Why Historical Fencing with the Edmonton German Fencing Guild?

• Fitness - swinging around a 1.5 kg sword will definitely help with that. Those knights were in shape!

• Learn history - we explore medieval and renaissance texts to inform our practice, many of which are translated and available to the general public. Specifically, we follow the German Lichtenauer tradition.

• Camaraderie - meet people with similar interests

• Compete - though competition isn’t for everyone, Alberta is home to several WMA/HEMA tournaments

• Availability - we have the most available group class times and if you can’t make those, we have private instruction available

• Expertise - not too interested in longsword? How about sword and buckler? Quarter staff? Daggers? Rapier? Sabre? We have instructors who specialize in a wide variety of historical weaponry and martial arts who are able to accommodate your specific learning goals

• Cost - one of the lowest cost membership fees for HEMA in Alberta, on par with a gym membership