HEMA WOLF CHALLENGE

Trial 2T18

2nd Trimester 2018

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Presentation HEMA WOLF CHALLENGE is an original sportive and cultural challenge. It aims to promote

the diversity of the Historical Europeans Martial Arts.

Each trials will initiate the challengers to differentes disciplines and sources (exemple :

longsword of LICHETENAUER and dagger of FIORI DE LIBERI) in a context which involves

time, effort, rhythm and precision .

Participants will:

❖ Discover and learn about new disciplines and/or sources;

❖ Measure their ability to assimilate techniques;

❖ Evaluate their practice out of their comfort zone;

❖ Compare their evolution through their scores in the next events 😉

The trials were designed to let all participants practice technics and practices from historical

sources, combined with sport exercises.

ONE CHALLENGE, TWO PARTICULARITIES

First particularity

Each participant has got only one opponent : himself !

It will not be about confronting someone with a source or technique that you are barely

discovering. It will be about practicing HEMA.

You will be evaluated on your ability to practice, the quality of your gesture and mastery of

it. As well as on your exercise skills.

Second particularity

Participants can do the trials where they want !

No need to travel to participate and perform the tests. They are accessible to all and

feasible everywhere. All you need to do is give us the results.

Difficulty In case of impossibility on an exercise (due to a handicap or an injury), the participants are

free to adapt it to their convenience.

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Participation Everyone can take part in the HEMA WOLF CHALLENGE’s trials.

You will need to send us your score in order for us to rank the challengers; see below.

Evaluations

You can be evaluated through:

❖ The evaluation form available at the end of this document;

❖ A video of the trial.

Form evaluation

Each participant is evaluated by his peers during the trial. To facilitate it, a scorecard is

available for printing at the end of this document.

The results will however have to be reported online to be taken into account for the

ranking.

Video evaluation

Since it is sometimes difficult to consider yourself competent to evaluate a technique on a

discipline that you do not necessarily know, it is possible to make a video evaluation.

Those who wish can send us a video of their trial by email at the following address :

lameutedenuada@gmail.com. We will then evaluate them.

You can share your video to someone you consider able to evaluate your trial, who will then

report your evaluation on the scorecard.

Please note that your video must permit to evaluate your trial without difficulty.

Ranking The ranking of the trial will be announced at the beginning of July 2018.

The participants have from April 1st, 2018 to June 30th, 2018 to perform this trial if they

want their evaluation to be taken into account for the ranking.

Like all HEMA WOLF CHALLENGE trials, it is possible to complete the event after the period

originally scheduled. Participants who submit their assessment after June 30, 2017 will

receive their score, but this score will not be ranked.

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Sources

This Round involves two disciplines, each with a precise source. The complete sources are

downloadable with the following links :

❖ Longsword – Codex Wallerstein ;

❖ Wooden Stick - Paulus Hector Mair.

Community During the entire duration of the trials, feel free to share with us photos and videos of your

performances so we can live those Opens all together, with the hashtag #HWC2018.

Send us your ideas Feel free to contact us with disciplines, sources or exercises that you would like to find in

the HEMA WOLF CHALLENGE.

The next trials will be developed in collaboration with other HEMA CLUBs which will allow us

to benefit from their disciplines and their work. We will provide further informations

shortly.

Contact & Informations You can contact us directly on our network :

❖ Facebook Page

❖ Web Site

Or by email at the followng address : lameutedenuada@gmail.com

Find all the informations about the HEMA WOLF CHALLENGE and about the previous trials

here.

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TRIAL

TEAM OF TWO – 3 ROUNDS Perform 3 rounds in a row by team of two the exercises below as fast as possible.

There is no time limit. The trial is over when the candidates have completed 3 rounds of all

the exercises in the order indicated below.

1 – Muscle Building

Each member of the team must take his sword with the right hand only, then extend his arm

in front of him at shoulder height holding his sword firmly, the tip up.

Then, in a synchronized manner, the team members must perform each of the exercises

described below 2 times in a row while keeping their arm extended at shoulder height :

❖ Lower the tip of the sword forwards in the extension of the arm. Then straighten the

tip upwards ;

❖ Lower the tip of the sword to the right so that the blade is level with the arm. Then

straighten the tip upwards ;

❖ Lower the tip of the sword to the left so that the blade is level with the arm. Then

straighten the tip upwards ;

❖ Lower the tip of the sword as far back as possible. Then straighten the tip upwards.

Once this series of exercises performed with the right arm, participants must perform it with

the left arm.

2 – Exercise Of Iron Feeling

Each of the two team members must designate a part of themselves from the following

areas : left shoulder, right shoulder, left flank, right flank.

Then the participants bind their swords. The blades should stay in contact for the duration

of the exercise.

Without any haste, speed and strength, one of the teammates must come to threaten with

the tip of their sword the body part that their teammate has designated before the exercise

begins.

While one of the team members is trying to pose his threat, the other does not move.

Complete exercise to each member posed 10 threats.

Participants must designate a new part of themselves in each round of the trial.

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3 – Perform a Codex Wallerstein technique Source : longsword – Codex Wallerstein

Each participants must perform a technique from those proposed below.

These different techniques require an appreciation of feeling one's opponents as being

"stronger", "weaker" or "equivalent strength" in his moves. Participants must take these

concepts into account to perform properly the various techniques in an appropriate context.

Technique n°1 : Folio 3 verso [Rast, fol.45 verso]

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Technique n°2 : Folio 4 recto [Rast, fol. 46 recto]

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Technique n°3 : Folio 4 verso [Rast, fol. 46 verso]

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4 – Exercise Of Wooden Feeling

We do not have a precise size for the stick that should be used as part of Paulus Hector

Mair's source. However, we consider, based on the illustrations and our practice, that the

size of the stick must be from the feet to a point between the forehead and the chin of its

user.

Each of the two team members must designate a part of themselves from the following

areas: left shoulder, right shoulder, left flank, right flank.

Then the participants tie their sticks. They will have to stay in touch for the duration of the

exercise.

Without any haste, speed nor strength, both team members must each turn to threaten the

tip or size of their stick with the body part that their teammate has designated before the

exercise begins.

While one of the team members is trying to pose his threat, the other one is not moving.

The exercise is finished when each member has made 10 threats.

Participants must designate a new part of themselves in each round of the event.

5 – Perform a technique of Paulus Hector Mair Source : Stick – Paulus Hector Mair

Participants must each perform a technique from those proposed below.

These different techniques require an appreciation of feeling one's adversary as being

"stronger", "weaker" or "equivalent strength" in his moves. Participants must take these

concepts into account in order to correctly perform the various techniques in an

appropriate context.

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Technique n°1

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Technique n°2

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Technique n°3

Once this exercise is done, the round is over.

The trial ends at the end of the third round.

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Evaluation sheet To make easier the evaluation of the participant during the trial, it is possible to use this

sheet.

After the trial, the evaluation must be written online here.

Participant presentation

Last name :

First name :

Birthdate (DD/MM/YYYY) :

HEMA Club :

Evaluation of the trial

Has the applicant already practiced longsword according to the Codex Wallerstein ?

If yes, for how many years (roughly)?

Has his teammate already practiced longsword according to the Codex Wallerstein ?

If yes, for how many years (roughly)?

Has the applicant already practiced stick according of Paulus Hector Mair ?

If yes, for how many years (roughly)?

Has his teammate already practiced stick according of Paulus Hector Mair ?

If yes, for how many years (roughly)?

Exercise 1 Was the participant able to perform the requested sequence?

Yes - No - Only with the right hand - Only with the left hand.

Information you wish to share with us about this exercise (if applicable) :

Exercise 2 Did the participant have any difficulty making threats during this exercise?

If so why ?

Information you wish to share with us about this exercise (if applicable) :

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Exercise 3 For all techniques with the long sword:

Did the participant always perform the appropriate technique depending on whether his

opponent was "strong", "balanced" or "weak"? Yes - No

If no, how many times did the participant succeed?

Score between 0 and 10 (10 meaning perfect performance) to evaluate the accuracy of the

accuracy of the strikes :

Score between 0 and 10 (10 meaning perfect performance) to rate the quality of the tempo

:

Score between 0 and 10 (10 meaning perfect performance) to rate the quality of the

footwork :

Score between 0 and 10 (10 meaning perfect execution) to evaluate the application of the

source interpretation :

What is the best technique performed by the participant? N ° 1 - N ° 2 - N ° 3

Information you wish to share with us about this exercise (if applicable) :

Exercise 4 Did the participant have any difficulty making threats during this exercise?

If so why ?

Information you wish to share with us about this exercise (if applicable):

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Exercise 5 For all the stick techniques :

Did the participant always perform the appropriate technique depending on whether his

opponent was "strong", "balanced" or "weak"? Yes - No

If no, how many times did the participant succeed?

Score between 0 and 10 (10 meaning perfect performance) to evaluate the accuracy of the

accuracy of the strikes :

Score between 0 and 10 (10 meaning perfect performance) to rate the quality of the tempo

:

Score between 0 and 10 (10 meaning perfect performance) to rate the quality of the

footwork :

Score between 0 and 10 (10 meaning perfect execution) to evaluate the application of the

source interpretation :

What is the best technique performed by the participant? N°1 - N°2 - N°3

Information you wish to share with us about this exercise (if applicable) :

Once the trial finished Name the best quality of the participant among the following :

❖ Precision

❖ Technic

❖ Tempo

❖ Mobility

❖ Posture

❖ Other

Name what the participant need to ameliorate among the following :

❖ Precision

❖ Technic

❖ Tempo

❖ Mobility

❖ Posture

❖ No one

❖ Other