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User:Michael Chidester
| Michael Chidester | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A. Philosophy |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
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Michael Chidester is the Editor-in-Chief of Wiktenauer and, as Director of the Wiktenauer, an officer of the Historical European Martial Arts Alliance.
Michael has been studying historical European martial arts since 2001. He was a member of the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts until 2006, where he achieved the rank of general Free Scholar, and he acted as the ARMA Provo Study Group Leader from 2007 until its dissolution in 2009. Michael co-founded the True Edge Academy of Swordsmanship in 2009, and until late 2010 was senior instructor at its Provo, Utah branch.
In 2012, Michael was appointed to the newly-established position of Director of the Wiktenauer by the HEMA Alliance general council, formalizing the role of principal designer and editor that he had assumed in early 2010. As Wiktenauer lead, Michael has assembled the most complete catalog of HEMA manuscripts currently available, including such resources as scans, transcriptions, and translations, and is currently laboring to assemble a similar catalog of printed treatises. In 2013, these efforts earned him a HEMA Scholar Award for Best Supporting Researcher.
He has authored or edited various books, including The Flower of Battle: MS M 383 (2021), “…eyn Grunt und Kern aller Künsten des Fechtens”: The Long Sword Gloss of GNM Manuscript 3227a (2020), The Illustrated Meyer (2019), The Recital of the Chivalric Art of Fencing of the Grand Master Johannes Liechtenauer (2015), and The Flower of Battle of Master Fiore de'i Liberi, Volume I and Volume II (2015). In 2019, he founded the publishing company HEMA Bookshelf, whose primary mission is to produce facsimiles of fencing manuals (so far, MS Thott. 290.2º (1459), MS Ludwig XV 13 (1400), and Cgm 582 (1482)).
Michael has lectured on Medieval and Renaissance martial arts at the Historical Swordplay Symposium at the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Life, the Universe, & Everything: the Marion K. “Doc” Smith Symposium at Brigham Young University, and numerous HEMA events in Europe and America including Blood on the River, Broken Point, Fechtschule America, Fechtschule New York, HEMAC Dijon, the Iron Gate Exhibition, Longpoint, Meyer Symposium, the Purpleheart Armoury Open, Swordsquatch, and the Western Martial Arts Workshop.
In 2010, Michael received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Brigham Young University, with a minor degree in Military Science and additional coursework in Italian and Spanish. He developed a degree of fluency in the latter while living abroad in Mexico between 2002 and 2004. He is a Research Scholar of the Meyer Freifechter Guild, a founding member of the Society for Historical European Martial Arts Studies, a member of the Western Martial Arts Coalition, and a Lifetime Member of the HEMA Alliance.
Wiktenauer contributions
As principal editor of Wiktenauer, Michael has worked on virtually every article on the site, including writing descriptions, building concordances, and editing the work of others. In addition to these efforts, he has made the following larger contributions.
Translations
The following articles include Michael Chidester's translations.
- Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch (Sloane MS No.5229)
- Bũech von fechter Vnnd Ringstückhen zũ Ross vnnd Fuoß (Cod.10799)
- Codex Lew (Cod.I.6.4º.3)
- Peter von Danzig zum Ingolstadt
- Pseudo-Hans Döbringer
- Octavio Ferrara
- Fiore de'i Liberi
- Gladiatoria (MS Germ.Quart.16)
- Paulus Kal
- Kunst des Messerfechtens (Cod.Pal.Germ.430)
- Las reglas del montante (CCPB000152417-8)
- Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (Cgm 1507)
- Paride del Pozzo
- Starhemberg Fechtbuch (Cod.44.A.8)
- Οπλοδιδασκαλια sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)
Transcriptions
Michael Chidester has transcribed some portion of the following texts.
- Bũech von fechter Vnnd Ringstückhen zũ Ross vnnd Fuoß (Cod.10799)
- De Nassavsche Wapen-Handelinge (Adam van Breen)
- Fior di Battaglia (MS Ludwig XV 13)
- Fior di Battaglia (MS XXIV)
- Flos Duellatorum (Pisani Dossi MS)
- Goliath Fechtbuch (MS Germ.Quart.2020)
- Gründtliche Beschreibung der… Kunst des Fechtens (Joachim Meyer)
- Hans Medel Fechtbuch (Cod.I.6.2º.5)
- Jörg Wilhalm Hutters kunst zu Augspurg (Cgm 3711)
- Kunst des Messerfechtens (Cod.Pal.Germ.430)
- Lo Schermo (Angelo Viggiani)
- Schermkunst (VAULT Case MS Fol.U.423.792)
- Scienza d’Arme (Salvator Fabris)
- Trattato d'uno Schermo (Cod.10723)
- Trattato della scherma (MS M.383)
- Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen (Jacob de Gheyn II)
Contact
For questions about the Wiktenauer or his research, or to inquire about donating content to the wiki, Michael can be contacted either via email or on his talk page.
