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The Sword Guy Podcast

by theswordguy

Guy Windsor and friends discuss sword training, historical swordsmanship, research, and other topics. Guests include well-known instructors and experts in the field.

101 episodes
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1
The pen and the sword of justice, with Ariel Anderssen
2:25:21 Mar 20, 2026
2
Swords in your Seventies, with Deborah Fisher
2:02:02 Mar 6, 2026
3
Armoured Martial Arts, with Jenny Häbry
1:36:17 Feb 20, 2026
4
Physio for Ninjas, with Erick Ellison
1:32:40 Feb 6, 2026
5
Embodying martial arts in an aging body, with Jess Finley
1:56:41 Jan 23, 2026
6
From Homeschool to Author, with Amos Wilson
1:35:33 Jan 9, 2026
7
Medieval European Body Culture, with Dr Maciej Talaga
1:23:58 Dec 26, 2025
8
Swords are where I can be me, with Vera Martocchia
1:49:16 Dec 12, 2025
9
The perfectly rational fencer? With Martin Höppner
1:39:40 Nov 28, 2025
10
You’re a Fechtmeister too, with Liam Clark
1:39:24 Nov 14, 2025
11
Salute before you cross swords with Damon Young
1:49:23 Oct 31, 2025
12
Staying Fit for Fencing, with Dr. Elizabeth Scott
1:22:43 Oct 17, 2025
13
Writing Great Sword Fights, with Sebastien de Castell
2:00:24 Oct 3, 2025
14
The Schielhau in detail, with Alexander Fürgut
1:22:14 Sep 19, 2025
15
The Notebook and a Zibaldone Salad with Roland Allen
1:10:14 Sep 5, 2025
16
Episode 200 with Michael Chidester: sharing hidden treasures
1:30:40 Dec 6, 2024
17
Why Guy needs a pie in the face, with Sydney Schwindt
1:14:47 Nov 22, 2024
18
Safety Testing Swords, with Jamie MacIver
1:55:21 Nov 8, 2024
19
Russian Dissidence with Romana Shemayev
2:07:26 Oct 25, 2024
20
Theory and Practice and Pole Dancing
1:55:24 Oct 11, 2024
21
Pirates! With Dr Jamie Goodall
1:17:10 Sep 27, 2024
22
Drawing A Dream of Swords with Chris Schweizer
1:21:57 Sep 13, 2024
23
Kinesiology and Concussions with Jane Strange
1:30:48 Aug 30, 2024
24
Solo Training and an interview with Guy
2:41:27 Aug 16, 2024
25
Clubs, Wands and Gladiators: Historical Physical Culture with Ben Miller
1:39:58 Aug 2, 2024
26
Crystal and Silver in a Shakespearean accent, with Ben Crystal
1:15:10 Jul 19, 2024
27
Federations, forests and body awareness, with Marine Beaumel
1:02:39 Jul 5, 2024
28
Vadi and The Four Virtues of Sword Making, with Eleonora Rebecchi
1:49:30 Jun 21, 2024
29
Could HEMA ever be big in China? With Zeng Yang
1:02:40 Jun 7, 2024
30
HEMA and heresy, with Xian Niles
2:01:20 May 24, 2024
31
Historical dancing, historical fencing… and a bear, with Sarina Wagner
1:36:29 May 10, 2024
32
Swords for all humanity, with Janna Datahan
1:33:33 Apr 26, 2024
33
Want to write a training manual? How to write training manuals for historical martial artists, with Guy Windsor
33:57 Apr 12, 2024
34
Messers and More, with Bob Brooks
2:08:26 Mar 29, 2024
35
Writing Historical Novels: the Facts and the Fiction, with Elizabeth Chadwick
1:32:18 Mar 15, 2024
36
What is a volta? A very detailed examination of Fiore, with Dario Magnani
2:41:27 Mar 1, 2024
37
Horse Armour at the Royal Armouries, with Eleanor Wilkinson-Keys
57:27 Feb 16, 2024
38
Bronze Age Britons Were Weird, with Dr James Dilley
2:04:10 Feb 2, 2024
39
Community and the Club with Samantha West
1:40:57 Jan 19, 2024
40
The Politics of Eastern and Western Martial Arts, with Jonathan Bluestein
2:12:07 Jan 5, 2024
41
Medieval Music and the Troubadours, with Alix Evans
1:09:10 Dec 22, 2023
42
Swords in South Africa, with David Wagenfeld
1:24:33 Dec 8, 2023
43
Life in the Stone Age and Bothering Hedges with Sally Pointer
1:10:51 Nov 24, 2023
44
Business, Chivalry, and Life-or-Death Training, with Jason Kingsley
54:49 Nov 10, 2023
45
Washing paper and restoring books with Aurelia Sedlmair
1:37:26 Oct 27, 2023
46
How to fight like Sir Gawain, with Dr Przemys?aw Grabowski-Górniak
2:12:26 Oct 13, 2023
47
Seven Frenchmen vs. Seven Englishmen: who will win? With Dr. Rachael Whitbread
1:45:16 Sep 29, 2023
48
Force of Virtue with Jack Gassman
1:10:25 Sep 15, 2023
49
Medieval wrestling and making sense of the Liechtenauer swamp, with Jessica Finley
1:45:36 Sep 1, 2023
50
Big Blue Flags with Marli Vlok
1:44:59 Aug 18, 2023
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