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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.
Past Winners
2018 Tournament Winners
Open Steel Longsword
1 | Ashley Coe | The Forge Western Martial Arts |
2 | Joseph Paches | Academy of European Swordsmanship |
3 | Kevin de Ridder | Blood and Iron Martial Arts, Burnaby |
4 | August Sieben | Academy of European Swordsmanship |
Sidesword
1 | Tony Huang | Blood and Iron Martial Arts, Burnaby |
2 | Lars Le Gras | The Forge Western Martial Arts |
3 | Joseph Paches | Academy of European Swordsmanship |
4 | Roman Frolov | Academy of European Swordsmanship |
Women’s Longsword
Random-mixed weapons
1 | Joseph Paches | Academy of European Swordsmanship |
2 | Thora Jensdottir | The Forge Western Martial Arts |
3 | Tony Huang | Blood and Iron Martial Arts, Burnaby |
4 | Mark Winkelman | The Forge Western Martial Arts |
Tournament Champion was Joseph Patches (The AES), for which he received a Kvetun Federschwert donated by Sword Gear.
Sportsmanship award was to Par Parmar of Blood & Iron Martial Arts