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Join us for a small scale efficient and fun rapier tournament.

The comp will be capped at 18 fencers and everyone will get at least 7 matches and it will take 3 hours. Results will go through to HEMA Ratings

These tournaments will be friendly and safe. Fight or Watch you will be welcomed, we even have swords and some protective equipment to borrow.

Rules – 1 point for all targets, first to 3 clean hits wins, more details to follow.

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Will there be swords to borrow?
Yes there will be loaner rapiers, 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.

Venue
The Melbourne Salle
12/62-64 Oakover Rd, Preston VIC
3 word map pin: ///later.soda.vocab

Cost
$20 to compete,
SHF Tuesday students compete for free, use code SHF.
Spectators free.

Join us for a small scale efficient and fun side sword tournament.

The comp will be capped at 16 fencers and everyone will get at least 7 matches and it will take 2.5 hours. Results will go through to HEMA Ratings

These tournaments will be friendly and safe. Fight or Watch you will be welcomed, we even have swords and some protective equipment to borrow.

Rules – only clean hits count, 1 point for all targets, first to 3 points wins, more details to follow.

BOOK HERE

Will there be swords to borrow?
Yes there will be loaner, Sideswords, 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.

Venue
The Melbourne Salle
12/62-64 Oakover Rd, Preston VIC
3 word map pin: ///later.soda.vocab

Cost
$20 to compete,
SHF Saturday students compete for free, use code SHF.
Staff and Spectators free.

https://historicalfencing.com.au/2024/03/sidesword-comp/

Join us for Tournaments in Rapier, Longsword, Sword & Buckler, and Dagger. PLUS workshops and casual sparring

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Schedule:
Friday 26 Jan
10:30 am – Takedowns and Wrestling with Daggers – with Gindi Wauchope
12 pm – That rapier spin from Thibault – with Mosh Hewson
1 pm – Lunch and Sparring
2:30 pm – Trimming the Rose – Longsword with David Gresham
3:30 pm – Sparring
5 pm – Dinner and/or drinks

Saturday 27 Jan
9 am – Venue opens for rego and warmups, Roll Call for Dagger
9:30 am – Dagger Tournament
12 pm – Roll Call for Longsword
12:30 pm – Longsword Tournament
5 pm – Social event

Sunday 28 Jan
9 am – Venue opens for rego and warmups, Roll Call for Rapier
9:30 am – Rapier Tournament
12:30 pm – Roll Call for Sword & Buckler
1 pm – Sword & Buckler Tournament
5 pm – Social event

Workshop Info

Takedowns and Wrestling with Daggers
Using wrestling to make dagger fighting more fun and more grounded. This session will cover wrestling concepts with and without a dagger. Leading to a finish with a takedown or control position. In other words, weaponised hugging, handshakes and other signs of friendship.

About Gindi:
Gindi teaches fencing full time, with a focus on Northen Italian and Iberian styles. He believes that all fencing is wrestling.

That rapier spin from Thibault
How you can use Thibault’s style to find the perfect time to experience and fit a spinning back thrust in your rapier fencing! Starting with the mechanics of a full spin in tempo, the order of actions to experience such safely and how to recognise and create the situation. By the end of the session, expect to be only a little dizzy and very excited to pull this off in free play.

About Mosh:
Mosh is the head coach and Master of Arms at the Fitzroy College of arms and the Current World Broadsword Champion. Mosh has an intense passion for the magic of fencing and the absolute abuse of geometry of 1600’s rapier fencing.

Trimming the Rose – Longsword
Meyer’s Rose is an expression of deceptive and distracting work that restricts the opponent’s options and stacks your advantages, I will be sharing the tools and timing I have used to develop my interpretation of the action to subtly control a pass.

About David:
David has a black belt in Taekwondo and has been practicing HEMA since 2015, first in Queensland and then Melbourne. David coaches Meyer at FCA.

Will there be swords to borrow?
Yes there will be loaner Longswords, Sideswords, Bucklers, and Rapiers, to borrow if needed. Daggers will be provided for everyone for the Dagger torunament. 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.

Rules Here

Venue
The Melbourne Salle
12/62-64 Oakover Rd, Preston VIC
3 word map pin: ///later.soda.vocab

Cost
$20 per tournament
Staff and Spectators free.
Workshops – Competitors in the various tournaments attend the workshops free, as do SHF full subscribers or Saturday students, otherwise $20 for the day 🙂

BOOK HERE