More sword & buckler tonight (July 1).

Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-9 pm at Highland Park Community Centre. New to The Forge WMA? First week is free!

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Some recent longsword sparring.

Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-9 pm at Highland Park Community Centre. New to The Forge WMA? First week is free!

#hema #fencing #calgary #martialarts #yyc #longsword

Clips from Messer sparring last class.

Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-9 pm at Highland Park Community Centre. New to The Forge WMA? First week is free!

#hema #yyc #calgary #martialarts #fencing #messer

A clip from our members participating in a stick event at Edmonton German Fencing Guild.

Time for 1000 cuts! A fun and functional tradition. This exercise helps train proper body mechanics (in particular, powering with the hips), because the more you tire, the more impractical it becomes to rely on power from just the arms.

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Another video from the archives. This time showcasing some of our Modern Combatives curriculum. Here's Tim demonstrating some knife defence techniques on @winkelmansword.bsky.social

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Given that BlueSky is relatively new, we'll be posting some #throwback videos. Here's one of the first videos we ever shared to social media: hanging parry practice with sword and buckler.
In #calgary and want to learn more? We have classes Tues and Thurs 7-9 pm
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