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Glasgow Blacksmithing

October 27, 2019 7:29 pm

As part of her quest to learn as many medieval skills as possible, Jennie visited Bear and Thistle Forge in... View Article

October 12, 2019 2:11 pm

Last weekend we were visited by Kru Cha MacKenzie from Pro Muay Thai and Judo club. With years of martial... View Article

June 23, 2019 4:45 pm

In a change from swords, we headed to deepest Wales for a fantastic Historical Rifle Day with WMS Firearms Training. ... View Article

April 28, 2019 4:47 pm

We spent a lovely sunny Easter weekend at the Royal Armouries at Leeds for their Easter Tournament. Unlike re-enactment jousts... View Article

We’re back!
In Updates
It’s been a long lockdown and we’re still not training indoors, but thanks to some friends with some farmland on the edge of Glasgow, we managed to get an outdoors training session this weekend. It was great to be back together and hopefully we’ll get a few more training sessions before the winter weather kicks in. Big thanks to Billy and Nicky for letting us visit and for Read More
Anti-Pugilism classes have started
In Updates
We’re revisiting our Scottish Regimental Basket-hilt classes, based on the 1790 manual ‘Anti-Pugilism’. Although we’ve trained this before, we’re enjoying this new interpretation, which is being researched and taught by Vytautas. It’s his first time as an instructor and he’s given a familiar system a lot of new depth and technique thanks to his close Read More
Glasgow HEMA Open Longsword – Dmitry takes 3rd!
In Events
A massive well done to club member Dmitry who took 3rd place in today’s longsword competition at the open tournament run by our friends at Glasgow HEMA. As it was only his second competition and he was up against some very experienced opponents, we’re very chuffed. And a big thank you to all the GHFS club members who came along to support him.Read More