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Wyrobek wins Black Horns Cup Open Steel Saber after 71-fencer field

Franciszek Wyrobek outlasted 70 others in a 71-fencer Open Steel Saber bracket, with Krakowska Szkoła Fechtunku and Mordschlag Łódź filling the top four.

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Schwabenhau 2026 returns to Ulm under new leadership

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Albion Cup 2026 crowns champions across six HEMA weapon divisions

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Candy Clash 2026 targets beginner HEMA fencers in Carlsbad

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Five Master Strikes that define German longsword fencing

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Kristine Rinka tops HEMA women’s steel sabre June 2026 rankings

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George Silver’s fencing manual reveals Elizabethan English combat culture

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Albion Cup 2026 uses HEMA Ratings for fairer category splits

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Alan Beck wins Midsommar Slam 2026 open steel single-rapier title

Alan Beck beat Sheik Bacchus for the open steel single-rapier crown, and Cymbrogi added two more fencers to the fifth-place tie in a 22-fencer field.

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Albstadt Fechtwoche offers five-day HEMA training camp in 2026

Fechtwoche in Albstadt bundles five days, three instructors and nine workshops into a 759-euro full-board HEMA camp. The setup favors steady skill work over tournament pressure.

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New study reveals ancient Greek stances in pankration and wrestling

Ancient Greek stances in palē, pygmē and pankration now read like a coach’s notebook: clinch, boxing shell and hybrid guard, all with real drill value.

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Scientific analysis confirms Tuscany’s medieval sword in the stone is real

Chemical analysis has kept Tuscany’s Montesiepi blade from becoming just another Excalibur story: it is genuine medieval iron, still set in bedrock since the 1180s.

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Placencia wins Sword and Buckler Open Steel as Mordhau dominates podium

Placencia broke a Mordhau 2-4 run in Sword and Buckler Open Steel, winning an 11-fencer bracket while Ironwood said it swept the medals.

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Iceland's only international HEMA tournament returns for fourth edition

Iceland’s only international HEMA tournament will return to Reykjavík on July 25-26, with longsword, saber and sidesword drawing travelers to its fourth edition.

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HEMA rules trace back to centuries of fencing conventions

HEMA doubles, afterblows, and scoring disputes echo centuries of fencing conventions, from Fechtschule contests to modern brackets like Sword Fight VIII 2026.

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A Coruña highlights international Historical European Martial Arts gathering

San Antón Castle hosted an international HEMA gathering where practitioners swapped techniques and history inside a 16th-century fortress.

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Grace Rudiak wins Orange Slice Cutting Tournament in tight SoCal field

Grace Rudiak beat 19 fencers to win Orange Slice’s open steel longsword cut, while SoCal Swords took third and fourth in a podium stacked with regional clubs.

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Geraud lemenager wins crowded Sword of the South 2026 longsword bracket

Geraud lemenager survived a 45-fighter open-steel longsword field in Adelaide, then beat Mark Holgate in the final as the podium spread across four clubs.

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Sword Fight VIII fuels July sidesword ratings with 30 fighters, five debuts

Thirty fighters and 123 Sword Fight VIII bouts moved July’s single sidesword board, with five debuts including Habibi Favilla reshaping the field.

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New Haven Historical Fencing sweeps top four at Piercing Party 2026

New Haven Historical Fencing took all four podium spots in a 16-fighter Sword & Offhand - Steel field, with Colin Myers winning and Joseph North, Isabel Branch and Elizabeth Urban next.

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Battle Born VI crowns rapier champion in Carson City HEMA tournament

Battle Born VI’s rapier results entered HEMA Ratings, turning Carson City’s annual tournament into a ranked stop for the wider rapier field.

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SoCal Swords dominate team standings at SoCal Swordfight 2026

SoCal Swords piled up 142 aggregate points at Sheraton Fairplex, nearly doubling Lonin League and showing the depth behind their latest HEMA crown.

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St. George’s HEMA School sweeps visible longsword podium in Tbilisi

St. George’s HEMA School took the top four in the visible longsword category in Tbilisi, turning Wolf’s Head into a sharp test of local depth.

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Forge Pioneer HEMA team’s rookies impress, Tajonera earns rapier technique award

Forge Pioneer’s rookies were not just surviving pools. Badger Tajonera, 17, won rapier technique honors after finishing first in round one.

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Chandler Brown wins Lane County Longsword Open as Lonin League surges

Chandler Brown topped a 15-fighter Tier A longsword field in Eugene, while Lonin League stacked four of the top six and owned much of the chase.

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McKenzie wins Melbourne HEMA Open rapier title

Travis McKenzie won Melbourne HEMA Open’s 35-fencer single-rapier field, beating Edward Craig in a format built on precision, pacing and distance. Scholar Victoria also placed two more fighters in the top six.

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Ace Of Blades III syncs to HEMA Ratings, announces 2027 return

Ace Of Blades III fed 47 participants into HEMA Ratings and lined up a 2027 return, strengthening its place on the tournament circuit.

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HEMA Ratings July board sees five new single-rapier fighters debut

One event fed 152 single-rapier fights into HEMA Ratings' July board, where 38 fighters and five debuts, including Tess Gardner, moved the category.

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Sebastian Portilla wins Krieg 2026 Longsword & Dagger title

Sebastian Portilla won Krieg 2026’s Longsword & Dagger bracket in Kingston, outlasting a 32-fencer field that rewarded dagger control and line management.

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Why historical fencing books put wrestling and daggers at center stage

Historical fencing books put the body first: Fiore’s Getty manuscript opens with unarmed and dagger plays, and that changes how HEMA reads distance, clinches and weapon retention.

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Daniel Pope’s HEMA Ratings record spans 41 events in four countries

Daniel Pope has fought 41 events in four countries, 16 divisions and 238 opponents. His ratings trail shows how a portable HEMA career survives across separate scenes.

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Blademasters Academy sweeps Cork longsword podium at IHFL 2026

Blademasters Academy locked out the Cork Tier B longsword podium, led by Samuele Ragazzini and Frank Justice. The 21-fighter field left Colin Power fourth.

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QiDong Ding wins deep 47-fencer longsword field at Capital GALA 2026

QiDong Ding took gold in a 47-fencer open steel longsword field, with AcademyBegonia landing two podium spots and YiFeng Tian taking fourth.

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Olsson wins Holmgång 2026 longsword title in tight Swedish field

Olsson topped a 34-fencer open steel longsword field as three clubs filled the top four and Stockholm depth stretched into fifth place.

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San Diego Swordfighters dominate SpringSteel 2026 school standings

San Diego Swordfighters piled up 146 school points at SpringSteel 2026, more than doubling Mordhau and turning the standings into a depth statement.

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Scholomance 2026 crowns winners in longsword, sidesword and greatsword

Solve won Scholomance’s greatsword field in Peterborough, while Alex Dugmore and Will Smart topped the longsword and sidesword brackets.

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Berlin HEMA Cup 2026 adds longsword, sabre and rapier divisions

Berlin HEMA Cup 2026 built a six-division card in Berlin, pairing longsword, sabre and rapier & dagger in Open and Women+ steel brackets.

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