Maciej Talaga’s Bio
Wróć do głównejMARTIAL ARTS RECORD
- Krav Maga (Maor): 2007 through 2009
- Longsword under Bart Walczak: 2007 through 2009
- Longsword self-taught and influenced by various Polish instructors: since 2009
- Langes Messer under Paweł Białasiewicz: 2011 through 2012
- Olympic Epee under Piotr Sadowy and Łukasz Majewski: 2012 through 2016
- Biady, i.e. Polish folk wrestling, self-taught and under Wacław Niziński: since 2017
TEACHING CURRICULUM
- Beginner’s and Advanced Longsword classes at the Warsaw Study Group of ARMA-PL: 2009 through 2014
- Tactical Classes and Individual Lessons at ARMA-PL Warsaw: since 2015
- Assistant Trainer of the Polish National Team for the IFHEMA Cup in Hungary: 2014 through 2015
- Numerous fencing workshops & lectures at Polish national events: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
- Workshops abroad: 2011 (Swordfish, Gothenburg), 2016 (HEMAC Florentia, Florence; AEEA event, Toledo; Seminar at the Sala d’Arme dell’Appeso), 2017 (Swordfish, Gothenburg)
- Methodological research workshops for Polish HEMA scholars: 2015, 2016, 2017
RESEARCH
- „The Nuremberg Codex” (GNM 3227a), unpublished: since 2009
- Bioarchaeology of historical fencing, published in Polish: 2010
- Documentation and interpretation of a medieval sword/estoc for armoured combat held in the Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland, published in English and Polish: 2011 through 2013
- Documenting a dying tradition of Biady, Polish folk wrestling, unpublished: since 2017
- Papers on the methodology of HEMA reconstruction, published in English: 2018 (forthcoming)
COMPETITIVE RECORD
- Silver medals at: Go-Now Cup in Czersk, Poland (2017), W3 – Warsaw Combat Workshops (2016), Bevorschlag: Dagger Tournament (2016), HEMAC Florentia (2016)
- Bronze medal: ŚKUNKS: Cutting (2011)
- 4th place: ŚKUNKS: Langes Messer (2012)
- Other major achievements: Fair Play and Best Technique awards at HEMAC Florentia (2016), Winner by voting in a national Fechtschule in Kraków (2015), Swordfish Open Longsword, quarter-finals (2011)
MAJOR STUDENTS’ AND TRAINEES’ ACHIEVEMENTS
- Jakub Wrzalik: gold medal at W3 – Warsaw Combat Workshops (2017), bronze medal at Nordfecht (2016), bronze individually and gold in team at the IFHEMA Cup in Hungary (2015)
- Maciej Zając: gold individually and in team at the IFHEMA Cup in Hungary (2015), gold & silver medals in Poland (2011, 2012, 2013), bronze medal at Swordfish Sword&Buckler (2011)
- Krzysztof Markowski: silver medals at a national junior longsword and sabre tournament, Go-now Cup in Czersk (2017)
- Jan Zwierzchowski: silver medal at a national junior longsword tournament, Go-now Championship in Łódź (2016)