A Word about the Katana.

You can't teach fencing without it coming up, so I will allow my esteemed colleague to fill us in.

The katana is the perfect sword.

I have realized something recently, the katana is the perfect sword and, therefor, SactoHema will now shift its entire focus to the arts of kendo, kenjutsu, iaijutsu, and battojutsu, so as to absorb the lessons of Japanese swordsmanship and focus on the pursuit of perfection.

Bullet cutting classes begin next week.

Who says you cannot learn martial arts from a book?

Some of the masters have quite the sense of humor.

In Lecküchner's messer treatise, two plate caught my eye: 

 ... grab him as it is stated before, and as you have grabbed him, fall “simultaneously” close to him on your arse, and as you fall, turn your back on his right side and hold him firmly. You can also play board games, eat and drink, so that he cannot stand up unless you let him cordially up, otherwise he has to rot under you.

And another:

Then, if you want to throw him into a bag with the element announced before, so secretly appoint some men who have a hidden bag with them at the swordsmanship competitions and stand behind the people. Then, grab him as it is depicted before, and as you have brought him in the scale, tell the two to raise the bag and lead him with force to these who stand with the bag and press him firmly and make him crawl to it. If he does not want to do it voluntarily, when they hold the bag open, grab with your right hand at his right leg...and throw him into the bag in the name of God...

Not only do you get a workout, you get a chuckle. 

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He-man and HEMA man, don't get them confused!

I had to steal this a bit due to a technical problem, but this is too funny to not share.