WARRINGTON HEMA

Marc Smith

Marc is the instructor and club leader at Warrington HEMA, he is also an assistant instructor at Liverpool HEMA. He’s been practising HEMA for around a decade and joined Liverpool HEMA when it first opened in 2017, completing the coaching course shortly afterwards. He opened Warrington HEMA in 2022 and has taught as a guest instructor at other regional clubs.

His main focus, which he teaches is on the renaissance Iberian system of La Verdadera Destreza and the medieval 14th century text of I.33 (FECT 1).

He has also choreographed and performed fight scenes for such media as a music video and documentaries as well as running demonstrations for local heritage organisations. His goals are to help the HEMA community grow in the North West and to one day teach at a national level.

Photos: Top to bottom; Marc teaching lessons at Liverpool HEMA, Norton Priory and Manchester HEMA by Keith Farrell 2018, Keith Farrell 2019 and Phillip Windslow 2022 respectively.