

Women in Armour, and Translating Latin Fiore, with Kendra Brown

204

Maori Martial Arts, Bartitsu, and can an Uruk bench-press a motorcycle? With Tony Wolf

205

Dr Eleanor Janega on medieval history, the Dark Ages, and who gets to have a sword?

206

Anyone can do HEMA! With Robyn Alman

207

Making videogame swordfights real, with Kirk, Knight of Green

208

Indian weapons, aerial combat, and German longsword, with Alina Boyden

209

Mindset, military service, and why we train, with Rigel Ng

210

Setting fire to nunneries, Fiore’s wrestling, and more. With Kimberleigh Roseblade

211

Armour, building gauntlets, travelling in Europe, and the perfect sword for Marozzo, with Tomas Suazo

212

Acting, fighting, training, cloaks, shoes, and more! With Siobhan Richardson

213

Getting started in HMA, sword design, and more. With Roland Warzecha

214

Mounted combat, and writing books, with Jennifer Landels

215

Running a club in New York City, with Tan Smith

216

How to train, with Kaja Sadowski

217

Lightsabers and Rapiers, with Airrion Scott

218

Sam Swords on travel, film, and *that* longsword tournament

219

Women in HEMA, with Fran Lacuata

220

Medieval shoulders, trees, and swords, with Jess Finley