Mike Cartwright, fighter of “WASCL” (West Australian Armored Combat League) club, fighter of the National Team of Australia … Concerning his way to HMB sport I came into HMB after I got fed up with the policies within the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) and the unrealistic fighting style. HMB fighting, to my mind, is probably the closest thing to the real combat (with…
As you know, last weekend HMBIA held annual summit of association. During the first day of summit there was among others - Tournament Committee session. There were a lot of hot discussions on major topics, and there was also one BIG surprise. President of HMBIA announced about the establishment of a "First Class HMB Tournaments Foundation". This is a foundation with 20,000€ in the pool, and this money…
Allan Schiller, fighter of “CMFC” club (“Copenhagen Medieval Fighting Club”), Denmark fighter of the National Team of Finland (“Battle of the Nations”-2014) … Concerning his way to HMB sport It all started for me in early 2013 when I saw a YouTube video concerning “Sharukhan Clan” fighting at the “Dynamo” Cup. I was fascinated. I spent most of that year making my own armor. I quickly…
Vladimir Maksimenko (Hartman Enon), fighter of "Lubeck" club (Latvia), captain of the National Team of Latvia … Concerning his way to HMB sport I started practising full contact fighting in armor by chance. There was no HMB movement in Latvia, there were reenactors and role players. When I was a teenager, I was on friendly terms with some guys from a role-playing club called "Frontier", located in…
- HMB clubs “MCSF Jyväskylä”, Finland Established in 2014 Finland is rich not only in beautiful nature, stable economy and Santa Claus. People love and actively develop the HMB movement there. Today, there are 3 clubs practising HMB sports in Finland, namely “MCSF Helsinki”, “HMB Lappeenranta” and “MCSF Jyväskylä”. We’ll tell you about the latter today. Juri Lönn, captain of the National Team of Finland,…
- People of the HMB movement Nikolay Avenirov, fighter of the HMB club “Ayna Bera” (Kyiv, Ukraine), fighter of the National Team of Ukraine One of the most titled Ukrainian fighters concerning many things... ... Concerning his way to HMB sport My way to full contact fighting in armor is familiar to many fighters. My friends told me about a role-playing movement, elves, orcs,…
First day: Seminar by Sergey Ukolov. The program includes: 1. Basic technique. Movements, hittings, defenses, stands. Training practice. 2. Series of strikes, combinations. Theirs variations, usage, necessity. 3. Contact work, clinch. Principles and techniques 4. Forming-up all training process from training to macrocycle. 5. Longsword and buckler. An overview of techniques and battle principles. 6. Practical trainings of basic techniques, sparrings. Second day: Champions of "Battle of the…
HMB clubs "CECM" Club, Argentina (Buenos Aires). Established in 2013 Historical medieval battle is a new and relatively young sport, but it develops rapidly in Argentina. The country has an HMB Federation, which is working on the sport promotion. And its work is paying off, today HMB clubs are represented almost throughout Argentina. Andy Di Francesco is one of the most popular…
- People of the HMB movement Roberto Fontana, fighter of the “Iron Tower” club (Tuscany, Italy), fighter of the National Team of Italy … About his way to HMB sport, his preferences and physical training... And about the opponent he wants to defeat I decided to become a HMB fighter during my first trip to Russia with my future wife. We visited…
- HMB clubs "Zitadelle", Germany Valentin Zerr, Vice-President of the HMB club "Zitadelle", fighter of the National Team of Germany …About club We registered our club "Zitadelle" officially at the beginning of 2013. At some point we came close to the need of registering it. Our Nuremberg group had been existing for many years prior to that. My engagement started in 2001-2002.…
