Edinburgh Hema Incl. Classical Swordsmanship Society

Merry Xmas to everyone who trained with us, and a Guid New Year to ane an' a'!

At the end of the Scottish HEMA Gathering, 2017
Rock on, you goodly brave persons-at-arms.

HEMACS Scotland AGM 2017
You can attend by YouTube video Live Stream, and comment, ask questions and vote via email. You can also nominate someone attending to vote on your behalf (a proxy vote). (Officially, proxy nominations closed on Friday, but if you're very quick, you'll get them in before we formally collate the proxies ready for Saturday). To nominate a proxy, fill in the form at http://bit.ly/joinhemacss
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Our Chair and Lead Coach, Gordon Love was recently ranked 17th in the world out of 285 for Singlestick(and is currently at 29th).
[Rankings courtesy of HEMA Ratings]

Taught a series of Lightsaber classes at Capital Sci-Fi Con.
Sprinkled amongst the mums, dads and children were these guys.

Merry Xmas everyone! See you in the New Year!

This coming Friday - the 16th December - is our last weapons class of the year. I hope to see you all then!

Quick reminder of upcoming events: the Edinburgh Swordsman's Gathering, and our very own FightFest I.
FightFest I - bouting with metal swords - will be split over two weeks: tomorrow night and the following Friday (18th of November and 25th of November), and the results will be published at: http://clubknight.uk/trial/orgs/ehemacss/ fightfest_i/
And of course, the @Edinburgh Swordsman's Gathering is on Saturday at North Merchiston on Saturday ... https://www.facebook.com/events/116093591 7328061/
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Last weekend, Gordon Love and Claire Graf of our club were re-elected into the Committee of HEMACS Scotland (previously the Scottish Classical and Historical European and Related Martial Arts Society - SCHERMAS). They were elected as Chair and Secretary, respectively.
HEMACS Scotland is the prospective Scottish home country governing body for Historical European Martial Arts, incl. Classical Swordsmanship (HEMACS).
At the meeting, HEMACS Scotland also agreed to seek charitable status.

This looks like a good approach. We have self-adhesive sheet-neoprene which is good for an outer layer, and may well be good for the inner layer, too.
One adjustment we suggest: put the inner foam layer inside the clingfilm before moulding the Uniboob Protector.

This week our chief instructor, Gordon Love, has been a guest instructor at the Ullapool Study Group of Robert Brooks's Hotspur School of Defence.
Thank you to everyone - Mick Skelly, Alex Bairstow, Joseph and all the students in Ullapool - for making such a wonderful visit.

Longsword drilling at Firrhill High School last night.