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Every year the Academy has an open martial arts tournament and workshop in Edmonton, Alberta. We bring in top instructors from the world in order to teach the best of HEMA and WMA. Past instructors have included Julian Schuetze, Jane Johnston, Ties Kool, Axel Petterson, Steaphen Fick, Ilka Hartikainen, Ken Pfrenger, and (of course) our own Johanus Haidner.
Tournaments
Nordschlag 2023 Tournament
This year’s tournament will be held on Saturday, October 7th. The workshop will be Sunday, October 8th. Tournament late registration and check-in will begin at 09:00. Competition is expected to begin at 09:30. Tournament registration fee includes all events. However, you may choose to participate in all eligible events or only those you wish to... Continue reading→
Past Winners
Nordschlag 2019 Winners
We would like to thank all the volunteers and participants that made this event possible. We would like to recognize Jane Johnston as the winner of our most esteemed prize: the sportsmanship prize! She received a Black Fencer Zweihaender.
The 2019 tournament events included:
- Open Steel Longsword
1 Ashley Coe The Forge Western Martial Arts 2 Steven DallaVicenza The Forge Western Martial Arts 3 Jane Johnston Unaffiliated 4 Matthew Fisher The Forge Western Martial Arts - Women’s Steel Longsword
1 Lexa Giguère The Forge Western Martial Arts 2 Jane Johnston Unaffiliated 3 Andrea Valcourt Blood and Iron Martial Arts, Victoria 4 Sheena Haug Academy of European Swordsmanship - Mixed steel shortsword
1 Ashley Coe The Forge Western Martial Arts 2 Clinton Sime Academy of European Swordsmanship 3 Steven DallaVicenza The Forge Western Martial Arts 4 Matthew Fisher The Forge Western Martial Arts - a mixed weapons tournament (weapons are randomly chosen for each fighter).
1 Ashley Coe The Forge Western Martial Arts 2 Steven DallaVicenza The Forge Western Martial Arts 3 Clinton Sime Academy of European Swordsmanship 4 Daniel Lenfest-Jameson The Forge Western Martial Arts