Development of The Modern HEMA Community
Since the early 2000s, there have been flourishing Historical European Martial Arts communities in Europe, North America and the wider Anglosphere. Since 1999 a number of these groups have held the Western Martial arts Workshop (WMAW) in the United States. In 2000 The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts (ARMA) held the Inaugural Swordplay Symposium International conference and since 2003 has held the ARMA International Gathering every two to three years. The Fiore-oriented Schola Saint George has hosted a Medieval Swordsmanship Symposium annually in the United States since 2003. Internationally, the Schola Saint George also has branches in Western Australia, Russia, England, Sweden, and Latvia. The Higgins Armory Museum is a major center of research and teaching in HEMA.
In 2001 the Historical European Martial arts Coalition (HEMAC) was created to act as an umbrella organization for groups in Europe. Since 2002, HEMAC has organized the annual International Historical European Martial arts Gathering in Dijon, France. In 2003, the Australian Historical Swordplay Federation became the umbrella organization for groups in Australia, and an annual Australian Historical Swordplay Convention has been hosted and attended by diverse Australian groups since 1999. The HEMA Alliance is a martial arts federation containing dozens of HEMA schools and clubs from around the world, providing insurance and research accreditation to its members, and is the primary sponsor of the Wiktenauer, the world's largest repository of historical fighting manuals.
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