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Title Historical European Martial Arts : An International Overview

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    10-01-2020

Historical European Martial Arts : An International Overview has been written on a mandate by the International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement under the auspices of UNESCO (ICM) in 2019.


Table of Contents

Table of Contents 3
Foreword 5
Preamble 6
Introduction 7


Chapter 1. Elements for the definition of the HEMA movement 9
 I. Overview of the source material 10
  I.1 Participative resources 11
  I.2 Bibliographies and scientific resources 12
  I.3 Other types of primary sources related to fighting practices 13

 II. The history of European martial arts revivals 14
  II.1. Early European martial arts revivals 15
  II.2 The late nineteenth century revival 15
 III. The rise of HEMA as a movement 16
  III.1 HEMA pioneers 16
  III.2 HEMA networks and the HEMAC organisation 16
  III.3 Regional, national and international umbrella organisations 17


Chapter 2. HEMA as a practice 18
 I. Combat sport 18
 II. Cultural activities 20
 III. Scientific activities 21
 IV. Alternative leisure activities 22


Chapter 3. HEMA today 24
 I. Survey and methods 24
 II. Survey Analysis 25
  II.1 General information 25
  II.2 The organisations 27

  II.3 HEMA in everyday life 30
  II.4 The practitioners 33
  II.5 HEMA practices 34
 III. Case study on the French practitioners 40
  III.1 General presentation 40
  III.2 The practitioners 41
  III.3 Martial and sporting past 41
  III.4 Introduction to HEMA community 41
  III.5 Main transformations of HEMA 42


Conclusion 43


Appendices 45
 Appendix 1: Bibliography 45
 Cited bibliography 45
 Cited webography 47
 Bibliography of primary sources 1305-1630 49
 Appendix 2: Existing HEMA definitions 55
 Appendix 3: HEMA in museums 59
 I. Temporary exhibitions 59
 II. Permanent exhibition 60
 III. Fight books displayed 60
Appendix 4: Survey data 64
 I. Selected data from the HEMA survey 2013 64
 II. Additional investigation to present an international overview and total number of practitioners 65
 III. International survey for HEMA organisations 2019 67


ISBN 979-11-965532-5-8