Introduction To Longsword

Six years old for the kids HEMA Class.

(Find Navigate to the kids hema classes page to sign up children.)

(Your child may be moved from the kids class to the adult class based on size and weight.)

Eighteen years old for the adult HEMA class.

The club provides all equipment for the intro course.
Just bring gym clothes, water and a positive attitude!

Pittsburgh Fighers Guild is a club that provides a friendly environment to pursue hobbies related to armed melee combat.

No we dont offer refunds.

Typically we find that longsword provides a fun and relatively unique entry into the vast world of fencing.
TV shows like Game of Thrones, The Witcher, and movies like Lord of the Rings have made sure we all know of the longsword and the heroes who wield it!
So we take it one step further and teach you step by step right out of the books written by medieval fencing masters.

HEMA or Historical European Martial Arts is the academic research and physical training associated with the combat arts of medieval Europe.
This includes a variety of cultures and martial styles, from German and Italian Longsword styles, to Dutch dagger, Scottish broadsword, and Portuguese staff fighting (Jogo Do Pau). HEMA is also sometimes referred to as Western martial Arts (WMA), however this term expands on historical European martial art by including studies in Military Sabre, Native American fighting systems and WWII knife or trench fighting.

Before the proliferation of digital scans of medieval fighting manuals on the internet, the study of HEMA was limited to small groups with local access to libraries containing original medieval manuscripts. Today, study groups throughout the world trade videos and research papers on HEMA, testing each others interpretations and encouraging new research questions.

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