Metropolitan Historical Fencing Academy

Registration is open for our Kings Cup Saber tournament, coming August 30th! As always we have a URG tournament and 40+ tournament as well as the Open. Our leaderboard is up as well!
Follow the link in our bio and go to the Kings Cup tab to get to our registration page!

What a day! Fencers came from over twenty different clubs to compete in the Kings Cup Series event. Our largest event of the day was the Open, where Charlottesville HEMA's Piotr Przanowski took gold in a nail-biting sudden-death finish. Our closing event was the URG tournament, where Alexandra Faur, also of Charlottesville HEMA, worked her way to the top. And we opened our day with the Veterans' 40+ tournament, where Stephen Dougherty of Crossing Fight School was our winner. We saw a lot of very impressive today and are thankful to all our competitors for coming. Special shout-out to BD Madlinger, who has maintained his top position on our leaderboard, which you can find on our website!

Happy ! This is a great day to remember the important place people of African descent have in . From the decorated General Thomas-Alexander Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie all the way to depictions of fencers in the works of Talhoffer, Meyer, Mair, and others, Africans and people of African descent have a long and well-documented history in European martial arts. We consider diversity to be vital to a strong HEMA community: HEMA is and will always be for everyone. We're also delighted by how much we can share with the Historical African Martial Arts community!

Two week warning! Our Kings Cup Longsword tournament is happening on June 21st and we still have open space for Vets (anyone 40+) and URG! If you're interested in the Open, we're happy to add you to our wait list, as well. Get your sign-ups in via the link in our bio!