Hi fencers, For the last couple of weeks we've been discussing the possibility of dropping our COVID mask requirement (though keeping our vaccine requirement). We wanted to make sure that all our club members had a chance to share their views about this, whether by name or anonymously. At present, it seems as if the…

Recently we have been discussing the possibility of dropping our COVID mask requirement. This is very appealing in some ways, but it's also a safety question that impacts some more than others, so it seems really important that everyone have a chance to share their views. Our venue would be happy for us to do…

Today, an important update. Last night during class we had a serious discussion about the status and future of our club. I'm proud to say that, by working together, we managed to hash out exactly what what the club really needs in order to thrive. Thus, today it is my great pleasure to present to…

Good news - our irresistibly attractive New Haven Historical Fencing T-Shirts are now available on demand! (and at a really low price). Gone are the days of having to wait for the next batch of club T-shirts to be printed before ordering.You can head over here to get them: https://newhavenhistoricalfencing.printify.me/products For future reference, this link…

TL;DR: There's a fun sword event in our local area (Milford) on Sat April 1st, and the time has come to sign up! The full story: For a few months now we've been talking about a sparring day coming up, hosted by our wonderful sibling-club in Milford, Per La Vita Academy (formerly known as Exiles…

Tonight we're due to have a snowstorm, but our 6pm-7:30pm class will still proceed as normal. Just to state the obvious, though, please make a sensible decision given your circumstances! If you have to drive a long way after class, you might want to give this one a miss, weather depending. Plus if the snow…

Hi fencers,By popular demand, we're now doing another batch order for our irresistibly attractive New Haven Historical Fencing Club T-Shirts! Yaaaay - and the crowd goes wwiiiiiiilllllllldddd!The order form is here: https://www.customink.com/g/vqg0-00cq-fcr5 The order form will be open for a couple of weeks; then it will close, and you'll miss your chance until next time.…

Yes, we are still training as usual during the holiday season. Monday 19th December; Monday 26th December, Monday 2nd January... all still on. What's a holiday without friend-stabbing? No holiday at all, surely. So by all means come by and sweat with us!

Hi sword friends - just a quick note to say that class is on tonight. Joe is still sick, sadly, but Sean has kindly volunteered to run the class, so we don't have to miss two weeks in a row. Warm thanks to Sean!

Hi fencers, I'm very sorry about the late notice, but I'm afraid I've had to cancel tonight's class (Mon Nov 21st) due to illness. I do apologize to everyone who was looking forward to getting their swords on this evening! I am trying to reassure myself by repeating that this is the first time we've…