Lifting Steel — Fighting Iron

“..strength of body is very necessary to attain to the perfection of this Art.” — Giacomo Di Grassi, 1570  Martial arts, fitness, swords & guns.

[the-pen-and-the-pistol]

[mindhost]

Dutch longsword fencer Tosca Beuming

Photographed by Martin Philippo and Andress Kools

[liftingsteel]

[annethearcher-deactivated202004]

Leaping 🏹

📸 By @jankevinbrunvoll

[scottsstudio-blog]

Brother Liutger is getting sassy these days, isn’t he?!

[liftingsteel]

Duelling pistols.

-Tim

[pterminiello]

“The best counsel I can give anyone in this profession of arms, is to exhort them not to seek quarrels, but to avoid them as much as possible.” Camillo Palladini (c.1600)

[makoivis]

At the Helsinki Bolognese Open 2017 I had a very fun bout with Chris Warelius (purple socks) that was dead even throughout and went to sudden death. Chris is my clubmate. We fence a lot together and we’ve had a 50/50 record for years. We keep meeting in tournaments and we definitely have a friendly rivalry going on.

[makoivis]

“You don’t rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training.”

Train the way you fight, fight the way you train. Above is a demonstration to a class, below the application during a bout. Ilkka and Hannu Hartikainen demonstrating, Ilkka Hartikainen and Axel Petterson fencing.

[mindhost]

A fine example of how choreographed longsword combat with historical techniques can be entertaining while still remaining grounded in reality.

[makoivis]

[ayoson-blog]

Inbox me (1) thing you want to know about me.

[liftingsteel]

Some ancient history. Eliisa at Mike Edelson’s place in summer 2013. 

[ordinaryvisionary-blog]

Doing the rounds on Facebook, Jake Norwood explains HEMA on ESPN 3 and he says it like it is. Good job and well done showcasing our passion to the wider martial arts community!

[glasgowhema]

Great exposure for HEMA and I think he absolutely nailed it in the interview.

[historicalfightingguide]

Always worth a reblog

[bloodedcelt]

[woedans-deactivated20250801]

l a g u z 

“lagu byþ leodum langsum geþuht, gif hi sculun neþan on nacan tealtum and hi sæyþa swyþe bregaþ and se brimhengest bridles ne gym”

“The water seems interminable to men, if they venture on the rolling bark and the waves of the sea terrify them and the stallion of the deep heed not its bridle”

facebook.com/noordhravan // instagram.com/noordhravan

(photo taken at the veluwe area, the netherlands)

[powerliftingmotivation]

And your were just warming up… Taaaag - Check the link in bio - #powerliftingmotivation https://www.instagram.com/p/BtOCefjgjMB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ug7s3ptxn1a4

[matdoeshemaforfun]

I’ve been doing HEMA for only about 3 years now. I’ve competed in 5 or 6 different competitions.

Out of principle, if I ever win a medal, I’m going to throw that medal in the trash … Or wedding bouquet style into a crowd.

[liftingsteel]

I think this is written by someone who has not, and will not earn a medal. No offense.

-Tim