Taylor Hodne

I joined St. Paul Freifechter in 2022 and began my journey studying Joachim Meyer’s material under Scott MacDonald. In 2023, I began competing in our regional tournaments. That experience gave me a greater connection to the broader HEMA community. In 2024, I joined the Board of Directors as the Treasurer with St. Paul Freifechter Non-Profit Organization. I bring my professional engineering and project management experience to the role. I am excited to use my background to help grow our organization and our community as a whole.

Sword/Buckler Q1 2026 Class

by Taylor Hodne | Jul 12, 2026 | Training and Events Log

For the Q1 2026 class, we covered a series of German masters that have buckler material. For each new source we took a brief look at the context in which it was written to better understand the material that was presented and why. We covered Paulus Kal, Andre...

Anbinden Krieg Lesson

by Taylor Hodne | Sep 21, 2025 | Training and Events Log

This lesson was a two-part series focused on the bind (anbinden) and the handworks to strike your opponent safely. Part 1: Binding Strongly A bind is whenever the blades come together and make contact. This tends to happen when one fencer Provokes using a...

1.33 Sword and Buckler Foundations

by Taylor Hodne | Jun 27, 2025 | Training and Events Log

Our Wednesday night 1.33 Sword and Buckler Foundation class concluded after 12 weeks. It was a blast to introduce the 1.33 material to our organization. We all learned a lot about how the buckler can be used in coordination with a sword. It was really interesting to...