First Swordsmanship class free

If it is you first time, come visit us at the Fulton Place Community League on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm for your first HEMA lesson.

We’ll hand you a sword and we can practice together!

Why Us

We practice the full range of Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), with a special love given to the sword! Emphasis is placed on effective real-world techniques described in historical arms treatises. You can expect to study all period weapons including pole arms, swords, daggers, and hand-to-hand fighting. While we focus on the teachings of the great masters, Johannes Liecthenauer and Joachim Meyer, we are not afraid to learn from other sources.

If you seek an authentic martial arts experience in an inclusive atmosphere that emphasizes real-world techniques over stage fighting and repetitive forms, look no further than the Academy of European Swordsmanship.

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New member intake

First class free! Join us on the first Tuesday of every month to explore the fundamentals of historical European martial arts. This is the day we encourage newcomers to begin with. Ee ensure everyone gains new insights and skills. Our classes start at 7:00 PM, beginning with a structured segment dedicated to essential techniques, drills,... Continue reading→

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Nordschlag 2016 a Success

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This past weekend was our tenth annual open Western Martial Arts tournament and workshop, Nordschlag. Some excellent practitioners from around Western Canada and the world showed up for this competition, thirty-eight competitors overall, displaying not only fine athleticism, but also some fantastic sportsmanship. The weekend began with Saturday’s tournament, which five events were held: synthetic longsword, synthetic sword & buckler, junior knife, steel longsword, and steel sword & buckler.  It was the intention to also have a senior knife division, but as we were running quite late, the tournament didn’t end until 21:00, this event was dropped. Sorry to those... Continue reading→

Nordschlag 2016 Date Set

Academy Articles, Workshops

Our annual tournament and workshop for 2016 has had its date set! Nordschlag 2016 will be on May 28 and 29, 2016. This is an exciting year for us, as it’s the tenth year that we’ve done this in a row! For this year we are having Mr. Ties Kool teaching at our workshop. This will be a long seminar, like last year’s, with some of the highest quality instruction available in the world. Mr. Kool is from Haarlem, Nederlands, and is one of the world’s foremost HEMA competitors. Registration is now open for the tournament and workshop here. For... Continue reading→

Tournaments Past 2015

Nordschlag, Nordschlag Winners

The 2015 tournament was held on March 23, with the workshop on May 24.  2015’s guest instructor was Axel Pettersson, who won most of Longpoint 2014. This workshop was sold out! 2014’s tournament (March 1, 2014) . Workshop, held on March 2, 2014, had three instructors: Steaphen Fick, Mark Winkelman, and Johanus Haidner teaching longsword, Messer, and Silver’s True Time. Our 2013 tournament was held on March 2, 2013, and was a great time for all involved! We had five different schools participating in 3 events (shortsword, longsword, and dagger). In prior years we have had events in unarmed combat, staff, single sword, and... Continue reading→