Gareth Prior BABM (Hons). PGCE. PGDip, is a part time / semi-retired teacher in Buckinghamshire. A HEMA Instructor, Senior Cricket Coach and sports science lecturer and humanities teacher of 27 years & former NVQ assessor in Sports Development Management and First Aid instructor. Founder of Salford Women’s Cricket Club who won the Lancashire Ladies’ league in their second season, Captain of the BACD North of England disabled Cricket Squad 2007-2010 beating the South three times in a row and currently Instructor at Aylesbury Academy of Arms. A Sport’s therapist, Personal trainer, and HEMA practitioner of English backsword, Long bow and German Longsword for 14 years. Gareth Prior is a fan of real ale, and good food (when it isn’t trying to get the better of him) and conversation. He is also a member of School of Medieval European Fencing and helps out at the Aylesbury Woodcraft Folk group most Fridays. When he isn’t studying HEMA treatises and sports science manuals or online gaming (SWTOR- Skyrim- Eve Online) you can find him doing medieval re-enactment or LARPIng for fun @ PD Empire, Serenity LRP, and the Good the Bad and the Dead. May be contacted via the publisher or by his author page on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/GuidesToEnglishMartialArts/
Expectations – “a strong belief that something will happen or be the case.” Generally used by intelligent people to have an idea of how a situation or behaviour will continue to occur or change. Change of behaviour is what teaching is essentially about. Hopefully the change is a consistent progression in a positive direction. So … More Expectations – Great or Otherwise.
So Iteration – the repetition of a process, and when we are talking HEMA/ LARP combat it’s all about muscle memory and the feeling feedback loop that you create when weapons touch, and you want to be in the zone where you apply the right pressure/ resistance and angle to win the bind and be … More Iteration – Reiteration.
So not long ago I was helping teach people how to shoot long bow and late in the day just before the close a lady comes to me with her three year old boy. I was the only one left available to teach so I took him on for his 6 arrows and we eventually … More Aims & Objectives
Thoughts on teaching, concepts and technique in HEMA and where these overlap with LARP … More “A Beginning is a very delicate time” …
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