SoCal Swordfight 2026
Dr. Nathan Clough Ph.D
Arms and Armor, Minnesota, USA
Nathan Clough, Ph.D. is the President of Arms and Armor Inc. and a board member of the Oakeshott Institute, and has more than a decade of experience as a historical martial artist with interest in German and Italian fighting traditions both in and out of armor. He researches historical weapons from medieval and Renaissance Europe and hand makes faithful replicas of those pieces. Dr. Clough was trained as a cultural geographer and worked as a university professor for a decade before moving full-time into the sword world.
He has given workshops and lectures at most of the top-tier HEMA events in North America such as SoCal Swordfight, Longpoint, Western Martial Arts Workshop etc. as well as authoring peer-reviewed research and giving academic lectures at, among others, the International Congress on Medieval Studies. He is particularly interested in how the historical accuracy of our training weapons and protective equipment impacts our interpretations of historical martial techniques.
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