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A Faire Day for All!
Our first renaissance faire outing as a guild!
May 19, 2024
A New Compagno Appears!
Be it known to all who profess the Art of arms – That on Monday, 18th of March, two thousand twenty-four, Jeff Schlake; a novice of the...
Apr 6, 2024
From Italians Heart, I Stab at Thee! - Delayed
For those of you who were on the fence, or could not make January work: “Good News, Everyone!” – Professor Farnsworth Due to...
Feb 6, 2024
From Italian's Heart, I Stab at Thee!
It's that time again! Time for another NESG Intensive! This time we are partnering with our friend Tyler Sigman of Omaha KDF to teach you...
Dec 6, 2023
Here, There, Everywhere!
Attendees of the 2023 summer intensive Whew, the last three months have been a whirlwind of activity for the guild. From our ‘Two Edges...
Oct 8, 2023
Two Edges and a Point: A Survey of Fiore's Longsword Techniques
Our next intensive will focus on a simplified set of Fiore's longsword techniques.
Jul 7, 2023
Now That's a Tourn-of-Events!
From a sparring with great structure to a match with an impeccable (accidental) disarm, the last two weekends have been wild! The Omaha...
Jun 27, 2023
The Current "State" of Affairs
To the dismay of our guild and many other participants, the Cornhusker State Games have canceled their HEMA events for 2023. No details...
Jun 4, 2023
Fantasy, Folklore, Swords, and Fun
The guild attended ConStellation this year and held 2 demonstrations.
Apr 23, 2023
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Fantasy, Folklore, and Fighting [Practice]
The guild has a couple upcoming demonstrations in April.
Mar 28, 2023
Under Duress, No More
Today we’re going to learn a lot of things, but first and foremost; we must learn to fall. -Joseph Loder One may get worried if the first...
Mar 4, 2023
Under Duress: A Survey of Medieval Close Combat Techniques in the Italian Tradition
Our next intensive class will focus on close combat techniques.
Dec 18, 2022
Arms, Abrazare, and Old Acquaintances
Learning is not just for the students in our guild; our instructors recently took the opportunity to visit our parent school, Fortezza...
Nov 7, 2022
Streets Alive Festival
Brad and Marty spar during the Streets Alive Festival Over the wind, and the music, You can hear the boisterous laughter of Marty, as he...
Sep 26, 2022
Cornhusker State Games
Joe Loder launches an attack at Jordan Scribner during the CSG longsword event Another year, another great Cornhusker State Games...
Jul 16, 2022
Lincoln's Party at the Park
Hot, Fun, and Exhausting; what more could you want from a Demo? All-in-all the Party in the Park demonstration went well. We had three...
Jul 16, 2022
After the Cornhusker State Games 2019
Joe: It’s been a few days since the ending of the HEMA tournaments this past weekend and I wanted to say that wins, losses, and medals...
Aug 6, 2019
Aug 6, 2019
Fact-checking fight-books: comparing historic injury patterns to strikes in modern European sword arts
Joe: Very interesting summary of a research paper I want to read fully. [Editors Note: Page is no longer available, using Wayback machine...
Aug 6, 2019
Intro Class at SCC in the Fall!
Great news! While we were to late getting notice to SCC to be in their fall course catalog we WILL be offering our next intro class...
Aug 16, 2017
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