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I was in Germany teaching at a HEMA camp, and while there shot this video with help from volunteers, showing one way that spears might have been used in formations - the commonest weapon combination of soldiers in the past. The fighting method of most soldiers: one-handed spear and shield (YouTube)

At long last! This one took a while. One could use the word 'epic' in that it is longer than many feature films, or one could just use the word 'long', which is certainly true. Possibly it should have been three videos not one. Actually, I'd be interested to know your opinion on that. Gladiators - f

And now for more about hitting people: I possibly didn't need the subtitles all the way through, but I thought 'in for a penny, in for a pound'. I had to weigh up the distracting nature of constant subtitles, with the distracting nature of sporadic subtitles. How to use a poleaxe (YouTube)

Sorry this took so long. As you'll guess from the news in the sponsor's message, a few things had to be in place first before this was ready to roll. Not sure I've got the title right. I might change it. It needs to mention fighting early on, but short is good. If fighting is like dancing, why don't

Part three of the Shastar Vidiya series. These haven't been huge ratings hits. Possibly I should have put 'ninja' in the titles. The more you risk, the more you win - Shastar Vidiya part 3 (YouTube)

More from Asante and his Shastar Vidiya. In the comments, people are going on and on about how small he is. He is not small, he is heftily built and normal height - it's just that I am tall. Why block his sword if you can block his wrist? (YouTube)

Lucky me! I was invited to Hammersmith to be shown some Indian martial arts. This is the first video on this topic. Shastar Vidiya - an introduction to Indian martial art (YouTube)

I used to study Wing Chun kung fu, and one of the weapons that this style uses is a pair of very short swords. Chinese butterfly swords (YouTube)