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Discussions of coaching and pedagogy for HEMA by Tea Kew. If there's a topic you'd like to see discussed that isn't currently covered, please get in touch via tea at fechtlehre dot org and suggest it.

General | Class planning | Exercise design | Teaching tips | Guest articles

General

• Identifying Fundamental Problems
• Iterative Improvement
• Moments of Inaction
• Strengths and Weaknesses
• Time to Target
• Value Above Sparring

Class Planning

• Composing a Coherent Course
• Creating Coherent Classes
• Good Warmup Principles
• Pacing a Class

Exercise Design

• Choreography and Compliance
• Effective Coached Drills
• Picking Efficient Exercises
• Teaching Decision-Making
• Types of Paired Exercise

Teaching Tips

• Drilling With Gear
• Giving Actionable Feedback
• Make More Mistakes
• No Correct Movements
• Using Tool-Tip Feedback

Guest articles

• Loading screen feedback vs. Tool-tip feedback by Jack Berggren Elers.
• The Kendo Kote Dilemma by Stephen Cheney.
• How Not To Double by Stephen Cheney.
• The "Kote Dilemma" Revisited by Stephen Cheney.