Wow, what a great event. See now you don’t HAVE to read the rest of this blog post. You know the most essential fact. However, if you would care to come with me on a journey into the cold dark heart of a holiday village on the south coast of Ireland I will explain to […]
Read More Cork Blademasters Open 2022: the review.This years IHFL is a bit shorter than it has been in past years, only two legs this year rather than the usual four. I went down to Cork a few weeks ago and this weekend saw the Peasants on the road again. This time to Dublin. Here’s my review of the day, I hope […]
Read More IHFL 2022 – 2nd Event, DublinAs I sit in smokey yurts made of bones and yak skin, surrounded by surprisingly ethnically diverse tribal elders, I am often asked “what is good in fencing?”. I am just as often (i.e. never) asked “what makes a good fencer?”. I touched on the question in my last post and it has being weighing […]
Read More Peasants, what is Good in fencing?We have been back to fencing at the Wrathful Peasants for a few weeks now. Long enough to start a new cohort of beginners and really get stuck back into getting as much as we can out of the Historical Martial Arts. I even went to a Irish Historical Fencing League Event (IHFL) run by […]
Read More IHFL 2022 – First Event ReviewA return to blogging my thoughts and experiences as a Historical Fencer in Ireland
Read More Back to the Club!
The Wrathful Peasant 