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Sports Archive
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Conversation With: Gemini Asonte
Posted on January 22, 2013 | No CommentsGemini Asonte, head of the Knight's Quest Academy, joins Scott Farrell for a conversation about his style of medieval combat, and how he teaches his students to be safe, train hard, and be knightly. -
Conversation With: Matt Hiltman
Posted on August 31, 2012 | No CommentsMatt Hiltman, professional jouster and student of philosophy, joins host Scott Farrell for a hard-hitting conversation about Full Metal Jousting and Chivalry Today. -
Podcast 60: Chivalry Makes The Lyst
Posted on April 13, 2012 | No CommentsThe organizers of the 2012 Lysts On The Lake, Steve Hemphill and Scott Wilson, discuss this upcoming event that combines the sport of competitive jousting with the burgeoning interest in the field of Western martial arts and historical sword combat -
Podcast 59: Chivalry To The Extreme
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsRecently there’s been a shift – away from the dramatized depiction of the joust as a set piece of conflict and hero’s journey, and more towards restoring the jousting match as an honest, unscripted athletic competition. -
Podcast 56: Manvoted To Chivalry
Posted on December 7, 2011 | 1 CommentScott speaks with Brett McKay, founder of the Art Of Manliness and co-author of Manvotionals: Timeless Wisdom And Advice On Living The 7 Manly Virtues, about the gentlemanly arts and the place of the code of chivalry within the framework of manly philosophy -
Podcast 54: Saddled With Chivalry
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No CommentsScott is joined by Gwen Nowrick and Jeffrey Hedgecock, founders of Historic Enterprises and organizers of the World Joust Tournament of the Phoenix competitive jousting event, to discuss medieval horsemanship and its relationship to the ideals of chivalry. -
Swing A Sword With Chivalry (Today!)
Posted on April 2, 2011 | 2 CommentsKnight School is a weekly training course that teaches the skills of historical fencing as well as the ideals of the code of chivalry: respect, trust, gratitude, and honor. -
Squirrels And Rockets? “Martial Arts And Philosophy” Reviewed
Posted on November 22, 2010 | 1 CommentScott Farrell's defense of western swordplay and knightly values is well argued, but also fun to read, as you would expect from someone who wears chain mail in his spare time. It helps that the book dodges the dry tone of some academic texts. Instead, it is clear and readable to those who are neither black belts nor who strictly know who Wittgenstein was. -
Fists, Swords And Philosophy
Posted on November 3, 2010 | No CommentsViewed through the lens of philosophy, martial arts become not a test of skill with fists and swords, but a mental sparring match with an inner opponent – the out-of-control mind. -
Violent Arts & Gentle Souls
Posted on June 16, 2010 | No CommentsResearch suggests that young men who learn to fight in a safe, structured, respectful martial arts school are less antisocial. How does this work?
