Tampere HEMA training tournament crowns Jaakko in 10-fencer field
Jaakko won Tampere HEMA’s 10-fencer longsword training tournament in Tampere, with Arttu second, Pentti third and Emil fourth.
Jaakko won Tampere HEMA’s latest longsword training tournament in Tampere, finishing first in a 10-fencer field that quickly separated into a clear podium. Arttu took second, Pentti placed third and Emil finished fourth, giving the club a clean set of results from a compact but competitive day.
That kind of training tournament matters in Historical European Martial Arts because it sits between practice and full-scale competition. With 10 fencers on the floor, Tampere HEMA had enough variety to force different matchups and enough repetition for fighters to test footwork, timing and tactical choices without the scale of a major open bracket.
The result sheet also fits the club’s own training structure. Tampere HEMA identifies itself as Tampereen historiallisen miekkailun seura ry, a historical European martial arts club in Tampere, and says it runs weekly sessions in two main systems: Armizare, which covers longsword, dagger and wrestling, and I.33, or sword and buckler. Longsword is the club’s most popular weapon and takes up the most training hours each week, so a longsword tournament lands as a direct extension of what the group already works on most often.
The placings gave the club more than a winner. Jaakko’s first-place finish set the top of the sheet, but Arttu, Pentti and Emil rounded out a spread that can be used to measure progress across several athletes rather than one dominant performer. For a training event, that broader ladder is often the real value: it shows who can string together results when the pressure rises, and it gives coaches a baseline for the next round of sparring and competition prep.
Tampere HEMA says training is typically conducted in English, which makes the club’s regular sessions accessible to a mixed local and international group. In that setting, a 10-fencer longsword tournament is not just a club day out. It is a small, sharp competitive snapshot of the group’s form, and this one left Jaakko clearly separated from the field.
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