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Martin, Dmitry, Andrew and Jennie modelling the new GHFS hoodies and t-shirts.

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Recent Posts

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
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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!
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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

Resources

Wiktenauer is an ongoing collaboration among researchers and practitioners from across the Western martial arts community, seeking to collect all of the primary and secondary source literature that makes up the text of HEMA research and to organise and present it in a scholarly but accessible format.
wiktenauer.com

HROARR is an independent, neutral meeting ground and resource site dedicated to the Historical European Martial Arts community.
hroarr.com

Suppliers

The Knight Shop
A UK based supplier of historical swords and armour.
theknightshop.com

The following sword makers have been used by members of Glasgow Historical Fencing Society:
balefireblades.com
regenyei.com
kvetun facebook page

"Liechtenauer's swordsmanship is a true art that the weaker wins more easily by use of his art than the stronger by using his strength."
Translated by David Lindholm