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.
Battle Born VI crowned a rapier champion in Carson City and pushed those results into HEMA Ratings, putting Northern Nevada’s annual tournament on the wider competitive ledger. That submission matters because it turns a home-region bracket into a record fighters can track against results from across the season.
Battle Born HEMA scheduled Battle Born VI for May 16-17, 2026, at its Carson City event under the banner of “Battle Born Blades.” The organizers billed it as Nevada’s premier Historical European Martial Arts tournament and packed the weekend with longsword, broadsword, rapier and smallsword competition, plus workshops. The rules page labeled the event “Battle Born VI - 2026” and pointed competitors to a separate Single-Life ruleset for broadsword, rapier, smallsword and longsword, a sign this was built as a multi-division tournament rather than a casual meet.
That structure is part of why the result lands beyond Carson City. HEMA Ratings already lists Battle Born I on June 26, 2021, in Sparks, Nevada, and Battle Born V in 2025 with divisions that included Mixed Steel Longsword and Mixed Steel Single Rapier. Battle Born has not appeared out of nowhere; it has grown into a recurring stop with enough continuity that fighters can measure progress from one edition to the next.
The rapier piece carries the most immediate weight for the rankings side of the sport. HEMA Ratings’ July 2026 single rapier period shows 38 fighters, 152 fights and one event feeding rating changes. In that context, a single submitted tournament can move more than a trophy case. It can alter the numbers that place a fencer alongside peers from other regions and events.
Battle Born’s own event page says, “2026 was a blast! We’ll see you in 2027!” and already lists Battle Born Blades Tournament for May 28-30, 2027. That gives Carson City a clear place on the HEMA calendar, with the 2026 edition now sitting in the record as another benchmark in an event series that has moved from a local fixture in Sparks to a tracked annual draw in Nevada.
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