Instructor Bio: Richard Marsden

Richard Marsden along with John Patterson are founders of the Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship. He has won many medals in competitions and more importantly his students and their students have won medals. Richard has been involved in historical fencing since the 1990s and is the author of several HEMA books such as HEMA History, Bad HEMA and Polish Saber. He has a Masters Degree in land warfare and has an understanding wife given his strange hobbies.