Game Design for HEMA

Recent Posts

• Causing Attraction: Non-Dominant Foot Forward in Longsword Fencing
  by Jack Elers
  2023-10-25
  In ecological dynamics, the term Attractor or Movement Attractor shows up every now and then. Attractors can be seen as preferred motor pattern solutions in the current activity context. When an action is seen as intuitive or habitual, it might be the attractor at work. Habit and intuition can be nebulous concepts however, so to… Read more: Causing Attraction: Non-Dominant Foot Forward in Longsword Fencing
• How I Learned To Stop Trying And Finally Fixed Knee Collapse
  by Sean Franklin
  2023-09-12
  I spent a lot of time trying to fix people’s knee collapse. But the solution ended up being to stop trying to fix it, and just give them more realistic training activities.
• CLA Class Example – Body Language and Deception
  by Nathan Weston
  2023-09-10
  This is a writeup of a class I ran recently which I think makes a good case study in using the Constraints Led Approach to teaching.
• Cutting Tournament Design – Helsinki Longsword Open 2023
  by Sean Franklin
  2023-09-04
  Design ideas behind the cutting tournament at HLO 2023.
• Hitting Hard Is A Strategy – You Can’t Figure Out Safety Until You Accept That
  by Sean Franklin
  2023-08-22
  Force levels in HEMA competitions are a hot topic for discussion, and that’s a good thing. But in order to properly explore the solutions we have to understand it’s role in the tactical context.