tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596973772693760639.post7665517499211872726..comments2023-10-20T11:11:08.287+01:00Comments on The European Historical Combat Guild: Interpretation... or making stuff up?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596973772693760639.post-78865003786828033812014-02-01T14:10:08.641+00:002014-02-01T14:10:08.641+00:00Keith I believe I commented on that blog post of y...Keith I believe I commented on that blog post of yours and we exchanged a few replies ;) I think we have a slight difference on the use of the term interpretation, I would say that any learning process when one is receiving from a teacher or a written source is interpretive. Although there is the concept of direct transmission, it is generally hard to achieve and is often blocked by poor delivery by the teacher or the pre-set mindset of the student in receiving the source material When one looks at something for which we don't have a source, no teacher of actual material of what is necessary to learn the skill, I would call extrapolation.<br /><br />The issue I have in the post above is that people should images or quotes from MS but then show what is in effect an extrapolation but they call it an interpretation.The European Historical Combat Guildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425115205496881300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596973772693760639.post-86731539874484111852014-01-24T11:19:19.663+00:002014-01-24T11:19:19.663+00:00I agree. There is nothing wrong with interpretive ...I agree. There is nothing wrong with interpretive work, as long as the interpretive work is honest and tries to be both martially correct and authentic to the sources that inspired the interpretation.<br /><br />Back in July last year I wrote an article about the advantages and disadvantages of interpretive systems within HEMA, it may be interesting for you:<br />http://www.historical-academy.co.uk/files/research/keith-farrell/Interpretive%20HEMA%20Systems.pdfKeith Farrellhttp://www.historical-academy.co.uk/blog/noreply@blogger.com