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CLASH OF DAMNED 2024 - Klání zatracených
2024-05-05 07:30 - 18:00 (Europe/Bratislava) | Vaud
PARDUBICE SWORDPLAY ASSOCIATION (PSA)
would like to invite you to HEMA Tournament of underdogs and newbies
CLASH OF DAMNED 2024
Category:
Longsword (Mixed/Men, Steel) ONLY FOR HEMARATING LSM RANKING 1000+
Date: May 5 2024
Check-in 7:30 – 8:30
Location: Sokolovna Pardubičky, Bokova 364, Pardubice, Czechia
Contact: +420 774 132 511
Email: psaserm@gmail.com
System of tournament: groups of 5-7; 70-100% to elimination
Fee: 25 EUR
Registration: will be specified in time (max 42 participants)
Prizes: medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places
Comment: Every participant starts on their own risk according to his medical condition
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PARDUBICKÝ SPOLEK ŠERMÍŘSKÝ (PSA)
si Vás dovoluje pozvat na HEMA turnaj smolařů a začátečníků
KLÁNÍ ZATRACENÝCH 2024
Kategorie:
dlouhý meč POUZE PRO PŘÍČKY HEMARATINGS dlouhý meč 1000+
Termín: 5. května 2024
Prezentace 7:30 – 8:30
Místo: Sokolovna Pardubičky, Bokova 364, Pardubice
Kontakt: +420 774 132 511
Email: psaserm@gmail.com
Systém turnaje: skupiny po 5-7, do eliminace postupuje 70-100%.
Startovné: 600,- Kč
Registrace: bude upřesněno (maximálně 42 účastníků)
Ceny: medaile pro první tři šermíře
Poznámka: každý účastník startuje na vlastní náklady a na vlastní riziko dle svého aktuálního zdravotního stavu.

Singlestick Showdown
2024-05-05 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Filberg Conference Centre, 411 Anderton Ave, Courtenay, BC, V9N 6C6, Canada
We are gathering in Courtenay in May 5, 2023 for an Singlestick tournament at the Filberg Conference Center main hall. We intend to make this an annual event, possibly adding a Sword & Buckler tournament to this event in the future.

Siebenbürgen Historischer Schwertkampf 2024
2024-05-10 - 2024-05-12 | Fortified Evangelical Church – Harman, Strada Pieței 2, Hărman, 507085, Romania
An entire weekend full of educational and fun activities with swords and friends in the heart of Romania.
This is a fun and challenging experience for all HEMA practitioners – both scholars and fighters, that includes activities such as a dueling game and a HEMA knowledge quiz, as well as workshops; Points will be awarded for participating in each activity and will then be used on the last day to claim prizes (auction).
We will start sharing regular updates about workshops, sponsors, schedule, dueling rules, registration and other useful info so check our Facebook page.

Circle City Steel Clash
2024-05-12 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Indianapolis Fencing Club, 1706 East Pleasant Street, Noblesville, IN, 46060, United States
This will be our second tournament. Its purpose is to give our fencers and other local fencers the best experience in competitive combat – in as smooth and stress-free a way as possible. We are including a foam sword format event for those who don’t have full protection yet. Also, we are adding a new competition format of “Free Form Performance”. Please, follow our tournament page for rules and videos!

Montréal Sword Meisters 2024
2024-05-17 17:00 - 2024-05-19 18:00 (America/Toronto) | College de Rosemont, 6400 16e Avenue, Montréal, Quebec, H1X 2S9, Canada
The HEMA event of North-North-America ! 3 days of tournaments, workshops, free sparring and exchanges.
During three days, historical fencers from many different places and backgrounds will find a place to meet, discuss techniques, learn from recognized instructors who prepared special workshops for the occasion, and of course compete for the title of Montreal Sword Meister in one of our competitions – Longsword, Rapier & Dagger, Sword & Buckler, Sabre and a new team competition !
Choose your weapon.
Wisely.

'Tis But a Scratch: Longsword Tournament
2024-05-18 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | NYA Sports & Fitness Center, 4 Primrose St,, Newtown, CT, 06470, United States
The tournament will feature the continuous scoring ruleset with dagger -on-hip tested at PLVA’s All Feint’s Day!
It was YOUR feedback that convinced us to do this (and yes, we’ll be making some tweaks based on that advice). There’ll be at least one more wrinkle to make this event a little different, but that’ll come with the full rules.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR JUDGES! In order to assure a shared understanding of the ruleset and consistency of officiating, we will be providing video-based training in advance of the event. If you are interested, let us know!
Hosted by Per La Vita Academy of Western Martial Arts and Thames River Historical Fencing.
Registration will open in the new year.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1063308108196882/?active_tab=discussion

Battle Born IV (2024)
2024-05-18 08:00 - 2024-05-19 17:00 (America/Denver) | Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St, Carson City, NV, United States
Battle Born IV will include several top-notch workshops as well as the following tournaments:
Steel Longsword
Steel Broadsword
Steel “Single-Life” Broadsword
Steel Single Rapier
Women’s Smallsword
HEMA Trivia

SWORDMASTERS CUP 3
2024-05-18 08:00 - 2024-05-19 20:00 (Europe/Bratislava) | Vaud
The Swordmasters Cup is a series of 4 challenges across four weapons – smallsword, rapier with a dagger, saber, and longsword, with the final taking place in the first weekend of July (06-07 VII 2024) in Wrocław, Poland.
Third Edition of Swordmasters Cup will be held in the following cathegories:
– Longsword OPEN
– Longsword WOMEN
– Sabre OPEN
– Sabre WOMEN
The participant limit for the tournament is 40 people per category/competition (To be precise, a maximum of 40 people for saber OPEN and also a max of 40 for saber WOMEN). The order of the registrations is determined by the order of received payments.
Registration will begin at 1st of APRIL 2024. Deadline for registering is up to 30th of April 2024.
More info on link:
https://fb.me/e/1RrGFPMVA

Bratislava Fecht 6
2024-05-18 08:30 - 18:00 (Europe/Bratislava) | Dom športu, Junacka 6, Bratislava, 83104, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Bratislava Fecht will be back for the 6th edition – save the date!
May 18th 2024, House of Sports Junácka 6.
Details to be added in early 2024. Until then 😉

Bayou Fecht 2024
2024-05-25 08:00 - 2024-05-26 17:00 (America/Chicago) | East Ascension High, 612 East Worthey Road, Gonzales, LA, 70737, United States
Nachreisen Historical Fencing is happy to host another Bayou Fecht this year! The tournament will include an open longsword tournament on day 1 followed by a very cajun afterparty and a choice of either Rapier or Messer tournament on day 2 as well as classes. Located in Gonzales, Louisiana the event will take place at East Ascension High.

Unicorn FightClub 2024
2024-06-01 - 2024-06-03 | Avon Hub, 77 North Parade, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8013, New Zealand
UFC is back for the fourth year. Held over three days in Christchurch, New Zealand, this event holds tournaments in:
Military Sabre
Open Longsword (with Tier A & Tier B elimination rounds)
Sidesword
Sword & Buckler
Rapier & Dagger
Spear
Open Weight Ringen
Under 80KG Ringen
This is currently the largest yearly historical fencing event in held New Zealand, with competitors traveling in from around Australasia and beyond.
All results from the weapon tournaments go towards International HEMA ratings.

IGX Spring 2024
2024-06-01 08:00 - 2024-06-02 17:30 (America/Halifax) | Danvers Indoor Sports, 150R Andover St, Danvers, MA, 01923, United States
From the get-go, IGX has placed an emphasis on exploring and experimenting with competitive formats. Our goal has always been to give HEMA practitioners a fun and challenging opportunity to put our various theories to the test.
This year we’ll be serving up tournaments in two different events! That’s right – we will be having a tournaments in both Spring and Fall!
Spring is offering a collection of tournaments including:
– A Tier longsword: longsword for those who regularly place in tournaments
– B Tier longsword: longsword for the majority of fencers- those who have competed before but do not feel ready for A tier
– GenEq longsword: longsword for those who identify as women, trans, non binary, or any other alternate genders
– Beginners longsword: longsword for those who have never competed in a steel longsword tournament before
– Open rapier: rapier alone
– Open dussack: dussack alone, weapons provided
– Open Ringen: historical jacket wrestling
– GenEq Ringen: historical jacket wrestling for women, trans, non binary or who identify as any other alternate genders.

Na Duel! HEMA Tournament 2024
2024-06-02 09:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Prague) | ZŠ Jeseniova, Jeseniova 96, Praha, 13000, Czech Republic
Military Sabre open – RoW
Longsword open – long tempo, double do not increase scrore (no RoW, no AFB)
single weapon 20€, both 32€

Southeast Renaissance Fencing Open 2024
2024-06-07 08:00 - 2024-06-09 17:00 (America/Halifax) | KSU Marietta Gym, Unnamed Subdivision Road, Marietta, GA, 30060, United States
Welcome to the 10th holding of the South East Renaissance Fencing Open!!!
We shall be opening registration for the event in the next week.
As in previous years, we shall be at KSU Marietta Gym, this year from June 7th-9th.
Having listened to the feedback from last year, we have some changes and updates to the event.
– Saturday shall be Longsword only. We will be doing the Tiers A, B, and C again this year.
– We will only be doing First Blood Rapier and Conventional Rapier. Conventional Rapier shall be updated slightly to differentiate it more from First Blood and hopefully give fencers more fencing time.
– We have already started Director training for SERFO 24 among those in the local clubs who have volunteered to help out. Our goal is to improve the quality, clarity, and conformity of the judging this year in response to issues we experienced in 2023.
– We have also started planning on how to improve the bullpen, provide updates to fencers during the event, etc.
– The rules book shall be updated and reformatted to make it easier to read through and understand
– There will be new medals.
– Etc.
The Tournaments being held this year are:
Under Represent Genders Longsword – 32 (Soft upper limit)
Sabre – 32 (This is a semi-invitational where we shall pick from those interested. We shall give you plenty of notice of who is accepted)
Open Longsword – 128 (Hard limit. There will be a waitlist)
Tier A – 36 fencers
Tier B – 44 fencers
Tier C – 48 fencers
First Blood Rapier – 52 (Hard limit. There will be a waitlist)
Conventional Rapier – 60 (Hard limit. There will be a waitlist)
Sword and Buckler – 56 (Hard limit. There will be a waitlist)
For those who do not know, the KSU Marietta campus is located in a great spot with many restaurants only a few minutes drive north on the same road as the entrance. Plus, Marietta downtown is less than a 10 minute drive away. There are plenty of hotels and AirBnBs within a close driving distance of the venue.
Due to inflation and added costs from the venue and insurance, we have to slightly raise the cost of the event for this year.
Cost for Event:
– Weekend Early Registration – as always, registration costs for SERFO includes registration into as many tournaments as you wish to compete in (until May 25th) – $100
– Weekend Registration after this day, as well as at the door (from May 26 to event date) – $120
– Single Day Registration – $75
– T-Shirt – $20
We look forward to seeing you at SERFO 24 to celebrate our 10th anniversary in holding the event. It is an exciting thing to be able to say!
https://www.facebook.com/serfencingopen

Black Horns Cup 2024
2024-06-07 15:00 - 2024-06-09 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

Mistrovství České republiky 2024
2024-06-15 09:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Bratislava) | Vaud
Dovolujeme si Vás pozvat na Mistrovství České republiky 2024.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/share/XijFUdexHpCQHpcV/

Soutěžit se bude ve dvou kategoriích, a to:

Dlouhý meč open – 60 soutěžících
Dlouhý meč ženy – 24 soutěžících (minimální počet je 6 soutěžících)

Zároveň na závěr turnaje bude vyhlášen nejlepší šermíř a šermířka ročníku 2023/24 podle „českého“ žebříčku https://zegkljan.net/hemaladder.

PRAVIDLA
Standardní česká pravidla, která byla použita v předchozích ročnících. Za pravidla děkujeme pořadatelům minulého ročníku.

MČR2023-pravidla.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cVSObY_8EDuDyEjnTfX7WSU_7MgbIncR/view?fbclid=IwAR3JKIHR6oQ0mQbQqU2Df6Y7iAwo3kKzjZXMn0jgzldvUYFsTSvPm8BhfCI

ČAS A MÍSTO
Sobota 15.6.2024 od 9:00 na adrese:
Sportovní hala Jižní město, Květnového vítězství 2233/52, 149 00 Praha 11 (GPS 50.03472556542877, 14.515703930393055).

REGISTRACE
Bude zahájena: 15.4.2024 ve 14:00
V případě překročení limitu pro jednotlivé kategorie, bude rozhodovat Hema Rating soutěžících (upřednostněni budou šermíři s vyšším Hema Rating).

VSTUPNÉ
1200 (+ 600 druhá kategorie v případě žen)

Platba je jenom převodem účet.

číslo účtu: 2101200991/2010
variabilní symbol: 20240211

Možnost vrácení peněz bude do 25. 5. 2024.

Wolf’s Head
2024-06-15 10:00 - 2024-06-16 18:00 (Asia/Tbilisi) | Vaud
We are pleased to invite you to the second Wolf’s Head Tournament — one and only HEMA competition in Georgia!
Discover new horizons in a country with breathtaking landscapes and excellent wine. And most importantly, don’t miss the chance to compete with new opponents. Polish your swords and sabers to a shine, pack your bags with gear, and get ready for an exciting journey to the capital of Georgia.
Disciplines:
– Longsword (classic rules)
– Longsword (judicial duel)
– Saber (classic rules with afterblow)
– Saber (A. Hutton’s rules with priority)
Each nomination will be also divided into men’s and women’s.
Soon we will publish the rules and open the registration, so please subscribe to our Facebook page and wait for updates!

Green Chapel 2024
2024-06-22 - 2024-06-23 | Bellevue University Lozier Gym, Bellevue, Nebraska, 1000 Galvin Road South, Bellevue, NE, 68005, United States
The Green Knight has called for another Tournament.
When: June 22 and 23, 2024
Where: Bellevue University Lozier Gym, Bellevue, Nebraska
What: Singlestick, Longsword, Rapier (plus offhand if desired), and Mixed Steel
Who: All those who would try their skill
Costs will be $25 for the first event, and $5 for each after.

3. Dresdner HEMA-Cup
2024-06-22 - 2024-06-23 | Dresden, Germany, Dresden, Germany
The ultimate Fencival in Germany!
This time we want to offer:
– Longsword Men
– Longsword Women
– Longsword Beginner
– Sword and Buckler
– Sabre
– Rapier and Dagger
Stay tunded and SAVE THE DATE!

Anvil 2024
2024-06-22 09:00 - 2024-06-23 18:00 (America/Edmonton) | Highland Park Community Centre, 3716 2 St NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2K 0Y4, Canada
Anvil is The Forge Western Martial Arts annual steel tournament. There will be a Steel Longsword event, Steel Grosse Messer event, Single hit, single elimination dussack event, and a Ringen Am Schwert workshop by Mark Winkelman.

Pražský argument 2024
2024-06-29 | Sportovní hala Jedenáctka, Mírového hnutí 3, Praha 11, 14900, Czech Republic
III.ročník HEMA turnaje Pražský argument proběhne 29.6.2024.
Více informací naleznete na našem webu.
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The 3rd edition of the HEMA Prague Argument tournament will take place on 29.6.2024.
More information can be found on our website.

2024 Clash of Steel
2024-06-29 - 2024-06-30 | New Taipei City SanChong Civil Sports Center, No. 55, Jimei St., Sanchong Dist., New Taipei City, 241, Taiwan
Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) is an endeavor started in the 20th century in the US and Europe, its aim is to reconstruct European martial arts that has its lineage broken through the interpretation of period manuscripts. In Asia, more and more people are joining the movement, either based on the fascination with a foreign culture, or through a passion for martial arts. A HEMA event for Asia – Clash of Steel. We invite everyone to join us.

CLAMAS III
2024-06-29 08:00 - 2024-06-30 18:00 (Europe/Bratislava) | Vaudoise Aréna, Chemin du Viaduc 20, Prilly, Vaud, 1008, Switzerland
CLAMAS is a yearly event co-founded in 2021 by two swiss fencers. It focuses on 18th and 19th century Martial Arts and featured in the past workshops on : Kreusslerian smallsword, 19th century women’s self-defense, Irish stick fighting, Swiss Contrepointe, Modern and Historical Mensur, Northern Italian thrust fencing…
This year edition will be bigger than the previous one, with at least double the number of workshops as well as a few lectures on top of that. To register to our event, please fill up the following Google Form : https://forms.gle/uTNyuHHcoCUgiosX6.

MidSummer FightNight
2024-06-29 15:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Bucharest) | 7 Swords HEMA Bucharest, Bulevardul Iancu de Hunedoara 27, Bucharest, 011732, Romania
Get ready to join an exhilarating display of skill, technique, and hotness at Midsummer FightNight!
On June 29th, 7 Swords and Iron Will will be hosting a friendly open longsword competition at the 7 Swords training hall. With a new ruleset developed by Iron Will that promotes clean tactical fencing, this event promises to be as exciting and fun as last year’s edition.
Don’t wait – sign up now and be a part of the action! The places will be limited to 40 participants. Participation tax 75 lei / 15 eur.
https://www.facebook.com/share/F6feBXFtQqsS44Qb/

Steel & Chill 2024
2024-07-20 08:00 - 2024-07-21 17:00 (Europe/Zagreb) | Count Janković Castle, Daruvar, Ulica Ivana Gundulića 1, Daruvar, 43500, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
A year has passed since we made fencers wet and hot inside of castle walls.
So it is time to announce Steel & Chill 2024. With Istria conquered we are moving east.
We can not promise neither rain nor sun, but a weekend with lots of HEMA fun.
In Daruvar at count Janković castle, in four categories you will battle.
Categories. (participants)
1. Longsword open (24)
2. Sidesword (24)
3. Sword & Buckler (24)
4. Longsword women (12)
Main category: 40 €
LS Women 20 €
Secondary category: 20 €
Afterparty TBA
We have reserved accommodation for participants in a spa with a thermal pool 3 minutes from the castle. Prices have yet to be determined but will be announced before registrations.
The tournament will take place over two days, with sidesword, sword and buckler being on the first day, while longsword will be on the second day.
You will be allowed to participate in more categories if there is space in other categories.
Priority goes to fencers who selected the category in question as their primary category.
Ruleset and applications will be released soon. (ruleset is same as last years with minor changes)
Keep in mind that it is safe to assume that the tournament will have tourists and visitors that will watch the matches.
Also, since it’s an outside tournament we will be exposed to the elements. Rain is highly unlikely(this time we hope), but heat is probable.
We will make sure to be in the shade when possible and have lots of water on site. More details will follow.
P.S. it is closer for everyone. 1.5h drive from Zagreb to the east of Croatia.

HEMA WashFechten
2024-08-03 09:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Belgrade) | SC Rakovica, 2 Viševačka, 11090, Beograd-Rakovica, Grad Beograd, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
This will be a single day historical fencing event focused on a longsword tournament with a separate sparring area open to various weapons outside of the tournament itself. Our local scene features plenty of folks using rapier, smallsword, saber, sidesword, dussack and dagger.
The longsword tournament will be open to all genders and rating levels, with 10 people groups, everyone judging each other during the group phase, followed by eliminations.
Fencer judging pairs will be formed once full registration is done and paired up based on combined experience.
Prizes will be announced in the following months.
If you’ve ever been to Swordplay, Intermezzo, Megdan, Steel&Chill, Sofia CrossSwords, TeutonFecht and similar events you may recognize a similar atmosphere and even some people, try and catch all the intentional and unintentional similarities.
The intent of the event is to have as many people enjoy as much great fencing as possible during a single day while also helping people get judging experience and giving various international fencers a chance to connect.
We look forward to having you at our event.
Feel free to check our website and facebook event for further information
https://www.hema-washfechten.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1576528809571825?active_tab=about

Tag des Schwertes - Burg Reichenstein IV
2024-08-10 10:00 - 2024-08-11 16:00 (Europe/Bratislava) | Burg Reichenstein, Reichenstein 1, Gutau, 4230, Austria
Eine bunte Palette unterschiedlicher Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten zum Thema Schwert wird geboten: Von Präsentationen aus alten über 600 Jahre alten Fechtbüchern, aber auch der Vorstellung einer modernen Sportart (HEMA), die das Schwert als Sportgerät nutzt, hin zur Betrachtung eines Originalfund im Museum der Burg. Eines ist für uns klar: Zumindest einmal im Leben sollte man ein Schwert in der Hand gehabt haben.
Komm vorbei und fechte mit uns, den Teilnehmer*innen der Fechtwoche. Die Burg bietet eine wundervolle Kulisse, auf mehreren Ebenen und in unterschiedlichen Räumen ist genügend Platz für allerlei fechterische Freuden: Freies Fechten sowie technischer Austausch ist durchgehend möglich.

Summer Stab (Rapier & Dagger)
2024-08-25 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Coombs Fairgrounds & Event Centre, 1014 Ford Rd, Coombs, BC, V0R 1M0, Canada
We are gathering at the Coombs Fairgrounds & Event Centre on August 25th, 2023 for an Open Steel Rapier & Dagger tournament. This will be the unofficial second iteration of this tournament, as we hadn’t really settled on the name until this year.

Walpurgis: 3º Encuentro Femenino de Esgrima Histórica en Valdivia
2024-09-07 - 2024-09-08 | Vaud
El objetivo de esta actividad es generar un espacio de encuentro solo para mujeres, con talleres teórico-prácticos sobre armas, charlas y conversatorios reflexivos en torno al desempeño del deporte desde las experiencias y mirada femenina. Y este año por primera vez incorporaremos un torneo experimental al encuentro.

Mortslag 2024 HEMA Tournament
2024-09-07 - 2024-09-08 | Sportcomplex De Witte Molen, Azalealaan 29, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, 9100, Belgium
Introducing Mortslag, a multi-disciplinary international HEMA tournament, brought to you by Arte Mortiferum!
Mortslag will feature the following disciplines:
* Longsword (Mixed)
* Longsword (Women’s)
* Sabre
* Rapier & Dagger
Participants will be able to register for all disciplines! The pool phases will be organised on Saturday, with eliminations and finals following on Sunday.
Registrations are now open!
Registration form: https://forms.gle/v4tQ9c2fyJxx9sEs7
