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Well done Dmitry!

December 16, 2018 8:10 pm

Well done to club member Dmitry for representing us at the Glasgow Hema Open Tournament in December at the Kelvin... View Article

October 31, 2018 4:59 pm

Happy birthday to Andrew who’s just turned 21. He’s been training with us for 3 years but his love of... View Article

Glasgow HEMA Longsword and Basket Hilt tournament
In Events
Last weekend, Vytas represented us at the Glasgow HEMA open tournament in both longsword and sabre/basket-hilt categories, where he narrowly missed out on a medal, placing 4th below much more experienced competitors. Congratulations to the winners and a big shout out to Chris and the Glasgow Sword Breakers, and Ben and Saorsa: Scottish Swordsmanship for their friendship and support.Read More
Back again!
In Updates
Now that we’re in Level 2 we can meet outdoors for contact training. So we’re back at the farm and having a lot of fun reminding ourselves of all the stuff we love about training historical fencing. We’ve started with longswords – German longsword is the backbone of our club and a great place to re-start after a break. A couple of the guys have got new messers so there Read More
The Art of Balefire Blades
In Updates
Over lockdown, we took delivery of a beautiful new coffee-table-style sword book from Balefire Blades. If you are familiar with their online presence, you will know that their custom swords come with beautiful stories designed to evoke the history and background of their design. It might seem like a non-functional addition to your sword order, but everybody who loves swords knows there’s more to Read More