Valentin Lungu

I had my first contact with HEMA in Great Britain where I attended some lessons taught by Spike Hunter and Rupert Carus from The Exiles group.

 

Upon returning to Romania, I continued training HEMA as a member of Societas Milites Getae (under the guidance of Răzvan Marinescu, Ionuț Zainea and Andrei Chirleșan) until the decision to form my own club, Iron Will HEMA Academy.

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I originally got into HEMA because I wanted to play with sabres. In the meantime I reoriented myself towards swords. I think I was steered in that direction by reading (The Three Musketeers, Legends of Olympus, Treasure Island).

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The things that attracted and retained me the most are: the fact that it is a serious martial art, the emphasis on individual study and research, and the camaraderie developed in the community.

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Until March 09, 2020, when the club's activity was suspended due to the covid-19 pandemic, I was an Instructor in Iron Will HEMA Academy, in the formerly called Beginner and Advanced study categories (now there are 3 - Beginner, Practitioner and Expert).

And I also had the role of Pioneer, participating in the creation of the Curriculum for these former study categories, together with Andrei Chirlesan and Ana Maria Petrescu.

Currently, I have given up teaching and any other administrative duties in the club.

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For the future, I am determined to research, deepen and master the fighting techniques for the Longsword as much as possible and test them in competitions.

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Other hobbies besides HEMA include: computer programming, chess and drawing.