Prague longsword event draws 18 fencers from top Czech clubs
Eighteen fencers, 54 bouts and one steel longsword division made Prague a dense, club-heavy test. The results still await validation, so the field reads as a form signal, not a ratings verdict.
Prague’s Krkavcí Jarní Fechtík 2026 put its weight in the only place that mattered: the longsword strip. The April 25 meet in Praha, Czech Republic, featured one Mixed Steel Longsword division, 54 fights and 18 fencers, a compact card that still carried enough depth to shape club bragging rights across the Czech HEMA scene. The event page has now been created in HEMA Ratings, but it remains inactive pending organizer validation, which means the bout record is visible while the ratings impact is not yet official.
The entry list was the story. Duelanti od Svatého Rocha, Hema Praha, SHŠ Krkavci, Pardubický spolek šermířský, Poslední Argument, Digladior, Dobrovolný Šerm and Manus Regis all appeared among the entrants, turning the tournament into a broad domestic gathering rather than a single-club house card. That matters in a field this tight: when the clubs are established and the roster is concentrated, every pool result can shift the shape of the knockout path and expose where the local hierarchy is still fluid.
The fighter list underscored that density. Adam Kafka, Burak Bilgin, Christophe Pouzot, Francisco Antunes, Jan Augusta, Jiří Jelínek, Jiří Macháček, Lukáš Žák, Martin Kadleček, Michal Hejda, Mikayil Salimzade, Oliver Hruban, Percy Kalina, Petr Kouba, Samuel Majtán, Šimon Janský, Vojtěch Mazanec and Václav Sokol formed a field that was small enough to read clearly and strong enough to create genuine upset potential. In a one-weapon event, that combination matters more than headline size. The 54 recorded bouts do not just tell you who entered; they show that the tournament had enough volume to reward consistency and punish any lapse in a pool round.
The club map around the event explains why Prague keeps producing these cards. HEMA Praha describes itself as an international Prague club and says it offers a beginner entry course. Poslední Argument says it has competed in tournaments since 2020 and organizes the Pražský argument tournament. Pardubický spolek šermířský, founded in 2009, focuses on longsword, dueling sabre and sport fencing. Digladior identifies as a Czech HEMA school centered especially on the longsword, while SHŠ Krkavci is listed by HEMA Ratings as a Prague club with 21 fighters on its roster. Czech HEMA also places HEMA Praha, Manus Regis and Poslední Argument among the city’s clubs. The tournament software was scorer.zegkljan.net, which preserved the bout table, bout IDs and pool-stage pairings in full.
That is the bigger signal from Krkavcí Jarní Fechtík: not a sprawling festival, but a tightly packed Prague longsword field where local depth, not sheer scale, defined the value of the day. Once validation is complete, the ratings will catch up to a field that already looks like one of the sharper domestic tests on the calendar.
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