Some good points here. I find irony in Blood & Iron's examples. The first one showed great reluctance in being cut and fantastic distance management whereas the second two examples were 2 people making huge swings with fuhlen and the second was a double... lmao
I think this is dead on right. Even martial arts/sports that are way more popular than HEMA and in the Olympics are still "niche". Can you name the current national champs in judo or tae kwon do? Not likely unless you are involved in those communities. So it has to be about self improvement and growing our own community.
Some good points here. I find irony in Blood & Iron's examples. The first one showed great reluctance in being cut and fantastic distance management whereas the second two examples were 2 people making huge swings with fuhlen and the second was a double... lmao
I think this is dead on right. Even martial arts/sports that are way more popular than HEMA and in the Olympics are still "niche". Can you name the current national champs in judo or tae kwon do? Not likely unless you are involved in those communities. So it has to be about self improvement and growing our own community.