Redondela HEMA tournament draws 47 fighters across three weapons
Redondela’s eighth HEMA tournament drew 47 fighters across three weapons, while the broader field topped 60 from five countries and fed league and world rankings.
Redondela’s eighth HEMA tournament put 47 fighters on a three-weapon card that was busy enough to matter on every lane, not just the main draw. Mixed steel longsword anchored the day with 115 fights and 41 fighters, while mixed steel single rapier produced 95 bouts for 34 fighters and mixed steel arming sword and buckler added another 55 fights for 20 entrants.
That structure matters because it shows how deep the Iberian competition circuit has become. The Redondela field included multiple branches from Galicia, 100Tolos HEMA, Escuela de Esgrima Histórica de Madrid, Corvo e Espada and other clubs, with a few fighters from outside Spain in the mix as well. Local coverage put the total turnout at more than 60 fencers from Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ukraine and Russia, a sign that the event was drawing beyond a single regional practice network and into a wider cross-club test.
The tournament took place on Saturday, June 20, at the municipal pavilion in A Marisma, with free entry and points on offer for both the Liga Gallega de HEMA and the global HEMA ranking. It also closed the season of the Liga Gallega de Esgrima Histórica, giving the day extra weight inside the Galician calendar. Antonio Cabaleiro, Redondela’s sports councillor, and Damián Troncoso, who directs Sala Viguesa de Esgrima Antigua, framed the event as a step up in quality and international reach.
Troncoso Saavedra also had the clearest individual result of the weekend. He won the Galician title in medieval sword and buckler, giving Sala Viguesa de Esgrima Antigua a headline result in the home stretch of the regional season. That win fit the broader shape of the tournament, where the buckler lane was not a side attraction but one of the three fully populated weapons on the card.
The Redondela series has also been building steadily. The 2024 sixth edition was described as drawing more than 50 participants from Spain, Galicia and Portugal, and the event has now carried that growth into a broader international frame. HEMA Ratings still lists the 2026 page as inactive while results and photos are validated, but the numbers already show why Redondela sits near the center of the Iberian HEMA conversation: a large enough field to reward endurance, and a connected enough one to make the ranking impact real.
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