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Historical fencing with professional, modern teaching

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Tournaments

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Tournaments are increasingly common in the HEMA community, and many clubs will decide to try to run a tournament. The advice on these pages may help you think about important matters before you organise and run your event, and may help reduce the stress and hassle of the process.


General Advice


Set the tone for your event

Choose a venue

Choose a rule set

Prepare a budget

Advertise the tournament

Prizes or no prizes?

Sponsorship and treatment of sponsors

Event insurance

Medical provision

Penalise unsafe fighting


AHA Standard Tournament Rules


AHA Long-Play Tournament Rules (.pdf format)
Current Version: 03 (9th March 2012)

AHA Short-Play Tournament Rules (.pdf format)
Current Version: 02 (29th November 2013)

AHA Triathlon Tournament Rules (.pdf format)
Current Version: 01 (19th April 2014)


Book a judge training workshop


We offer judge training workshops to help your staff and/or club members improve their judging skills. Becoming a better judge usually leads to developing skills that are useful for fencing, such as perceiving openings and predicting an opponent’s behaviour, so judge training has a wide range of benefits.

If you would like to book a judge training workshop, then please send us an email to discuss your requirements, and we would be delighted to help.

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Registered Office:
Academy of Historical Arts Ltd
63 Commerce Street
Glasgow, G5 8AD
United Kingdom

Also trades as:
The Vanguard Centre
Liverpool HEMA

Contact

Contact Us:
Please use the contact form to establish contact in the first instance.

Business Hours:
Mon-Fri from 2pm-5pm, then 6pm-9pm.
Weekends depend on what events are running.

Registration

A company registered in Scotland.

Company Registration Number:
SC510495

VAT Registration Number:
425906000

EORI Number:
GB077822973000

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