Fancy yourself a fencer? Come take part in a historical fencing event with over 100 years of history - the World Broadsword Cup! With previous winners including such HEMA luminaries as Matt Easton, Paul Wagner, and Milo Thurston, this is a unique event with an extraordinary history.

There will be a broadsword/backsword tournment (the WBC), a longsword tournament, and a sabre tournament.

Tickets and rules coming soon. Save the date!

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Sword Fight is back for the fourth time. It will be hosted on the 27th and 28th of July at the Tallebudgera Recreation Centre, Gold Coast. More details will follow but we are working towards some big changes.

Once again the event will offer:
A two day tournament,
Our big beautiful double hall with grandstand seating,
Up to three ranked divisions
(Unreasonably) cheap beachside accommodation for the weary fencer,
New sponsors with a tonne of swag, 
An electronic scoring system to streamline pools and elimination bouts,
All divisions to be listed on the International Ratings.
A ‘masters’ division for our much celebrated senior fencers,
A return of Australia’s first women’s division.

As always we will be looking to push the envelope and measure the capacity for Australian HEMA. Furthermore we will continue to celebrate the diversity of Australian HEMA alongside the stiffest competition in the opens.

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Perth, Western Australia 

War in the West is back! Same awesome event, same amazing place, shiny new time! Four tournaments over 3 days on the Sunset Coast - have you got what it takes to face the fearsome Sandgropers in the arena?

Full details will be posted in the coming weeks, but to wet your whistle:
Sword & buckler tournament - check!
Rapier tournament - check!
Longsword tournament - check!
Open tournament - check!
Social sparring - check!
Feasting and merriment - check!

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Festival of the Sword is returning in 2019 over the Easter Weekend (19-22 April 2019).

In 2019 FotS will be running at the Melbourne Girls College gymnasium, at their picturesque Burnley campus, right next to the Yarra.

More details at http://www.festivalofthesword.org.au

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