This episode aired in June of 2016. As per usual, disregard any proffered links at the top of the show. The photos below are from a class taught in Port Townsend, WA ca. 2016 at a “neo-victorian” type gathering put on by Mr. Barnett.
Original show notes: “It’s our first “live” edition of the show; a spirited discussion with Nathan Barnett, talking about the resurgence in Western Martial Arts, which it turns out has a lot to do with swords and fists. We recorded this episode in Port Townsend, WA at the 2016 Brass Screw Confederacy, an annual Steampunk festival that takes over the entire 19th century-era city.”
Links:
Excuse me, good sir, whilst I stab you: Seattle Victorian fitness fanatics have ‘silly, good fun’ (seattletimes.com)
The Brass Screw Confederacy - Port Townsend Steampunk Festival
Angus Trim Swords (sword-buyers-guide.com)
Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (complete text)
Embassy Arms - Fencing, Swordplay, and Historical Martial Arts Club in Port Townsend Washington
'knight fights' (armored cage fighting) (mmafighting.com)
Tony Wolf (bartitsu.org)
Western Martial Arts with Nathan Barnett