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Martin de Jong discovered HEMA in 2015 after years of being an avid football player and having dabbled in several other martial arts. Like many, he began with longsword. Soon, however, his attention was drawn to single-handed weapon styles, with the Dutch klewang becoming his favourite weapon. He is an instructor at HSSV Ludolph van Ceulen where he studies and teaches military fencing, was chairman of the board at HSSV Ludolph van Ceulen, and is a reenactor of the group Xe Bataljon KNIL in the Netherlands. He has taught and given lectures, demonstrations, and shows at many national and international events.

Anouk Post-de Jong started HEMA in 2012 with longsword but soon switched to her favourite discipline: British military fencing. She is one of the instructors at the HSSV Ludolph van Ceulen HEMA club in Leiden, is a former board member of the Dutch HEMA Federation, and has taught at national and international events. She is the mastermind behind Sabrenetics. Best known for her love for the British spadroon, she likes to focus her classes on the use of this underappreciated weapon. When not teaching, organising events, or studying British military fencing sources, she enjoys assisting Martin in his study of the klewang.

Peter Frank has been practising historical fencing since 2009 and has been a trainer at Die Freifechter in Cologne since 2011. He is mostly focused on British military fencing, but is also interested in fencing with the langes messer, rapier, klewang, and bayonet. In 2016, he published a transcription of the 1804 edition of the Art of Defence by Roworth. He has taught at and has helped to organise several national and international events.