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Black Horns Cup 2024
2027-06-04 15:00 - 2027-06-06 18:00, 2026-06-05 15:00 - 2026-06-07 18:00, 2025-06-06 15:00 - 2025-06-08 18:00 (Europe/Warsaw) | Kórnickie Centrum Rekreacji i Sportu OAZA, Ul. Ignacego Krasickiego 1, Kórnik, 62-035, Poland
Black Horns Cup is a cyclical HEMA tournament organized since 2018, part of the Polish FEDER League.
Workshops and competitions:
– Open Longsword
– Open Sabre
– Open Rapier & Dagger
– Open Sword & Buckler
– Women’s competition (weapon TBA)
– Cutting competition
https://www.blackhornscup.com/en

Bytown Ottawa Sword Symposium (BOSS)
2025-08-24 08:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto)
The Ottawa Historical Fencing Society presets Ottawa’s first ever Sword Symposium! Come join us for two days of workshops, sparring, and meaningful encounters. Workshops in longsword, rapier, sabre, irish stick, and more!

Einherjar Cup 2025
2025-08-09 09:00 - 2025-08-10 18:00 (Asia/Hong_Kong) | Landing Zone, Landing Zone, 5/F, 167-169 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 00000, Hong Kong
Einherjar Cup 2025 is an international open HEMA tournament held in Hong Kong, organized by Einherjar HEMA Club since 2022. In the past, we are honoured to had teams from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Hungary participated.
We are so happy to receive the positive feedback from participants. See the Facebook link below:
https://www.facebook.com/share/17ztmT5JrJ/?mibextid=WC7FNe
As always, we listen and make improvement for each edition. We are expecting to have some Hungarian coming back and some Australian will join us in 2025 too, so be sure to join our event and visit this city of cyberpunk!
Einherjar Cup 2025 will includes 4 Categories:
Open Sabre,
Open Mixed-weapon(s),
Open Rapier & dagger,
Open Longsword
Except the “Open Mixed-weapon(s)” category, all tournament results will be uploaded to HEMA Rating.

Rapier Vienna 3.7-6.7 2025
2025-07-03 - 2025-07-06 | USZ Hietzing Vienna, Altgasse 6, Vienna, 1130, Austria
THE Rapier Event in Europe – now longer, bigger & better for our 10th anniversary! Mark your calendars and sign up!
– Guided city tour on thursday
– Three full days of workshops, lectures and sparring!
– “The Quadrangulo di Ferro” a fun mode of fighting invented by FISAS
– A Raffle/Tombola with great prices
– The infamous cake buffet.

Dresdner HEMA-Cup 2025
2025-06-28 - 2025-06-29 | Dresden, Germany, Dresden, Germany
📣 Announcing the Dresdner HEMA-Cup 2025! 🗡️
We are excited to invite you to the 4th annual Dresdner HEMA-Cup, taking place on June 28th and 29th, 2025! Join us for an exhilarating weekend of historical European martial arts, where fencers from all over will compete in various disciplines.
Event Details:
📅 Date: June 28-29, 2025 📍 Venue: Dresden
Disciplines: 🔸 Longsword Men 🔸 Longsword Women 🔸 Longsword Beginner 🔸 Sword & Buckler 🔸 Rapier & Dagger 🔸 Saber
Whether you’re a seasoned competitor or new to HEMA, this event offers a fantastic opportunity to showcase your skills, learn from others, and be part of the vibrant HEMA community.
Don’t miss out on this exciting event! Mark your calendars and stay tuned for registration details. We look forward to seeing you there! 💪✨

Ottawa Beta Cup
2025-06-22 08:00 - 19:00, 2025-06-21 08:00 - 19:00, 2025-06-20 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe Ave, Nepean, Ontario, K2G 1W2, Canada
The Ottawa Historical Fencing Society presets the first annual Ottawa Beta Cup! A new HEMA tournament in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada! Competitions in both Longsword and Sabre. On top of the regular tournaments and elimination there is a special round robin tournament for those who did not make it into eliminations we call the Underking. There has been huge demand for a tournament in Ottawa, and we are happy to bring the first of many.

Steel & Chill 2025
2025-06-21 - 2025-06-22 | Count Janković Castle, Daruvar, Ulica Ivana Gundulića 1, Daruvar, 43500, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
Steel and Chill – The Ultimate HEMA Experience Returns!
Get ready, because Steel and Chill is returning to Daruvar!
Mark your calendars for 21. – 22. 06., when we’ll be hosting one of the most exciting and laid-back HEMA competitions around. Whether you’re a seasoned fighter or new to the sport, come for the challenge, stay for the fun!
What you can expect:
Intense matches in five categories:
– Open Longsword (36)
– Women’s Longsword (24)
– Open Sidesword (24)
– Women’s Sidesword (12)
– Open Sword and Buckler (24)
A community-focused atmosphere that’s all about fun and respect
A chance to meet and compete against the best HEMA practitioners in the region
Prizes, surprises, and maybe a few chill moments between fights!
Registration opens soon – stay tuned for all the details and follow the event page for future info: https://fb.me/e/68dK4c8X6
P.S. Check out our Facebook or web page for photos from previous years:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572349797716
https://steelnchill.com/

Berlin Messer Weekend
2025-05-31 10:00 - 2025-06-01 17:00 (Europe/Bratislava) | Berlin, Germany
Berlin Messer Weekend 2025
– Our first installment of a large HEMA Event focused exclusively on the Long Knife –
Tournament on Saturday, Workshops on Sunday, Open Floor all weekend!
Details and Registration at:
eveeno.com/Messer

War in the West 2025
2025-05-23 - 2025-05-25
War in the West returns for 2025 – with 5 tournaments across 3 days in Perth, Western Australia.
Categories include longsword, sabre, sword & buckler, rapier & dagger, and open knockout.
All categories except open knockout will be uploaded to HEMA Ratings, and longsword, sabre, and rapier & dagger will be listed on the Australian Historical Fencing League
Register here: https://forms.gle/Jy2K5s99J3NQZNmJ9 Event brief here: https://drive.google com/file/d/1BghNAj2R-_MaCdQc4OJlcmLyar5Bb-q6/view

Bratislava Fecht 7
2025-05-17 08:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Bratislava) | Dom športu, Junacka 6, Bratislava, 83104, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Dear friends, we’d like to invite you to the Bratislava Fecht 7 which will take place on May 17th 2025. Mark the date, all the details about the event will be shared in the Winter of 24/25. Looking forward to see you!

Circle City Steel Clash
2025-05-04 09:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-03 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | 1706 Pleasant St.Noblesville IN 46060, US, 1706 Pleasant St., Noblesville, IN, 46060, United States
This will be our fourth HEMA tournament, and we couldn’t be more excited! Our goal is to create the best competitive experience for our fencers and the local community, keeping things smooth, fun, and as stress-free as possible.
To make sure everyone can join in, we continue a foam sword format event for those who don’t yet have full protective gear, so come give it a try on Saturday, May 3rd at 3 pm (registrations open at 2.30 pm!
The rest of the events are on Sunday (the detailed schedule will be posted on April 25th)
The Steel Longsword event has Advanced and Novice divisions. Be sure to check out the rules and explanatory videos on the IF CCSC page.
This tournament is also a great opportunity for our volunteer directors to gain experience judging real bouts while keeping the atmosphere friendly and open. We are also open to including directors and side judges from clubs with the participation of over 3 fencers. Please, contact us for details.
Plus, as a good tradition, we’ll be awarding “Best Performance” medals, as chosen by our tournament directors, along with 1st, 2nd, and two 3rd place medals for each event.
We will award 1st, 2nd, and two 3rd places for each event.

London HEMA Open 2025
2025-05-03 09:00 - 2025-05-05 12:00 (Europe/London) | Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill, 54 Forty Lane, Wembley, HA9 9LY, United Kingdom
The London HEMA Open is back for 2025. This year, we had 95 fencers and almost 500 fights. We were the second largest tournament in the UK, and the most international by percentage of fencers from overseas clubs. We’re running a two-day tournament on Saturday and Sunday, followed by Open Sparring at our host club’s venue on Monday morning.
Head to our website for more information.

London Hema Open
2025-05-03 - 2025-05-05
The London HEMA Open is an international-level tournament with an emphasis on quality judges and fencing.
Tournament will take place on 3-4 May, with Open Sparring on the 5th of May. We’ll be running Open and Women’s+ Longsword, Sabre, and Rapier & Dagger (replacing Single Rapier)

Fante di Spade - torneo di sciabola e spadino
2025-04-26 12:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Rome)
Hema tournament in Lecco, Italy
The categories are:
– Saber (Mixed)
– Smallsword (Mixed)
Partecipation fee: 30€
More info on the facebook Page:
https://facebook.com/events/s/fante-di-spade-torneo-di-sciab/966729015513059/
Registration:
https://forms.gle/1LD2VxBRWAtgCmj78

Gathering of The Blades
2025-04-26 08:00 - 2025-04-27 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Maple Ridge Secondary School, 225 Prince William Way, Barrie, Ontario, L4M 7G4, Canada
Gathering of the Blades is a learning development HEMA workshop event hosted in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
We had 100+ attendees last year, with 20 workshops and 18 instructors from Ontario, Quebec and the Northern USA. This will be our 4th year hosting the event and we are excited to see everyone again.

Brünner stich 2025
2025-04-26 07:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Bratislava)
Next edition of tournament Brünner stich is here again! It will be take place in Brno as again on 26th of April 2025. We will compete in two categories LSO and LSW. For more information follow our social sites!
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Další ročník turnaje Brünner stich je zpět! Stejně jako minulý rok se bude konat v jihu Moravy v Brně, a to 26. Dubna 2025. Soutěžit se bude ve dvou kategoriích LSO a LSW. Pro bližší informace sledujte naše sociální sítě.

Sofia Sidesword Spring
2025-04-26
Mark the date! On the 26th of April, we will hold the inaugural edition of Sofia Sidesword Spring, a sidesword+ tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Categories include:
* Sidesword
* Ladies Sidesword
* HEMA Triathlon – single-handed weapon, single-handed weapon with companion, longsword
Sideswords provided!
Sidesword and Ladies Sidesword will be submitted to HEMA Ratings.
Afterblow ruleset based on the Sofia CrossSwords rules.

Bratislava En Garde! 2025
2025-04-12 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Bratislava)
Dear fencers, dear friends! Save the date (April 12th, 2025 – Saturday) for the 2025 edition of our En Garde! HEMA tournament. We are planning two disciplines – sword & buckler, rapier & dagger – with 20-30 participants in each category.
All other details will be announced in time!
Šermiari/ky, kamaráti/ky! Rezervujte si čas (sobota, 12. apríl 2025) na ďalší ročník nášho HEMA turnaja En Garde! Opäť plánujeme dve disciplíny – meč a štítok, rapier a dýka – v každej kategórii 20-30 súťažiacich.
Ďalšie detaily budú pribúdať!

Pražský argument 2025
2025-04-05 | Sportovní hala Jedenáctka, Mírového hnutí 3, Praha 11, 14900, Czech Republic
Pražský argument 2025, 4th year
Come to Prague on 5.4.2025 and meet your friends. The tournament will be held in LSO and LSW categories.
Follow the event on our website and fb.
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Pražský argument 2025, 4.ročník
Přijeďte si zašermovat do Prahy 5.4.2025 a setkat se s přáteli. Turnaj proběhne v kategoriích LSO a LSW.
Událost sledujte na našem webu a fb.

Spring is coming – sparring camp 2025
2025-03-16 14:00 - 2025-03-19 14:00 (Europe/Sofia) | Hotel Olymp – Bansko, Bansko, Bulgaria
We are gathering just before the coming of spring for a few days dedicated to Historical fencing freeplay. We will have not only Open floor, but fencing games, sparring coaching, ruleset variations experiments, judged matches etc. A few short workshops will be focused on how to fence safely and efficiently during your freeplay time, specially if you are with unknown opponents.
We might also have a small unofficial competition to top it off.
I have chosen a hotel that offers accommodation, 3 meals a day and a training hall specially for us. Cost will be 155 Euro per person for the whole event with everything included.
At least partial, preferably full gear is required for participation. However I can lend some elements if notified early enough. There is an option for providing swords and transport from Sofia if anyone decides to fly in

Spring is coming - sparring camp 2025
2025-03-16 14:00 - 2025-03-19 14:00 (Europe/Sofia) | Hotel Olymp Bansko, Bansko, Bulgaria

Flos Duellatorum with Federico Malagutti
2025-03-15 - 2025-03-16 | Via Agostino Maspoli, 6850 Mendrisio, Via Agostino Maspoli, Mendrisio, TI, 6850, Switzerland
The “Compagnia del Corvo Grigio” is happy to invite everyone to our next workshop hosted in Ticino with Federico Malagutti as our guest instructor. We are going to have two days of lessons about Fiore dei Liberi’s Flos Duellatorum tecniques with the longsword.
For more informations and reservations, contact us via the e-mail provided in the event image

SoCal Swordfight 2025
2025-03-14 - 2025-03-16 | Sheraton Fairplex and Conference Center at the Los Angeles Fairplex, 601 West McKinley Avenue, Pomona, CA, 91768, United States
SoCal Swordfight 2025 – March 14-16, 2025
Sheraton Fairplex & Conference Center, Pomona, CA
Join us for the 13th annual SoCal Swordfight, one of the most anticipated gatherings in the Historical European Martial Arts community! This year, we’re excited to welcome HEMA enthusiasts to our new, larger venue, designed to enhance your experience and accommodate our growing community.
2025 Highlights:
– Over 70 expert instructors from around the globe
– 26 tournaments across multiple weapons, tiers, and divisions
– 110+ hours of classes in dedicated, carpeted classrooms
– Expanded sparring and activity area (8,000 sq ft)
– State-of-the-art lecture rooms for panels and presentations
– Antique Weapons Showcase featuring rare historical pieces
– Extensive vendor marketplace
– New lounge and game areas for socializing
– Evening gatherings at the partner hotel
Whether you’re a seasoned HEMA practitioner or a curious newcomer, SoCal Swordfight 2025 offers something for everyone. From intense competitions to in-depth classes, from historical showcases to modern training techniques, this event is the ultimate celebration of Historical European Martial Arts.
Register to be part of this unforgettable HEMA experience!
For more information and registration, visit: https://socalswordfight.com/
Join the Event on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/1203782790954450/
Follow us on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/socalswordfight/

Montpellier Hema Tournament 2025
2025-03-08 09:00 - 2025-03-09 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Gymnase Georges Frêche, Rue le Titien, Montpellier, Hérault, 34000, France
Women challenge
Open Longsword
Open Sidesword
Open Saber
Open Rapier&Dagger
