European Sword Training?

[Bob Hubbard]

What organizations exist to preserve and train in the historical (ie not recreational sparring) sword training of medieval Europe?


I found a few:
Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts (http://www.aemma.org/)

Pan-Historical European Martial Arts Society (http://www.phemas.com/)

Organizations

Association for Renaissance Martial Arts (http://www.thearma.org/)
Historical European Martial Arts Coalition (http://www.hemac.org/)
The Company of Maisters of the Science of Defence (http://www.maisters.demon.co.uk/)
Swordforum International (http://www.swordforum.com/) Schools

Aegis Swordfighting Academy (http://www.swordsmanship.net/)
Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts (http://www.aemma.org/), located in Toronto, Canada
Academy of European Swordsmanship (http://www.the-aes.org/), located in Edmonton, Calgary and Victoria (Canada)
Ars Gladii (http://www.arsgladii.at/)
Iron Door School of Arms (http://www.historicalfencing.com/)
The Chicago Swordplay Guild (http://chicagoswordplayguild.com/)
The Medieval European Martial Arts Guild (MEMAG) (http://memag.net/)
Schola Gladiatoria (http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/) - Located in London, Devon, Hampshire and Trondheim
Selohaar Fechtschule (http://www.selohaar.org/fechtschule) - Located in Oxford, CT, USA

[Langenschwert]

Schools:

School of European Swordsmanship (http://www.swordschool.com/en/index.html), in Helsinki, Finland.
Hotspur School of Defence (http://www.historicalfencing.org/Hotspur/), in Alnwick, UK
The New York Historical Fencing Association (http://www.newyorklongsword.com/), near Brooklyn, NY

Best regards,

-Mark

[Langenschwert]

Schola St. George (http://www.scholasaintgeorge.org/), who focus on Fiore dei Liberi. Some good short videos there as well.

-Mark

[Sukerkin]

I don't know if this group have been 'logged' in the fora anywhere previously but I found their explanatory pages of what Historical European Swordsmanship was about to be well written and very readable:

http://www.ericwargo.com/sword/about/index.html.

[Jeff Richardson]

Organizations

Association for Historical Fencing http://www.ahfi.org/

Schools

Martinez Academy of Arms http://www.martinez-destreza.com/
Academia Duellatoria (Portland and Medford Oregon)
Northwest Academy of Arms http://www.northwestacademyofarms.com/

[Langenschwert]

Boar's Tooth Fight School (http://fightmedieval.com/) in Croydon, Folkestone and South London, UK. Top notch stuff.

[Jeff Richardson]

Academia Duellatoria of Portland and Medford Oregon has updated it's website
http://duellatoria.com/

[Sukerkin]

Boar's Tooth Fight School (http://fightmedieval.com/) in Croydon, Folkestone and South London, UK. Top notch stuff.

Aye, their DVD's are quite informative too. Nothing too flash and lots of repetitions so you can get the feel for what's going on in a technique.

[Langenschwert]

Scatha Combat Guild: http://boxwrestlefence.com/

Historical European Martial Arts Alliance: www.hemaalliance.com (http://www.hemaalliance.com)

Western Martial Arts Coalition: www.wmacoalition.com (http://www.wmacoalition.com)

Best regards,

-Mark