This Monday we'll be hosting our second monthly Sparring Workshop, run by the excellent Quentin.Our format is simple: we will spend the whole session sparring, giving each other feedback on sparring, and reflecting together on what we can do to improve. Then... more sparring! If you are a beginner or first-timer, you are still welcome,…
It’s Halloween, but we’re still training…
Yes, we are still training today, despite it being Halloween! I imagine it might be a smallish group, but that's ok - we happy few will do some drills that will give us an edge over everyone else when they come back next week... 🙂 Regardless of whether or not you can make it tonight,…
Us, in the news!
Many of you will recall the journalist who came to visit us a few weeks back... Well, this week we are featured in New Haven's own "Daily Nutmeg!" Many thanks to everyone who spoke to him, and helped him understand what we do. I thought the article came out very well, in the end. Yes,…
Sign up for the Open Sparring day in Milford on Sat Oct 29th!
Just another reminder about an event I've been talking about in class. If you want to get out there and do more swordy things, then this Open Sparring Day in Mifford is a great chance to do so. Let me sell you on its many virtues! It will be: lots of fun sparring with a…
T-Shirts ordered!
Right! Our latest batch of club-t-shirts has now been ordered. If you purchased one, it should arrive by Oct 27th. (I'll note that this is just in time for the open sparring day in Milford, on Oct 29th!)
Last day for Club T-shirts!
Our order for the latest batch of club t-shirts closes today - so if you want one (or more), don't miss out!
Club T-Shirts!
This week we're finally putting in another order for devastatingly attractive New Haven Historical Fencing T-Shirts, so get 'em while they're hot! How this works: just click through the link, and order any shirts you like. You pay the money directly to the T-Shirt company, and when the order form closes on Oct 11th, they'll…
Monday Oct 3 – Sparring Workshop!
Hi sword friends/ sword fiends, This Monday night (Oct 3rd) we're going to run the first of our monthly Sparring Workshops. Starting at 6pm we'll be spending pretty much the whole class time sparring, giving one another feedback on sparring, and then working out ways to improve. It should be a lot of very sweaty…
Daily Nutmeg journalist incoming!
Hi sword friends, Just a heads-up: at tonight's class (Mon Sept 26th) we are likely to have a journalist from The Daily Nutmeg (https://dailynutmeg.com/) joining us and taking some photos. If that makes you uncomfortable, let me know at the start of class, and we can keep you out of shot! Also: bonus points for…
4th of July – Training Continues!
We will be training as usual on Monday 4th July. I know many of our regulars will have to miss class. But sucks to be them, because we will be having fun without them 🙂 Wishing everyone a great holiday, whether or not you can make it!