nternal Projectsnternal Projects| Project Name | Status | Name (Lead) | Project Description |
| Fiore dei Liberi's Flos Duellatorum Fillipo Vadi's De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi |
in progress | Free Scholler  |
As part of the continuing research and development with respect to training, the interpretation of the techniques and weapons described in Fillipo Vadi's De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi and the rest of Liberi's works will form part of the future publication of Book #2 with respect to the AEMMA training program.
The study and training development as it pertains to Liberi (Getty's version) is included in this project because of the importance of Liberi, and the fact that the recruit level of training is based on Liberi's treatise. The study, analysis and interpretation of the techniques described will form the core of the Italian School of Fighting Arts and will be oriented towards scholler and above training. The study will include three fighting styles: grappling (abrazare), dagger (daga) and longsword (spada longa). |
| Pollaxe Training Program Development | in progress | Scholler  |
Working with of the The Exiles and of Schola Solis, and various pollaxe sources such as "Le Jeu de la Hache" by Dr.Sydney Anglo, Archaeologia, Vol. 109 (1991), Hans Talhoffer, 1467, Fechtbüch aus dem Jahre 1467, Hans Talhoffer, 1459, "Alte Armatur und Ringkunst and Fiore dei Liberi 1410, "Flos Duellatorum, Rob has created a pollaxe training program. Under the guidance and expertise of Rob Lovett, and , are working to bring and incorporate the pollaxe training program into AEMMA's curriculum. |
| Armoured Longsword Training Program Development | in progress | President & Founder  |
The purpose of this project is to conduct research and study on armoured longsword techniques and to develop a structured training program focused on armoured fighting techniques. David's efforts will ultimately create a stand-alone training program that will leverage the elements and attributes of the core training program. The approach to the deployment of this program will be similar to the programs under development in the areas of pollaxe and quarterstaff. |
| Quarter-staff Training Program Development | in progress | Scholler  |
Phil has taken on this project to develop a training program for quarter-staff. This project includes not only the training aspects, but the definition of appropriate training and tournament equipment requirements. Phil is in correspondence with Maister Terry Brown of The Company of Maisters in the UK, and Provost Frank Docherty of the New Albion, UK. The quarter-staff program will be included as part of the AEMMA's curriculum offering. |
| Core Training Program Development | in progress | Vice President & Principle Instructor  |
Brian's multi-role activities in this project includes project management, contributor and editor. The development of the core training program is a continuation of the work initially started in the Book #1 project. This phase of the project now focuses on the development, validation and documentation of a complete stepwise and structured scholler's level of training.
The foundation for this level of training is based upon the works of Fiore dei Liberi's Flos Duellatorum as the principle source with Fillipo Vadi's De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi as a secondary source. The study, analysis and interpretation of the techniques described in these treatises form an orientation of training based on the Italian un-armoured longsword and which is comprised of three fighting styles: grappling (abrazare), dagger (daga) and longsword (spada longa). Contributors to this project includes a number of schollers within the academy. |
| The Frankenstein Fechtbüch | in progress | AEMMA Research Associate  |
This is a comparative analysis of several German fechtbücher to facilitate a facsimile reconstruction of fechtbüch based longsword instruction. The method recognises the strengths and weaknesses of individual fechtbücher and attempts to allow each book to cast light into the shadows of the others. Currently focusing on Meyer, Goliath/von Danzig, and Ringeck, and cross referenced to Talhoffer (1467) and Sutor, this analysis is accompanied by translations, most still in progress, of the longsword sections of the fechtbücher being studied. Parallel to this is a process of physical experimentation to test and verify the techniques uncovered by the fechtbüch study. This is not a short term study, but will likely go on for years. It is very much a work in progress.
This is called The Frankenstein Fechtbüch as it involves taking bits and pieces from here and there, stitching them together in a new body, and bringing it back to life with the aid of modern technology. |
| Hergsell's 1889 Publication of Talhoffer's 1443 Fechtbüch | in progress | AEMMA Scholler  |
Mathieu is working on translating into English, the French version of Hergsell's 1889 Publication of Talhoffer's 1443 Fechtbüch. Hergsell, a 19th-century Viennese fencing master, Hergsell found the original Talhoffer manuscript at the Ducal Library of Gotha (Ch. P.N. No. 558) and edited, translated, and self-published the manuscript initially in 1887 followed by later re-publications in 1901. |
| Sword & Shield Training Program Development | in progress | Scholler  |
Kel is working on the analysis and re-construction of sword & shield techniques, basing much of the work on the Tower Fechtbüch I.33. The objective of this project is to develop a fully viable training program in this regard and to ultimately offer this as another curriculum to the general program offerings of AEMMA. |
| Le Jeu de la Hache, BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE MS FR. 1996 | in progress | AEMMA Scholler |
Mathieu of the Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild or OMSG is working on translating into English, Le Jeu de la Hache (Bibliotheque Nationale, Manuscrit francais 1996), a fifteenth-century treatise on the technique of chivalric axe combat. |
Completed Projects
| Project Name | Status | Name (Lead) | Project Description |
| The Art of Longsword Combat - Book 1 | Completed - June 26, 2001 | President & Founder |
A training guide developed to train the recruit student in the methods, principles and techniques of Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), focusing primarily on three fighting styles, grappling (abrazare), dagger (daga) and longsword (spada longa). This work was originally created to form the basis of the recruit training program for the Academy and much of the material is based on Fiore dei Liberi's treatise. The book is freely available via download in a pdf file format. The file is approximately 7.2MB in size.
Note: Some example pages are available for viewing. |
| Rules and Structure of a Medieval Tournament | Completed - July 2000 | Vice President & Principle Instructor |
In order to develop a formalized European medieval martial arts program, it is necessary to develop the philosophy and principles surrounding the rules and policies of tournament engagements. This project focused on developing a tournament platform which will be formed based on the principles employed during the medieval period, and enhanced to meet the requirements of safe and realistic, steel-weapons-based tournaments for the modern age. The result of this project is the online document entitled "Of the Undertaking of a Tournament". These rules were first employed at the 2nd Annual International Western Martial Arts Workshop held on October, 2000 in Toronto and the 3rd Annual International Western Martial Arts Workshop, October 2001 in NYC. |
Translation Projects
| Original Author | Title of Historic Treatise/Fechtbüch | Translator/Interpreter | Date/Status |
| anonymous, c1280 | I.33 | in progress | |
| Fiore dei Liberi, 1410 | Flos Duellatorum (Getty's Version) | in progress | |
| Fiore dei Liberi, 1410 | Flos Duellatorum (Pisani-Dossi) | 1998 (Italian) | |
| Sigmund Ringeck, c1440 | Commentaries | Feb 2002 | |
| Hans Talhoffer, 1467 | Fechtbüch aus dem Jahre 1467 | Sep 2000 | |
| Hans Talhoffer, 1467 | Fechtbüch aus dem Jahre 1467 | 1999 | |
| anonymous, c1500 | Goliath | Grzegorz Zabinski, | in progress |
| Achille Marozzo, 1536 | Opera Nova | 1999 (Italian) | |
| René of Anjou, c1460 | Traicté de la Forme et Devis d'ung Tournois | Sep 1998 | |
| Fillipo Vadi, 1485 | De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi | in progress | |
| Hans Lecküchner (aka Hans Lebkommer), 1558 | Fechtbüch - die Ritterliche / Manniche Kunst... | Alexander Kiermayer (German) | 2000 |
| Hans Lecküchner (aka Hans Lebkommer), 1558 | Fechtbüch - die Ritterliche / Manniche Kunst... | in progress | |
| Joachim Meyer, 1570 | Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen und Adelichen Kunst des Fechtens... | in progress | |
| Joachim Meyer, 1570 | Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen und Adelichen Kunst des Fechtens... | in progress | |
| Joachim Meyer, 1570 | Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen Ritterlichen und Adelichen Kunst des Fechtens... | Marlon Hoess-Boettger, Alexander Kiermaier, , Claus Drexler, Christoph Krahwinkel | in progress (German) |
| Henri de Saint-Didier, 1573 | Traicté contenant les secrets du premier livre sur l'éspée seule, mère de toutes les armes... | Laura Angotti | in progress |
| Ridolfo Capo Ferro, 1610 | Dell 'Arte Edell 'Vso Della Scherma | Completed, June 2004 | |
| Gerard Thibault d'Anvers, 1630 | Academie de l'Espee | John Michael Greer | in progress |
| Gustav Hergsell, 1889 | Talhoffers Fechtbüch (Gothaer Codex) aus dem Jahre 1443 | in progress |
Table last modified: July 11, 2004