Varusteet aloittelijalle: what you need and what you do not for historical fencing Every week, someone emails us at the club with the same worried question: ”Do I need to buy a full harness before my first alkeiskurssi?” The short answer is no. You can walk through our door in Jyv?skyl? with indoor trainers, a […]
Vaistojousiammunta: Tarkkuutta Ilman Tähtäimiä How does an archer hit a target without any sights? No pins, no scope, no mechanical reference point — just a bow, an arrow, and the body’s own sense of direction. That question sits at the heart of vaistojousiammunta, instinctive archery, and it is exactly what we practise at our historical […]
Safety in Historical Fencing: Rules and Protective Equipment I still remember the first time I took a sword to the knuckle during sparring. It was a glancing blow, nothing serious, but the sting stayed with me for days. What struck me most was how quickly the session stopped, how calmly our instructor checked my hand, […]
Taistelutaidot lähdekirjallisuudessa: How to Start Reading Historical Martial Arts Manuals You have found a digitised copy of a 600-year-old fencing manual. The script is strange, the illustrations show armoured figures in poses you do not recognise, and the translation reads like instructions for a machine that no longer exists. Where on earth do you begin? […]
Sparring Tournament: How to Prepare for Competition Day We still remember the knot in our stomachs before our first sparring tournament. The borrowed jacket that didn’t quite fit, the way our hands shook buckling the mask strap, the sudden realisation that all those drills in the salle were about to be tested against someone we’d […]
Ratsumiekkailun perusteet: taistelua hevosen selässä Ratsumiekkailu on yksi historiallisen miekkailun kiehtovimmista mutta samalla vähiten tunnetuista muodoista. Siinä yhdistyvät kaksi vaativaa taitoa: hevosen hallinta ja miekkailutekniikat, jotka on hiottu keskiajan ja renessanssin taistelukentillä. Moni mieltää historiallisen miekkailun vain jalkaväen kaksintaisteluksi, mutta todellisuudessa ratsuväen rooli oli ratkaiseva lukemattomissa taisteluissa. Me Jyväskylässä haluamme nostaa ratsumiekkailun esiin ja tarjota […]
Miekkailuseuran jäsenyys: What Our Club Offers Hobbyists The first time I picked up a longsword, I expected it to feel like a prop. Then my instructor showed me a simple Zwerchhau, and the blade moved through the air with a weight and intent that made the history books feel suddenly alive. That moment — the […]
Miekkailu ja kunto: mitä laji tekee keholle What actually happens to your body the first time you pick up a sword at our club in Jyväskylä? Most newcomers arrive expecting to learn technique — a parry here, a cut there — and leave the first session surprised by how much their legs, core, and lungs […]
Keskiaikaiset ja uuden ajan miekkailulähteet: mistä tekniikat tulevat Why should anyone who picks up a longsword care about a manuscript written six hundred years ago? Because historical fencing lives or dies by its sources. Without them, we are simply swinging steel and guessing. With them, we are reconstructing a genuine martial tradition — one that […]
Kesäleirit ja tapahtumat: historiallista miekkailua Suomessa As the summer sun lingers over Finland, we at historiallinenmiekkailu.com look forward to our busiest season—full of leirejä, tournaments, and the clang of steel. From our home in Jyväskylä, we welcome fencers of every level to train under the midnight sun, and this year we’re especially keen to see […]
