Matt Easton
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Matt Easton is a British scholar, athlete, and antiques dealer, best known for describing ancient weapons.[1] His academic background was in history.
Although Easton has expertise in martial arts, from around the world, he is best known for the videos informed by HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) that he provides on the Scholagladitoria YouTube channel.[1][2][3]
According to the endless thread podcast, from WBUR Easton is one of the four most recognized experts on HEMA, on YouTube.[4]
Other sites, like IGN use Easton's expertise, to answer their own viewers questions about the realism of movies and games.[5][6]
References
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"10 Questions with Matt Easton". Combative Corner via wordpress. 2015-01-11. Archived from the original on 2026-01-30. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
I saw them making some basic errors and realised that YouTube really needed a HEMA person to talk about HEMA – we shouldn’t be leaving it up to other people to represent us and nobody else in the HEMA scene was really doing it, at least not with regular videos.
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"Schola Gladiatoria". TV Tropes. 2016-08-07. Archived from the original on 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
Schola Gladiatoria is the YouTube channel of Matt Easton, who makes videos utilizing his experience as a martial arts and fencing instructor, TV and film consultant, dealer of antique arms, and historical researcher.
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Matěj Liška (2025-03-27). "Matt Easton (Schola Gladiatoria) review!". FakeSteel Armory. Archived from the original on 2025-04-20. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
After three months of intensive testing, Matt Easton has released a review of our foam weapons on his Schola Gladiatoria channel.
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Ben Brock Johnson; Emily Jankowski; Dean Russell (2024-05-31). "SwordTube (yes, that's a thing) has a problem with hateful crusaders". WBUR. Archived from the original on 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
Sword influencers abound on YouTube. Those who specialize in the historic European martial arts, or HEMA, have gained legions of fans showcasing the fantastic, bladed techniques of yore.
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Sterling Ulrich (2025-12-30). "'Completely Right': This Underrated LOTR Fight Scene Earns High Praise From Sword Expert". CBR. Archived from the original on 2025-12-30. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
Matt Easton, an expert on antique weaponry and a practitioner of Historical European Martial Arts, analyzed the action scenes of The Lord of the Rings' first installment to determine their accuracy in medieval warfare.
- ↑ "Sword Expert Reacts To House of the Dragon (So Far)". IGN Africa. 2022-10-07. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
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