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Many of you know what this is about by now. #Marquisattack is a once-a-year gathering of #HEMA excellence that we have the privilege to host in our beautiful city for the 7th time.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some outdoor cutting practice with a #longsword and a spear. Fun was had, many bottles lost their head.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

More than 60 book packaged and sent on Saturday - the printed versions of Gunterrodt should reach backers today. Very glad to help bring to light one of the most important 16th century text on historical fencing. #HEMA #Books

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New #HEMA books, freshly received from the printer. Soon available to order from les éditions Solstices, after we've fulfilled all preorders !

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A défaut, l'artichaut est un substitut histo-compatible.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Back to school flyer for the best #HEMA club in #Annecy. If you find yourself in the area and want to learn some swordfighting techniques, let me know.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Training Liechtenauer #longsword before the eclipse.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"New" source just dropped - what appears to be a 17th century copy of GA Lovino manuscript illustrations, bought and digitized by the French #HEMA federation through the PALAS project. www.ffamhe.fr/archives/5097

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Back from a short week of Holidays. Had the pleasure to meet with my old clubmates in Montreal and Sherbrooke - keeping #HEMA alive and well in Quebec.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Un anno fa ho ripreso a studiare italiano con Duolingo, circa quindici minuti ogni giorno. Non sono ancora in grado di avere una conversazione prolungata, ma sono capace di leggere libri e articoli più facilmente. Non è un programma perfetto - ma funziona per persone che amano imparare da soli.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Hunting for sources sometimes yield new exciting results - and sometimes an entry that sounds promising is mildly disappointing, as the published version of the book is already widely available. At least the illustrations are prettier, and with a better quality than in most online digitizations

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

As enticing as it sounds - unfortunately, it "only" contains an incomplete copy of the Libro de las Grandezas de la Espada by Luis Pacheco de Narváez, probably copied from the 1600 edition.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

As part of my contributions to the PALAS project for the Fédération Française des #AMHE, I identified, and ordered the digitization of the Cod. 2147, which we received recently. It's now available in the PALAS collection wiki.ffamhe.fr/Lisboa_Bibli...

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

In the collection of the National Library of Portugal rests a 500pages long illustrated manuscript in spanish from the 17th century entitled "De la Verdadera #Destreza" - which sounds exciting for anyone fond of geometry and #HEMA (there are dozens of us !)

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Scans should be available on the Prague museum website within the year - hopefully as soon as June. this is an important piece of French fencing history, and I'm glad to be part of its re-discovery.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

One cannot have too many books in the #HEMA section of the library.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The conference will be a presentation of the Mars & Sol collection we co-direct. Its principles, its goals and its opportunities.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The workshop will deal with 16th century duelling according to Viggiani and dall'Agocchie using the single sword.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I'll teach both a #HEMA workshop and a conference in September in Switzerland with @heleneleblanc.bsky.social at #SwissBlades.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

#HEMA in the wild - wrestling with a demon on the tympanum of the cathédrale Saint-Etienne in Bourges.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Latest addition to the library. #HEMA

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

For instance #Gunterrodt illustrates his dussack section with fencers in "Turkish" garment. (You guessed it, this was all a setup to talk about Gunterrodt again)

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Practice of the dussack popular in the German #Fechtschule - public displays organized by ranked members of the fencing guilds. The practice survived at least until the 18th century (before its study by contemporary HEMA fencers).

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Andres Paurenfeyndt, in his Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst, for instance, writes about Messer, and Dussacks are shown in the illustrative plates.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

A previously unknown collection of 17th century illustrations of #fencers is up for auction (thank M-O Blattlin for the notification). M. Vieillard identified a close similarity with the illustrations from Lovino. Hopefully, the #FFAMHE will be able to get a full digitization;

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The book is UP ! François Siedels Sciomachia & Hoplomachia is available for free on the éditions Solstices website. An exceptional #fencing #manuscript from 1579 by Heinrich Von Gunterrodt, with a peer-reviewed translation and a documented introduction. solstices-project.com/categorie-pr...

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I'm very pleased to announce that the editorial work on "Sciomachia & Hoplomachia" is almost complete, and that preorders will open soon. It contains François Siedel's translation in French from the original latin of the 1579 manuscript by Heinrich von Gunterrodt.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Suite à la numérisation du manuscrit "Las cien conclusiones" de Pacheco de Navarez, l la FFAMHE enregistre une table ronde autour de la Destreza, dimanche 15 mars de 17h30 à 18h30. L'enregistrement sera disponible soit en podcast sur spotify, soit en vidéo sur youtube.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

One of the things I like the most about #HEMA club is the mini-conferences we run thrice a year. It started with online courses during the Plague, and evolved into the current format. Here are pics from last Tuesday, at the Mazot cosmique, with Olivier presenting a history of the #foil. ⚔

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Funny to see that #FioreDeiLiberi is part of #Altered (TCG by Equinox). The quote from the Flower of Battle is accurate. The choice of having him sport a #rapier and a Musketeer outfit is questionable, but good to see a bit of #HEMA permeating some areas of pop culture.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I'll be in Nantes next month for their annual #HEMA gathering, I'll teach a class on Joachim Meyer's #Dussack with a focus on hip dynamics and the flash required for XVIth century so-called "schools". Registration for the event : www.helloasso.com/associations...

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A digitization of Lucini fighting dwarves, featured in Sydney Anglo's #Renaissance #MartialArts, identified by @hels.bsky.social on @gallicabnf.bsky.social. Collection Marolles - ark:/12148/btv1b53266963x. Not your run-of-the-mill #historical #fencing treatise.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

#HEMA in the wild - Bronze cast of a pugilist from the Ashmolean museum in Oxford (the original is in the National Museum in Rome). The cestus on the wrists, the wounds and the scarred ears make for a vivid portrait of the intensity of panhellenic combat sports.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

#HEMA in the wild - #Wrestling & Acrobats performing for Romulus, on what is probably a fragment from a painted chest in 1415/17 by Apollonio di Giovanni (Oxford Ashmolean museum).

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This weekend I'll be in Strasbourg for a #HEMA event around knives and poniards organized by #ELSAMHE. I'll teach dagger plays of Fiore dei Liberi to be used both in and out of armour. Enjoy the wonderful poster with the Great dreaded Hamster of Elsass.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

#HEMA beauty shots for the exhibition "Imagine your sport in the city" in the centre Bonlieu in #Annecy. Pics by Sebt Sebt & Yan-Gaëtan O. (RAW Savoyard)

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

A new #HEMA digitization is up on the #FFAMHE wiki for #Destreza enthusiasts : "Las cien conclusiones" from early 17th spanish master Luis Pacheco de Narváez. More info here : tinyurl.com/bdubd4f5

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Je parle des références des manuscrits dans les institutions qui les conservent, les partagent et les mettent à disposition : en l'occurence :

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

A new painted #fencing mask. This spooky face will go to Quebec, for a friend.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I have been looking for quite some time for a #fencing sword that more closely mimics historical artifacts. On top of being gorgeous, this one is the perfect tool to try out the Prellhaw in practice.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Its schilt is based on the kind of swords depicted in Joachim Meyer Gründtliche Beschreibung, and in Paulus Hector Mair Opus Amplissimum. the blade flares in a large spatula at the end, for a blade thickness of less than a millimeter. It's also way more flexible than modern so-called "Federschwert".

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I have a new #sword and it's a very special one. A unique model of Fechtschwert closely reconstructed from the measurements of a XVIth century original kept in Rome, according to a design by Mehdi Cruchade.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

La sixième édition de Marquisattack, intitulée « Odyssée », se tiendra à Annecy les 14 et 15 février prochains. L’événement s’articule autour d’un programme en trois volets, conçu pour mettre en valeur l’ensemble des dimensions des Arts Martiaux Historiques Européens (AMHE).

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We're back in #Annecy for another year of #HEMA. Longsword on Monday, Rapier & Smallsword on Thursday, Other traditions on Friday. Hop in if you are around the French Alps !

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

This book is good - and a must-have for #Lichtenauer enthusiasts. Clear and concise summary of the interconnections of the Ainring glosses, complete transcriptions & translations of the different witnesses, and a ton of useful information for Fechtbuch nerds !

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