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Casual Comps Rapier & Longsword

7 – 9:30 pm, Thursday 18 December

Get there whenever you can as the format is extremely flexible. Everyone should get plenty of safe, fun fencing, and if you are missing some gear, I will bring plenty of loaner bits and bobs.

Rapier options are: Single Rapier, Rapier & Dagger, Rapier & Cloak, Rapier & Buckler.

Longsword options are short, medium, and long.

Join us for dumplings afterwards!

Will be self-called rather than judged and won’t be submitted to HEMA Ratings

No need to book, just show up.

SHF Subscribers: Free
Others: $15 Gear Requirements:
Mask, Jacket, Gloves (rapier), thickly padded gloves or better (longsword), Elbow protectors, Knee protectors, Gorget

Will there be swords to borrow?
Yes there will be loaner Longswords, and Rapiers, to borrow if needed.

Rules – simple rules to be explained on the day.

Venue
Wesley Hall
Wesley Uniting Church, Oxford St, Box Hill
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Ton Puey Workshop

Saturday 25th October
11 am – 5 pm

Sunday 6th October
10 am – 4 pm

About Ton

Ton Puey grew up studying karate shotokan in his childhood and teenage years, before getting into sports fencing. He got historical in 2002, and around 2004 began researching and teaching the Iberian school of Verdadera Destreza. Ton has taught workshops all over the world including: Europe China, Russia, Australia, and the Americas. Ton is a founding member of AGEA (Asociación Galega de Esgrima Antiga), honorary member of FEEH (Federación Española de Esgrima Histórica), member of the editorial staff of AGEA Editora and member of HEMAC. In 2015 he was acknowledged as Mestre de Armas by HEMA Portugal. Nowadays, he’s general manager and Mestre de Armas of his latest project, Academia da Espada, focused in the study of La Verdadera Destreza through the characteristic weapons of the discipline’s heyday

BOOK HERE

Cost:

	Early	Late
regular	340	360
solidarity	540	560
book before	30/9/25	25/10/25

Venue:
The Melbourne Salle
4/64 Oakover Rd
Preston 3072

Sidesword Advantage Comp

Join us for a Sidesword comp using the advantage ruleset.

12 – 4 pm, Sunday 5 October

Results will be entered into HEMA Ratings.

Venue
The Melbourne Salle, Preston

Cost:

$25 per ticket

Bookings:

Trybooking link – https://www.trybooking.com/DFWNZ

FB Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/1191256823026344

School Holiday Swords – Sword Fighting Classes for Teens

Have you ever wanted to learn how to fight with a sword?

In this intensive workshop teens (10 – 17 ) will enjoy swordfighting activities for a whole day! There will be training to improve with steel swords, fencing for fun with foam swords and steel ones, medieval fighting games, and foam sword making (if your teen would like their own foam sword).

Learning swordfighting gives young people a chance to get physically active, to improve at a challenging skill and to work with other similarly geeky friends all in a welcoming, and inclusive environment.

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Wednesday 1 October
9 am – 4 pm

Cost:
$90

Venue:
The Melbourne Salle
4/64 Oakover Rd
Preston 3072

Marozzo Cup 2025

The Marozzo Cup is an epic test of Historical Martial Arts prowess.

Three core tournaments are included in the battle for the Cup itself: Longsword, Sword & Buckler, & Sidesword. These tournaments will be run concurrently, swapping weapons and fencing with the same opponent.

In addition there are stand alone tournaments in: Single Rapier, Rapier & Dagger, and Spear.

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Schedule
Saturday 12 July
9 am – Venue opens for rego and warmups
9:30 am – Spear Tournament begins
11 am – Main Tournaments (Longsword, S&B, Sidesword) begin
2 pm – Free Spear Workshop
4:30 pm – Finals
6 pm – Social event

Sunday 13 July
9 am – Venue opens for rego and warmups
9:30 am – Single Rapier tournament begins
12:30 pm – Lunch Break
1 pm – Rapier & Dagger Tournament begins
4 pm – Finals
5 pm – Social event

Can you help?

We are looking for volunteers to referee the tournament as well as run the table and organise the task allocations on the day. Contact Gindi via fb, discord,or email

Volunteer Schedule here –

How will the three core tournaments work?
Progression to eliminations in the Longsword, Sword & Buckler, and Sidesword tournaments will be based on your performance across all three weapons.
Each match will be fought as three sub matches, first Longsword, then Sword & Buckler, then Sidesword.

Will the results be submitted to HEMA Ratings?
Yes. Individual matches from all the tournaments will be submitted to HEMA Ratings.

Will there be swords to borrow?
Yes there will be loaner Longswords, Sideswords, Bucklers, Rapiers, Daggers, and Spears to borrow if needed. There will also be some limited loaner PPE – with priority going to newer fencers. If you need to borrow something we encourage you to organise it with your home club in advance.

What are the gear requirements?