About this episode

Ella Rose discusses her experiences with chronic illness in historical martial arts and the importance of inclusivity in training.

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-216-making-seated-longsword-work-with-ella-rose To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Ella Rose has been practicing historical martial arts since 2017. In 2023 she founded Black Cat Historical Fencing with co-founder Shane Scallin, where she teaches dagger, rapier and beginner longsword classes. She has competed across the US and internationally, and she has won medals in multiple weapon categories. Ella is the lead tournament organizer of Iron Gate Exhibition, Benedict's Big Day, and Long Tail. Ella has worked in many minority-focused spaces, both within historical martial arts and in her career as an illustrator. Having dealt with chronic illness and disability her entire martial arts career, she led the creation of BCHF's seated fencing practice, one of the first of its kind. And in 2025 she organized the first seated longsword tournament, and she aims to continue pushing the HEMA community further towards inclusion for all athletes. In our conversation we talk about dealing with chronic illness, especially within HEMA, and…

People in this episode

Guest: Ella Rose

Topics covered

• historical martial arts
• chronic illness
• inclusion in sports
• seated fencing
• club management
• training adaptations

Keywords

• longsword
• historical fencing
• chronic illness
• inclusivity
• training adaptations
• club management
• seated fencing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Black Cat Historical Fencing

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