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.
San Diego Swordfighters did more than win SpringSteel 2026’s school race. They separated from the field with 146 points, a total that dwarfed second-place Mordhau Historical Combat’s 58 and made the final table read like a program-level statement, not a narrow tournament finish.
The breakdown shows why the gap matters. San Diego logged 15 finalists, three top-third placements and two top-half placements, the kind of spread that comes from sending multiple fencers deep into brackets across the event. Mordhau finished with five finalists, four top-third placements and one top-half placement for 58 points, while Einhorn LA Historical Fencing Arts took third with 55 points and Denver Historical Fencing Academy finished fourth with 42. F3 Sword Academy sat next in the standings on 39, which underlines how far San Diego pulled away from the pack.
In HEMA, those school standings reward breadth. A club cannot live on one breakout run if the scoring system is built around finalists and high placements across divisions, and San Diego’s 146 points suggest repeated work at the sharp end of the brackets. That kind of margin usually points to depth in the roster, smarter event planning, and a stable coaching structure that can produce results in more than one weapon category.
The wider West Coast picture backs that up. Einhorn LA Historical Fencing Arts identifies itself as historical fencing in the Los Angeles area since 2013, Mordhau Historical Combat is associated with Mesa, Arizona, and Denver Historical Fencing Academy is based in Denver, Colorado. That mix shows SpringSteel drawing schools from well beyond one city or one club lane, with San Diego still coming out on top by a comfortable distance.
The same competitive core has shown up before. At SpringSteel 2025, Max Zimet of San Diego Swordfighters won Longsword - Tier A, Matthew Dominguez of San Diego placed third, Christopher Soohoo of Einhorn LA Historical Fencing Arts finished second, and Ramon Diaz of Mordhau Historical Combat tied for fifth. Another regional result, SoCal Swordfight 2026, had San Diego Swordfighters third behind SoCal Swords and Lonin League, which makes this SpringSteel margin stand out even more. On this table, San Diego did not just collect points. It turned school scoring into a rout.
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