Science applied to sword martial arts
I was doing the pool seeding for a Messer tournament, and I ran into a problem that is all too familiar to organizers: what happens [...] The post Fake It Till You Make It: Approximating Messer Ratings appeared first on Sword STEM .
Are there HEMA federations that record numbers and growth? Yes! German Federation for Historical Fencing (DDHF) has been tracking HEMA participation numbers in Germany for over a decade. The post HEMA Growth in Germany appeared first on Sword STEM .
After many years of decline, HEMA longsword tournaments are finally back and setting new records. The post Big HEMA Is Back: 2024 In Review appeared first on Sword STEM .
What are the overall pre and post Covid trends in terms of Quality of Competition at North American and European HEMA tournaments? The post Trends In Quality Of Competition In HEMA appeared first on Sword STEM .
So, how do you compare HEMA tournaments analytically? I’ve been thinking about this challenge for quite some time, and I think I have an answer. The post On Rating HEMA Tournaments appeared first on Sword STEM .
Does specializing in a weapon make you better at it? Or does diversification improve performance? Can you use data mining to justify buying even more swords? The post Weapon Specialization: A Help or A Hinderance? appeared first on Sword STEM .
What difference does it make how a coach tells someone to get their sword higher? Well, actually, quite a big one. The post Internal vs External Cues appeared first on Sword STEM .
If you’re reading this you’ve either made it to the end of the article series on Ecological Approaches to Coaching, or you just skipped to the end because you wanted the TL;DR. Fortunately I think this article will be able to please both crowds. The post Part 7: Implications of EA – Introduction To Ecological Approaches For Coaching appeared first on Sword STEM .
In this article we will go a little more into depth of how feedback fits into the Perception-Action coupling. Because contrary to what you might have thought, you can control something without a mental model of what it will do. The post Part 6: Control Laws – Introduction To Ecological Approaches For Coaching appeared first on Sword STEM .
Perception-action coupling is how we make the connection between information available to us, and actual motor control. The post Part 5: Perception-Action Coupling – Introduction To Ecological Approaches For Coaching appeared first on Sword STEM .