knowledge base : video library  

Welcome to AEMMA's video library. The purpose of this collection of videos is to provide an opportunity to familiarize oneself with AEMMA from a visual perspective.  This collection contains videos of training, workshops, documentaries, events and other miscellaneous videos which depict who and what AEMMA is.  Keep checking back to this page, as more videos become available, they will be inserted into this collection.

Contents

  1.   Photo library (a collection and archive of photos depicting various classes, events, candid photos, dated photos, scholler or free scholler test, etc.)
  2.  The AEMMA Channel (more videos uploaded to the youtube site onto the AEMMA Channel)
  3. Misc. Training Videos (a selection of relatively current and archived training videos, depicting training classes, sharp sword cutting exercises and fencing bouts)
  4. Events, Presentations & Workshops (a selection of videos depicting western martial arts workshops, presentations and demonstrations, including trial by combats and armoured bouts)
  5. News, Promotions, Documentaries
  6. Specials, Interviews, etc.
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 AEMMA Channel YouTube Videos
click to view the videos playlist FACT's 9th annual Open House delivering a number of presentations of the various schools and fighting systems taught at FACT. The presentation included AEMMA's archery, unarmoured fencing, Italian & Spanish rapier and armoured combat.
- February 12, 2012		 click to view the videos playlist AEMMA's fightnight recorded in 20 videos depicting various bouts, all fights were done using arming sword or longsword or sword & buckler or spears.
- January 30, 2012		 click to view the videos playlist The year's first fightnight with 19 videos depicting various bouts, all fights were done using arming sword or longsword or sword & buckler or spears.
- January 16, 2012
click to view the videos playlist A collection of 47 unarmoured fencing bouts videos of the free-fencing tournament following the free scholler test for Beau Brock. Bouts including poleaxe, arming sword, sword & buckler and longsword.
- December 03, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 20 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts including poleaxe, arming sword, sword & buckler and longsword.
- October 31, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 25 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts including rapier, spear, arming sword, sword & buckler and longsword.
- October 17, 2011
click to view the videos playlist A collection of 32 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts including poleaxe, arming sword, sword & buckler, longsword, dagger, sidesword & dagger, and spear.
- October 03, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 39 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts including poleaxe, arming sword, sword & buckler, longsword, stick and spear.
- September 19, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 24 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts including poleaxe, arming sword, sword & buckler, longsword and spear.
- September 05, 2011
click to view the videos playlist A collection of 32 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts including poleaxe, arming sword, sword & buckler, longsword, dagger, sidesword & dagger, and spear.
- August 22, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 15 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts including poleaxe, arming sword, sword & buckler, longsword and spear.
- August 08, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of videos posted by the OMSG covering a variety of events at their 9th annual camping weekend, including archery tourney, armoured combat, bonfire, mounted jousting.
- July 30 - Aug 1, 2011
click to view the videos playlist A collection of 22 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using spear, longsword, arming sword, spear.
- July 25, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 16 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using spear, longsword, arming sword, sword & buckler.
- July 07, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 20 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using spear, longsword, arming sword, sword & buckler, spear & shield.
- June 13, 2011
click to view the videos playlist A collection of 14 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using spear, longsword, arming sword, sword & buckler, poleaxe and spear.
- May 30, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 21 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using spear, longsword, arming sword, sword & buckler and spear.
- May 16, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 15 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using spear, longsword, arming sword, sword & buckler, spear & shield.
- May 02, 2011
click to view the videos playlist A collection of 27 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using spear, longsword, arming sword, sword & buckler, poleaxe and sword & shield.
- April 04, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 27 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using longsword, arming sword and sword & buckler.
- March 07, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 6 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using spear, longsword, arming sword, sword & buckler and sword & shield.
- Febrary 21, 2011
click to view the videos playlist A collection of 17 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using arming sword or longsword.
- January 31, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A pair of videos taken during the FACT Open House, Dall Agocchie demo and an armoured bout with Aldo and Matt.
- January 30, 2011		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 21 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using arming sword, longsword or sword & buckler.
- January 17, 2011
click to view the videos playlist Twelve videos depicting various bouts during AEMMA's fight night, all fights were done using arming sword or longsword or sword & buckler. All bouts were done using swords, sword & bucklers.
- December 06, 2010		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 17 unarmoured fencing bouts videos during fight night. Bouts were using arming sword, longsword or sword & buckler.
- November 29, 2010		 click to view the videos playlist Twenty-four videos capturing a sequence of unarmoured bouts during fight night at AEMMA's salle d'armes. Weapons featured include arming sword, longsword and sword & buckler.
- November 15, 2010
click to view the videos playlist Twenty videos depicting a series of bouts at a regular "fight night" at the salle d'armes on Dupont St, covering grapping to weapons.
- October 18, 2010		 click to view the videos playlist Six videos depicting the annual end-of-summer-BBQ for the class in Digby, Nova Scotia. Tatami mats, sharp swords and adult libations were the order of the day.
- September 08, 2010		 click to view the videos playlist A collection of 10 videos depicting various bouts during AEMMA's fight night. All bouts were done using swords, sword & bucklers.
- August 09, 2010
click to view the videos playlist Seventeen videos depicting a series of bouts at a regular "fight night" at the salle d'armes on Dupont St, swords only.
- July 19, 2010		 click to view the videos playlist Sixteen videos depicting the bouts of AEMMA's in-house pas d'armes at the salle d'armes on Dupont St.
- April 25, 2010		    

Misc. Training Videos
click to view the video A selection of 5 vidoes of various training sessions, rapier drill, Dall Agocchie drills, dagger defences and sharp cutting.
- January 26, 2011		 click to view the video A selection of 17 vidoes of the fight night recorded at AEMMA, includes grappling, sword & buckler and more!
- October 5, 2010		 click to view the video Aldo and Clovis demonstrate a simple longsword drill designed to train one's reaction time, and to deliver parries and strikes while in distance.
- March 2, 2010
click to view the video A collection of short videos on a number of students taking their try at sharp sword cutting. (youtube)
- February 8, 2010		 click to view the video A collection of videos from the 3rd annual unarmourd tournament organized by David Murphy of Guelph. (youtube)
- November 19, 2009		 click to view the video A teaser of an instructional DVD on German longsword by Mike Rasmusson. (youtube)
- February 28, 2008
click to view the video A video clip of a typical arming sword class at the Salle d'Armes at Ossington and Dupont. (AVI format)
- January 09, 2005		 click to view the video A video recording of a free scholler test at AEMMA that covered grappling, dagger, unarmoured longsword, arming sword, spear, pollaxe and armoured longsword..
- April 13, 2003		 click to view the report and videos The opening practice for 2003 at AEMMA, comprised of sharp sword cutting practices, chilli, pastries, Kel's special "ale", chocolate and dagger fighting.
- January 05, 2003
click to view the videos An example of a scholler test, performed by Jeff Larson, Watertown, NY who had been training at AEMMA for a number of years and challenged for the rank of scholler.
- July 2002		 click to view the report and videos A few video segments of some fundamental grappling and dagger techniques that are found in "Book #1". These are non-production quality video segments, but do adequately illustrate the techniques described in "Book #1".
- May 30, 2002		 click to view the report and videos Another example of video segments that illustrate an AEMMA scholler test. Here, James Hobson not only demonstrates his/her's technical skills, but academic and theoretical knowledge as well.
- February 25, 2002
click to view the report and videos Brian and David take time out to assess the destructive capabilities of the European longsword. Using tightly rolled wet straw mats, the cutting capabilities of a sharpened longsword deserved the highest respect.
- December 06, 2001		 click to view the video This is an example of a typical class for delta-level training of the longsword. Students employ the use of wasters, and instruction by 1 or more instructors per class facilitate training, tune sword forms and provide one-on-one instruction (5.1MB).
- August 2000		 click to view the video Brian and Mike demonstrating the first drill that a new student will learn, that being the delta drill level #1. It provides the students an opportunity to strike each other with the wasters while responding with an appropriate parry (6.12MB).
- October 1999

Events, Presentations & Workshops
The 6th year that AEMMA has been involved with the annual March Break. This year includes firing the trebuchet using a nerf soccer ball as the projectile.
- March 22, 2010		 The undergraduate medieval studies society of St. Michael's College, hosted the first medieval symposium at Brennan Hall. The first lecture on medieval monsters, the second on dispelling the myths of medieval arms and armour by Kel.
- Febrary 27, 2010		 A collection of some videos depicting the various activities at the FACT Open House, including sharp sword cutting, arming sword and rapier presentation to the audience.
- January 31, 2010
A collection of short videos that capture the essence of a 5 day presentation by AEMMA at the Royal Ontario Museum's (ROM) March Break week during March 11-14 showing the display area as well as numerous armoured bouts.
- May 01, 2003		 AEMMA hosted an intensive two-day Liberi training workshop focused only on abrazare and daga techniques instructed by Bob Charron.
- November 23-24, 2002		 click to view armoured duels videos AEMMA participated in the International Jousting Tournament sponsored by the WCJA in Waterford ON, and delivered 4 judicial armoured duels over the weekend event.
- July 14, 2002
click to view CHEMA report & videos Another collection of short videos of the CHEMA 2002 event held in Toronto, May 11, 2002 is available on the subsequent page. This includes videos of Pete Kautz, David Cvet & Scott Nichols workshops.
- May 11, 2002		 click to view WMAW2001 report and video clips AEMMA attended and participated in the 3rd International Western Martial Arts Workshop in NYC, Oct 12-14. AEMMA delivered an armoured combat workshop and judged the armoured tournament.
- October 18, 2001		 click to view Armoured Judicial Duel video AEMMA delivers a demonstration of a 14c armoured judicial duel at the World Championship Jousting Association tournament in Orangeville.
- July 14, 2001
click to view WMA2000 videos A collection of short videos of the WMA 2000 event held in Toronto, Oct 13-15 is available on the subsequent page. This includes the various engagements for both the early and late historical tournaments.
- October 13-15, 2000		 click to view the video Anton Cvet and David Bell (TP) about to engage in the heavy armoured tournament held at the WMA 2000 event, Oct 13-15 that will show the classic "Anton Maneuvre" (3.4MB).
- October 14, 2000		 click to view the video Brian McIlmoyle and Steaphen Fick about to engage in the heavy armoured tournament held at the WMA 2000 event (3.2MB).
- October 14, 2000
click to view the video David Cvet and Joe Cadieux (TP) about to engage in the heavy armoured tournament held at the WMA 2000 event (2.4MB).
- October 14, 2000		 click to view the video This is an extract from a video taken at the WMA2000 in Toronto. It presents Anton and David in full kit, providing a demonstration for the news team present at the workshop (1.6MB).
- October 13, 2000		 click to view the video Brian and David delivering another aspect of medieval martial arts at the Japanese Sword Arts Symposium 2000 that included half-sword techniques (144KB).
- July 2000
click to view the video Brian and David providing a medieval martial arts demonstration at the Japanese Sword Arts Symposium 2000. In this particular video, basic sword strikes and parries (240KB).
- July 2000		        

News, Promotions, Documentaries
View Armoured Combat Tournament 2008 AEMMA's second "webmercial" highlighting armoured fighting at a tournament early 2008.
- November 2008		 View Smiths Cove Swordsmanship Summer Training CTV Halifax records a swordsmanship training class in Smiths Cove, Nova Scotia.
- August 2008		 A piece describing armoured combat training on weekends at AEMMA Sounds like a Car Crash - examines the training involved with armoured training for "Weekend Warrior" on CBC at Six.
- June 2008
View Slovenian News 24 (quicktime media file) Slovenian News 24 - records a Fiore's workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia delivered by David M. Cvet at the SD Tabor salle.
- March 2007		 View Timeline (quicktime media file) Timeline on FairchildTV.com (Chinese network) examined "armizare" with AEMMA founder and president David M. Cvet, Kel Rekuta and Aldo Valente and other students.
- December 2006		 View AEMMA on Discovery Channel - Daily Planet Daily Planet, and the show's hostess, Natasha Stillwell takes a behind the scenes look at "armizare" with AEMMA founder and president David M. Cvet.
- December 2006
View AEMMA\'s secret training project (requires macromedia) From an unknown individual on the web who took the time to incorporate special effects during a scholler test between David and Brett.
- December 2005		 View AEMMA commercial (windows media file) An entertaining and creative "commercial" created by some students of AEMMA.
September 2005		 click to get to the videos A quick interview of David Cvet on Breakfast TV, a regular morning show aired in Toronto on CityTV. The interview was in the context of the ROM presentation scheduled for Apr 14 & May 12.
- April 12, 2001
click to get to the videos TVO covered the entire 2nd Annual Western Martial Arts Worksho, and captured very eloquently, the essence of the workshop. It aired on TVO's "Studio2" on January 11, 2001.
- October 13-15, 2000		 click to get to the videos AEMMA on Discovery Channel, examining the resurrection of European medieval martial arts in Canada, co-hosted by the Royal Ontario Museum.
- January 09, 2001		 click to get to the videos AEMMA delivering a demonstration each day at the Royal Ontario Museum, on the arms and armour of a 14c warrior as part of the ROMLife program entitled "How a Man Shall be Armed".
- December 30-31, 2000 & January 6-7, 2001
click to get to the videos The Global News Network were on hand filming the Saturday of the 2nd Annual International Workshop on October 14, 2000. The video covers many aspects of the workshop.
- October 13-15, 2000		        

Specials, Interviews, etc.
click to get to the videos Bob Charron of St. Martin's Academy of Arms delivered a presentation on Fiori dei Liberi, hosted by AEMMA.
- February 17, 2001		 click to get to the videos An informative interview with one of AEMMA's armour suppliers, Carlo Carignan of Truehearth Armoury, from Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia.
- December 19, 2000		    
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Released: December 22, 2000 / Updated: Februrary 17, 2012