
Get Out Alive
Come to a HEMA Tournament with a difference! Play with our new "Abzug" rules where you have to score a touch on your opponent and ring out to score. It's a new take on HEMA fencing that flips both after blow and priority rules on their head and shakes up your assumptions about fencing.
ASA is promising you a safe, fun tournament with high quality judging and a welcoming atmosphere. We want you to be comfortable, confident you're getting a fair fight and judging, and respected as a competitor.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2132647983837388/

Cost of Glory
The Cost of Glory 2025 – HEMA Tournament
Two days of fencing. Three disciplines. One goal: Glory.
Join us in Perth for The Cost of Glory, a HEMA tournament focused on challenge, community, and swordsmanship at its sharpest.
Day 1 (Saturday):
– Sabre
– Rapier
Day 2 (Sunday):
– Under Represented Gender
– Master Category
– Longsword
Whether you’re fighting for the podium or coming to test yourself against some of the best, this event is built to push you further.
Spectators welcome.
Hosted by Aiginskalk, Perth’s home of historical fenc
Riddle of Steel
A competitive HEMA event especially focused on the knightly fencing arts. We aim to incorporate both mainstream and niche weapons, hoping to add breadth to the martial arts represented by our sport.
Open & Novice Longsword, Open Sword and Buckler, Harness (half and full armoured categories) and Team Combat (teams of three)


Sword Fight VII
Housed in the beautiful scenic rim of the Gold Coast Hinterland, we are taking historical fencing to the highlands. This two day event will showcase some of Australia's best fencers in Longsword, Sidesword, and Sabre. Also, many years ago we ran the first Australian women's HEMA competition, we are excited to return to this space with a dedicated URG division.
This will be a traditional pool/elimination event.

Unicorn Fight Club 2025
UFC is back for the fifth year. This year we are mixing things up a bit and running the following tournaments:
- Longsword with two divisions (A&B)
- Sabre with two divisions (A&B)
- Spear (Partisan)
- Sidesword
- Rapier & Dagger
As this event has become popular both nationally & internationally, we have reached the scale that we need to allocate a whole day for longsword, and most of a day for the sabre & sidesword tournaments; this has required us to shuffle a couple of the events to subsequent years (It was either that or add a fourth day).
For longword & sabre this year we are running A&B divisions, these will be seeded by fencer's HEMAratings (weighted ratings), the finalists from the "B" tier tournaments will also added to the "A" tier pools.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2124751774628777

Cut n' Thrust Campaign 25
After lots of fun last year, we are back with double the cutting and thrusting!
Rolling on from our successful first year, the Cut n' Thrust Campaign 25 will be a 2 day event featuring Rapier and Dagger on Saturday and Longsword on Sunday.
As with last year, we aim to make this a fun and competitive event that's primary purpose is to showcase HEMA to an audience that can enjoy the sport/martial art in comfort. In this spirit please ask your family and friends to come and enjoy the exhibition.
Hiker Brewing Co. are kindly hosting again showcasing more award winning beers than last year. It will be tough not to have a good time!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1175327027354010

War in the West 2025
War in the West returns for 2025 - with 5 tournaments across 3 days in Perth, Western Australia.
Categories include longsword, sabre, sword & buckler, rapier & dagger, and open knockout.
All categories except open knockout will be uploaded to HEMA Ratings, and longsword, sabre, and rapier & dagger will be listed on the Australian Historical Fencing League.
https://www.facebook.com/events/947031710680567

TOSC MAYhem: Sabre Tournament and Social Fencing
Join us for a celebration of sword fighting at TOSC MAYhem!
On May 10th and 11th The Old Sword Club is running social fencing, a sabre tournament, and a fencing training camp at Mothership Studios (18-22 Sydney St, Marrickville NSW 2204) at 9.00am each day. Saturday will be a sabre tournament using Victorian Era inspired conventions, and a decadent amount of social fencing with rapiers, knives, sabres, and whatever other weapons you want to bring. Sunday will be a training day featuring some of the finest fencing coaches, a workshop on how to maximise your training, innovative training games, and some scenario training to end the day.
Merch will be available for pre-order or sale on the day. Each day will also feature a sausage sizzle for lunch (with vegetarian options).
Come and join in the fun! There’s fencing for everyone!
Go to https://theoldswordclub.com/events/tosc-mayhem-2025/ and grab your tickets now.

World Broadsword Championship
Fitzroy College of Arms will be hosting the 2025 World Broadsword Championship on the weekend of 26-27 April 2025.
LOCATION:
Box Hill Indoor Sports Centre
3/9 Clarice Road, Box Hill South VIC 3128
DATE/TIME:
Saturday 26 April - Sunday 27 April
1pm to 6pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/1367086791340953

Oktoberfecht 2024
Oktoberfecht provides one of the largest events for high level HEMA fencers over recent years. Oktoberfecht aims to provide a forum for the best fencers in the region to come together to test their skills across a range of weapons.
Open Longsword, Open Sidesword, Open Rapier, [possibly] Open Sabre

Swordplay 2024
Brisbane HEMA tournament featuring rapier , Longsword, single-hand cut and thrust sword, and URG competitions.

Gold Coast Classic: 2024 Rapier
This year the Gold Coast Classic is going official with its tournament 2024 series: a one day, sidesword tournament in January, Longsword in April, and Rapier and Dagger in September.
GCC events will generally be smaller in scope than previous events we have held and more casual in nature. They will focus on one weapon and run as single day events.
We use the Swiss System for pools meaning each fencer will receive the maximum number of matches in the tournament rather than facing elimination after a single pool. Fencers will compete in two initial 'seeding' pools before their final pool which is determined by on-the-day performance. This means each fencer should expect between 12-15 matches on the day.
Numbers will be capped at 30 fencers. A minimum of 5 tickets will be reserved for interstate fencers with the remaining being first in, best dressed. Ticketing details and pricing will be released soon. Event data will be sent to hema ratings and the Australian Historical Fencing League.

The Marozzo Cup
Bolognese focused event with the three core weapons being combined into one tournament
Core Divisions: Longsword, Sidesword, Sword & Buckler, will also include: Rapier & Dagger, and Spear

Sword Fight VI
Reemergence of our signature event, Sword Fight
Longsword, sabre, rapier or Sidesword. + Womens and masters

Brisbane Longsword League: Winter War
Second Event for the Brisbane Longsword League! Open Steel Longsword.
Entry $50 per Qld competitor, free for interstate travelers.

FriendFecht 2024
Team event for rapier and longsword, dedicated and trained interclub squad of referees, regular weapons and scoring, individualised results for hema ratings, support for interstate fencers for forming teams and travelling.
Longsword and Rapier team tournament!
This event will occur in a new and separate Team Ladder

War in the West 2024
To provide an exceptional tournament focussed event for HEMA practitioners around Australia and the world to showcase their skill and adaptability - and to come together under a shared passion and common interest.
sword and buckler, longsword, sabre, rapier


ANZAC Day Fechtschule
To deliver a high quality "vanilla" tournament to the community - genuinely accessible and enjoyed by competitors.
Novice Longsword and Side Sword. Open Longsword, Side Sword, and Sword and Buckler.

Gold Coast Classic: 2024 Longsword
This year the Gold Coast Classic is going official with its tournament 2024 series: a one day, sidesword tournament in January, Longsword in April, and Rapier (or sabre) in September.
GCC events will generally be smaller in scope than previous events we have held and more casual in nature. They will focus on one weapon and run as single day events.
We use the Swiss System for pools meaning each fencer will receive the maximum number of matches in the tournament rather than facing elimination after a single pool. Fencers will compete in two initial 'seeding' pools before their final pool which is determined by on-the-day performance. This means each fencer should expect between 12-15 matches on the day.
Numbers will be capped at 30 fencers. A minimum of 5 tickets will be reserved for interstate fencers with the remaining being first in, best dressed. Ticketing details and pricing will be released soon. Event data will be sent to hema ratings and the Australian Historical Fencing League.

Brisbane Longsword League: Autumn Assault
The Brisbane Longsword Ladder has evolved into the Brisbane Longsword League! Four single day longsword tournaments across the year, aiming for one per quarter.
Rules TBA, but these will be refereed, a winner announced, medals awarded, and the event generally run like the normal tournaments you're used to, with results submitted to HEMA ratings.
Additionally we'll keep track of points across the four events and name a Brisbane Longsword League Champion (along with overall placings) for the year after all four are completed.
Entry is $50 per Qld competitor. Fencers traveling from interstate compete for free

Ides of March 2024
The Ides of March is the longest running Sabre specific event in Australia, and is one of the few events using a ruleset which closely mimics in-period rules.
Open Sabre and Team Smallsword
World Broadsword Championship 2023
WBC will host the following weapon divisions:
sabre or spadroon 600 to 800 gr
longsword
broadsword 950 to 1400gr

Oktoberfecht 2023
Do you have what it takes to be the champion of Oktoberfecht?
This October join us for the annual Oktoberfecht Charity Tournament in Melbourne; test your skills at:
SATURDAY 21 October
- Rapier
- Sabre
SUNDAY 22 October
- Longsword
- Sidesword
This year the tournament will be added to the results for the Australian Historical Fencing League, as well as the results going to HEMA Ratings.
If you're looking for a fun way to test your skills, this is an event you shouldn't miss.

Swordplay 2023
Swordplay is Australia’s oldest running HEMA tournament. Including Longsword, Rapier and Sabre divisions.
Southern Sabre & Singlestick Sortie
Sabre, Singlestick and Singlestick with companion. This is the first event from South Australian Club, Flinders Fencibles/Flinders University Fencing Club.
More details to follow.

Marozzo Cup
Signature tournament is the Marozzo: longsword, sword & buckler, sidesword all fought within each match. Other Divisions may include, rapier & dagger, and spear or duelling dagger

War in the West 2023
https://drive.google.com/file/d/181LwFtNO0bRxiIg3pmwDS9JSWY-b2imi/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/181LwFtNO0bRxiIg3pmwDS9JSWY-b2imi/view?usp=sharing


Sydney Super Series
Featuring open longsword , sabre and rapier + invitational series
https://www.facebook.com/bigtreecombatclub/

Prima Spada Rapier Tournament
Prima Spada is hosting a HEMA Rapier Tournament!
This event is open to all Queensland HEMA Schools and will feature Rapier and sabre HEMA Swordplay.
Time: Venue opens at 9.00am for a 10.00am start
https://www.facebook.com/events/328748330969679/

Octoberfecht
Octoberfecht will be a Tier Two event held in Melbourne on the 13th of October. Hosted by Scholar Victoria, the event will feature both Longsword and Sidesword Divisions.
https://www.facebook.com/ScholarVictoria/