HEMA WOLF CHALLENGE
Trial
4Th 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 :
[email protected]. 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 January 2019.
The participants have from October 1st, 2018 to December 31th, 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 December 31, 2018 will
receive their score, but this score will not be ranked.
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Sources
This Round involves only one discipline, each with a precise source. The complete source is
downloadable with the following link :
❖ 2 handed sword – Libro Tertio of MAROZZO ;
The trial was created in collaboration with Aurélien CALONNE, instructor of the REGHT, with
his works and publications about MAROZZO.
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 networks :
❖ Facebook Page
❖ Web Site
Or by email at the following address : [email protected]
You can contact the REGHT directly on his networks :
❖ Page Facebook
❖ Site internet
Or by email at the following address :
Find all the informations about the HEMA WOLF CHALLENGE and about the previous trials
here.
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TRIAL
DEATH BY MAROZZO Hold the sequence as long as possible. And without cursing MAROZZO!
The test is individual and involves only one exercise. It is a technical work lasting in duration
with a gradual increase of intensity
There is no time limit. The test is over when the candidate fails or decides to stop.
The test can be carried out with one of the following weapons:
❖ A two handed sword ;
❖ A long sword;
❖ A big stick.
The two handed sword represents the maximum difficulty (RX), the other weapons
represent a lower difficulty level (SCALED).
Presentation of the exercise
The exercise breaks down into one-minute turns each. The objective of the participant will
be to perform as many laps as possible.
During each round, each participant must perform the sequence described below.
The sequence is simple and fast ; only a few seconds are needed to do it correctly.
The exercise works according to the principle that each turn, you must perform one more
sequence than the previous turn. Thus, in the first round the participant must perform 1
sequence, in the second round he must perform 2 sequences, in the third round 3
sequences, and so on.
The event ends when the participant has not managed to perform the number of matches
he had to perform during the minute.
The time remaining between the end of the last sequence and the end of the minute of the
current turn is therefore rest time.
For example : if in turn 4, the participant completes his 4 sequences in 20 seconds, he has
40 seconds left before the start of turn 5. That is 40 seconds of rest.
Clarifications
Empans : Designates a measure of about twenty cm.
Gamba levata : literally "raised leg", refers to a strike that will end before we put the foot
that was thrown backwards in the manner of a kick.
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Presentation of the sequence
The sequence to perform is the one presented in the 3rd part of the assault 1 of Libro Tertio
de MAROZZO.
This sequence (likes the other MAROZZO’s works) was traducted by Aurélien CALONNE,
instructor of the REGHT.
Presentation and working video of the sequence
Transcription
Trattase qui della tertia parte.
Tu sai che in la seconda parte tu rimanisti in porta di ferro larga, voglio che tu urti del falso della
spada tua in quella del nimico forte inverso alle tue parte dritte acociando in tale urtare il pie manco
apresso al dritto, e urtato che tu haverai el ditto falso, tu li darai de uno mandritto tondo per le
gambe, passando in tale tirare dil pie dritto forte inanci, e quel mandritto tornara in guardia de facia,
tirando in tal tempo il pie dritto apresso del manco, e dricerai la ponta della spada tua in la facia del
nimico per modo che se lui te tirasse per testa, tu infingerai de parare con la spada tua, e lassaralo
andare avodo, & a uno tempo medesimo tu li lassarai andare de uno roverso fendente, passando in
tirare de tale Roverso con la tua gamba manca inverso alle sue parte dritte per modo che la Spada
tua sera calata in coda longa & alta non te fermando, per tuo reparo, tu tirerai la gamba manca
apresso alla dritta, e si andarai con la spada tua in guardia di croce, e a un tempo de guardia de croce
tu butterai el pie dritto due spanne de drieto del manco, & si tirerai de uno falso desotto insuso
dritto per le man del nimico, e in tirare del ditto falso il pie manco andara de drieto dal drito, e in
questo modo tu anderai con la spada in porta di ferro alta per il dritto del sopraditto.
Translation
Dealing here with the third part.
You know that in the second part you stayed in porta di ferro larga, I want you to strike
strongly towards your right side of the falso of your sword in that of the enemy, placing in
this strike the left foot near the right. Then having struck this falso, you will give him a
mandritto tondo to the legs passing strongly of the right foot in front of this blow, and this
mandritto will return in guardia di faccia, pulling in that time the right foot near the left and
directing the tip of your sword in the face of the enemy so that if he pulls you in the head,
you will pretend to parry it with your sword, and you will let it go into the void. And at the
same time you will let him go a cracking roverso, passing with your left leg to his right side in
this strike so that your sword will fall in coda longa e alta. To cover you, without stopping
you will pull the left leg close to the right, and then you will go with your sword in croce
guardia, and in a time since croce guardia you will throw the right foot two swings behind
the left and then you will draw a falso dritto from below upwards into the hands of the
enemy, and by pulling this falso the left foot will go behind the right, and in this way you will
go with the sword in porta di ferra alta, right towards that this.
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Sequence description by steps
Guards and strikes will be presented next pages
Guard Action Stricke Target Mouvement
Porta di ferro larga
Bring your left leg close to the right
Falso manco Sword opponent 1st mouvement
Great step forward right leg
Mandritto tondo Legs 2nd mouvement
Guardia d’intrare non in larga passo
Bring right leg near the left
Feinte de guardia di faccia
Head 3rd mouvement
Guardia di faccia step left leg forward to the left
Roverso fendente
4th mouvement
Coda longa a alta Bring the left leg next to the right
Guardia di Croce Face 5th mouvement
Guardia di Croce Back of the right leg of two empans
6th mouvement
Big left back leg (gamba levata)
Falso dritto montant
Hands 7th mouvement
Porta di ferro alta
8th mouvement
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Guards presentation
Aurélien realised a guards guide.
1st mouvement
3rd mouvement
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4th mouvement
5th mouvement
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6th mouvement
8th mouvement
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Strikes presentation
Framed strikes are the strikes used during the sequence.
Aurélien realised a Strikes guide.
❖ True edge strikes
Mandritto Tondo is a strike from the right side to finish on the left by moving the tip
horizontally..
Roverso Fendente is an almost vertical strike from the left side to finish to the right side.
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❖ False edge strikes
Falso Manco (false left) is a strike from our left side to finish right, diagonally up from the
knee to the opposite shoulder.
Falso Dritto (false right) is a strike from our right side to finish on the left, diagonally up
from the knee to the opposite shoulder.
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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.
Participant presentation
Last name :
First name :
Birthdate (DD/MM/YYYY) :
Nationality :
HEMA Club :
Evaluation of the trial
Has the applicant already practiced 2 handed sword according to the libro tertio de
MAROZZO ?
If yes, for how many years (roughly)?
Exercise What weapon was used ?
2 handed sword – longsword - stick
Was the participant able to perform the requested sequence? Yes - No
How many turn the applicant did perform ?
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 :
Information you wish to share with us about this exercise (if applicable) :
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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