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masteratarms.bsky.social
@masteratarms.bsky.social
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Home of the London Longsword Academy!

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I made a mistake in an interpretation. Which is fucking great, because I got to go back to the research, collate and correct all the information and come back with new and better information. So we improve!☺️❤️⚔️❤️☺️

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #lon
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
I swear she’s saying “I don’t know”

#cat #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Ain’t life great./☺️⚔️☺️

This wonderful moment, training Verdadera Destreza (of course with a little Girard Thibault thrown in) with Ossian, marks the mid point.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #verdaderadestreza
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Impressed by all the students in the fundamentals classes this week. I really pushed to see how much they could process, carefully to be sure they could apply the prior principle, but truly superb work, lovely dialogue and questions,

HEMA beginner classes A+

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
So much goodness in the mixed weapons class in Crystal Palace. All freeplay, all fencing. Beautiful.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #achillemarozzo #joachimmeyer #hemauk #community #davidrawlings #polearms
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
They are back! The Chaos Quartet!
Made clean by their maker Balefire Blades, who kindly gave blades a reworking and even reblacked the fittings!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #elric #warhammer #haileris #illuminati
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Remember, candy at Halloween is often laced with Trebuchets and other items harmful to the untrained. Give them to me.

www.justgiving.com/page/david-r... in case you want to donate to healthier matters:)

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Getting the Halloween excites!

#londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily
October 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
We get to play with Swords, that’s pretty fucking awesome ain’t it.☺️⚔️☺️

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #joachimmeyer #paulushectormair #hemauk
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Nice start to the day, spadone and montante from Alfieri and Figuerido with Doctor Robert Atkinson of Swiss HEMA
Hopefully get to meet him again soon. Might even wax that moustache properly.☺️

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword
October 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Mondays mean loads of sword and buckler from the Anonimo Bolognese, Achille Marozzo and of course I.33. And after that the sword in one hand, and Longsword beginner classes!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #londo
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Brilliant work deserves its reward.

#hema #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #girardthibault #hemauk
October 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
The Girard Thibault, Verdadera Destreza class. Yup that f*ing awesome!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #girardthibault #hemauk #davidrawlings #laverdaderadestreza
October 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Rolling all evening in the longsword class at Crystal Palace. Progressive challenges to change the way we freeplay. An utter joy.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #liechtenauer #hemauk #community #davidrawlings
October 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
A beautiful time in the sabre class on Sword Saturday at St Peter’s Bethnal Green.

Fantastic work☺️⚔️☺️

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #joachimmeyer #dussack #cutlass #sabre #paulushectormair #hemauk #messer #davidrawlings
October 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
While everyone else performed the exercise, me and Brendon slip off to constant roll. All about the footwork and quite excellent.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #liechtenauer #joachimmeyer
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
The fundamentals class went entirely single handed this week. Working through everything from Talhoffer to Joachim Meyer and Achille Marozzo, then as a treat bringing everyone into some freeplay.
#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting
October 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
I did not choose the glorious kitten kilt life, the glorious kitten kilt life chose me.

Rapier and dagger by Destrezania

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier
October 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Please check your cat’s settings.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #cats
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
The most important part of the lesson is the flamboyant removal of the cape and wrapping it around the arm with such style that your opponent realises the fight is already lost.

#fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #verdaderadestreza #hemauk
September 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Quality play with emphasis on the fleeting thrust and adaptations from that. All in freeform for the whole session.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #smallsword #verdaderadestreza #community #hemauk #domenicoangelo
September 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Changing sides from above, for a little Achille Marozzo refresher with the beautiful work of @bluedogforge

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #hemauk #community #poleaxe #staff #davidrawlings
September 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Gripping moments in the longsword class in Sword Sarturday.

Lots of work from the Anonimo Bolognese to start with, before cracking into some Paulus Hector Mair.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo
September 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
I have lost count of how many times I have looked at this and giggled this week. This noble warrior.

#londonlongswordacademy #londonlongswordfamily #cat #batman #brucewayne
September 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Alta’d images and attacks from the high guard. Great fun and great focus in the sword and buckler class, working with plays from the Anonimo Bolognese.

#londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #swordandbuckler #i33 #sidesword #community #hemauk
September 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM