Upcoming Events

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

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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

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

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

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?

Rules Here

Pdf Rules Here

Venue
Narrandjeri Stadium, Thornbury
3 word map pin: ///risk.former.jaws
https://what3words.com/risk.former.jaws

Bookings
Staff and Spectators free.

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Join us for a sidesword comp with a difference!

Super light and flexy sideswords will be provided for faster, safer, minimal gear fencing.

Compete in one of 2 categories:
Seniors (16+) or U18

Each category will fight for a medal in the open and within your own height division.

Results will not be submitted to HEMA Ratings

Gear Requirements:
Mask, 350 N Jacket (with bladecatcher or gorget), and Gloves (lightly padded)

Venue
The Melbourne Salle, Preston

Cost:

$25 per ticket

Bookings:

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1397893

FB Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/1930425467489036/

Chris Slee is a swordsman, historian and franco-phone with an academic background in Renaissance thought, history, literature and languages. He has published numerous translations of French fencing treatises. and runs Long Edge Fencing in Brisbane, dedicated to historical French fencing.

I’m excited to have him teach this workshop weekend because he has a strong academic streak while also teaching practical fencing that everyone can benefit from.

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Saturday 5th
French Sabre
11 am – 5 pm

Sunday 6th
French Rapier and Dagger
10 am – 4 pm

Cost:
Both days – $110
One day only – $70
SHF all classes subscribers and Saturday Regulars get Saturday discounted (contact Gindi for discount code).


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