Society of Historical Fencing

09/20/2026

Day 1 of Steel Jam is in the books. Congratulations to Iris (1st place URG Longsword), Glenn (2nd place Open Longsword), and Jynx (3rd place URG Longsword) for bringing home medals. We can’t wait for day 2.

09/15/2026

Congratulations to Iris on earning her Coach’s Sticker from Glenn Best. She challenged Glen to a sticker fight with Longsword using the upcoming Steel Jam ruleset.

08/20/2026

One of the biggest aspects of HEMA is the historical side. Mike Roth is explaining the history and evolution of the swords we use.

If you are interested in the history of sword fighting, a different kind of exercise, or just being around a great group of people, then please join us. Send us a message if you have any questions.

07/02/2026

Something special happened at Hot Sword Summer. (Ok. A lot of special things happened. But this was super special.) One of our coaches lost a match to one of his students. Glenn Best lost a rapier match during pools to Lana. This is the first time this has happened to Glenn. Congratulations Lana!!!!

07/01/2026

Did you know SOHF has a merch store? Check out our new shirt!

I added a shirt to the online store celebrating 's favorite move - I will plan to rotate these "just for fun" products in and out, so get em while you can!

Is getting a song stuck in your opponents head a form of psychological warfare?. The Society of Historical Fencing funds its mission to bring Historical Fencing (or HEMA...

06/30/2026

Hot Sword Summer is in the news!

The tournament featured Historical European Martial Arts, where fighters use historical literature to understand how weapons were used.

06/28/2026

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Live stream for Day 2.

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06/22/2026

For the first time, we have sold out of Hot Sword Summer Tickets! In previous years, we always set the upper limit of tickets higher than we expected to get - at the upper limit of what we thought we could reasonably run with the space we have booked! This year, we hit that number - 120 tickets sold!

Tomorrow was supposed to be the last day to buy tickets anyway, but if you would like to be put on the waitlist for anyone who has to drop out, please email [email protected]

We look forward to seeing everyone this weekend for the biggest Hot Sword Summer to date!

06/17/2026

For those that saw our last post, we explained what a sticker match is. Tonight we had another student earn a sticker. Iain Burton won the sticker from Mike Roth fighting with Singlesticks. Congratulations Iain!!!

06/13/2026

Our club has an amazing tradition. We have what we call Sticker Matches. Any student may challenge an instructor to a match. The match is treated like a tournament match. The instructor selects the weapon set. The instructor doesn’t hold back. If the student wins, they get a sticker and bragging rights. Today, Tyvan challenged Glenn. Tyvan came out ahead after a fantastic match.