David James Knight is an Army National Guard officer, Iraq War veteran and lifelong martial artist. In addition to Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), he has studied wrestling, MMA, Sambo, U.S. military combatives and karate. He is a former Association for Renaissance Martial Arts (ARMA) Free Scholar and a founding member of the HEMA Alliance. He also taught longsword fencing and grappling at Gotham Fightschool in New York City. He currently trains with the Meyer Freifechter Guild in South Florida.
Brian Hunt taught himself Latin, German and Italian and has translated the MS I.33 and Hans Talhoffer's 1459 manuscript. An ARMA Free Scholar, he has cross-trained in Okinawan karate, kung fu, aikido, kenjutsu and America boxing, as well as European longsword, sword and buckler, sword and shield, cut-and-thrust sword, rapier, dagger, grappling and polearm techniques.
Biography from the archived Paladin Press catalog.
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