{"podcast":{"title":"The Sword Guy Podcast","slug":"the-sword-guy-podcast-1265225","podcast_index_feed_id":1265225,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/theswordguy/feed.xml","website_url":"https://theswordguy.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8613317/SGlogoFinal1400size.jpg","author":"theswordguy","episode_count":219,"summary":"Guy Windsor and friends discuss sword training, historical swordsmanship, research, and other topics. Guests include well-known instructors and experts in the field.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T16:23:20.800147+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-guy-podcast-1265225"},"episode":{"title":"Making seated longsword work, with Ella Rose","slug":"making-seated-longsword-work-with-ella-rose","published_at":"2026-04-03T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-guy-podcast-1265225/making-seated-longsword-work-with-ella-rose","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-guy-podcast-1265225","url":"https://theswordguy.podbean.com/e/making-seated-longsword-work-with-ella-rose/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/udwdf8r346reii8w/215_Ella_Rose.mp3","summary":"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 the adaptations that Ella makes to her training and recovery time. This is a useful conversation for anyone involved in running a club, or thinking of starting one, because we talk about what to charge students, and the ethos that will help make your club inclusive and welcoming. We talk about the adaptations salles should make so they become places where people can hang out and still be part of the community, even if they are not actively taking part in a session. Most clubs are not going to be equipped with disability accommodations already in place, so we discuss how coaches can support studen…","meta_description":"For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-216-making-seated-longsword-work-with-ella-ro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7405,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sword-guy-podcast-1265225/episodes/making-seated-longsword-work-with-ella-rose/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-guy-podcast-1265225/making-seated-longsword-work-with-ella-rose.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}