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ᛚᚩᛝ ᛚᛁᚠᛖ ᚦᛖ ᚠᛁᚷᚻᛏᛖᚱᛋ

Learn to fight with sword, axe and shield, darkages style.

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The Club

Practical Sword is a club for people interested in learning how to fight with a sword and other weapons of Europe's early medieval period, recreating lost fighting styles and techniques.

We train in Melbourne's inner north in Preston and are a member of the Western Martial Academies of Australia.

We are currently offering two programs.
  1. Viking Training
  2. Knight Training

Our Viking training focus  on recreating the fighting techniques of Dark Age combat in the time of the Vikings.   

Knight training is focusd on full contact Historical Medieval Battle (HMB) and for Juniors the soft version of this. 

Our Viking program includes an advancement system similar to a Karate belt system. 


Try for Free

If you are new you are weclome to come and watch or try a free lesson.   See below for training times and dates, and please contact us if you have any questions.

Training 2025

Fridays Viking and Knight training - Preston
 HMB and HEMA - Melbourne Salle - 12/62-64 Oakover Rd, Preston
  • 5.30 - 6.30 pm Youth and Adults
TERMS
  • ​Term 1 - Friday 31 Jan to Friday 4th April
  • Term 2 - Friday 25th April to Friday  4th July
  • Term 3 - Friday  25th July to Friday the 19th September
  • Term 4 - Friday the 10th October to Friday the 12th December

Saturdays Knight Training -  Preston / Olinda
​ HMB
  • 9am  HMB Weapon Techniques 
  • 10am HMB Grappling
1 Saturday of the Month - Oldina Foot Ball Oval - Olinda
2-4 Saturday of the Month - H Swain Reserve - West Preston

​Rabbiut training runs most of the year except during Christmas Holdiays and major medieval event weekends.



Wednesday Knight Training -  Olinda
​ HMB
  • Olinda Scout Hall - 6.30 pm


Preston Venue

Our training venue in Preston - The Melbourne Salle

The Melbourne Salle is a dedicated training space for HEMA (Historic European Martial Arts) in Melbourne. It features a 150m2 training space and change rooms etc.

The address is 12/62-64 Oakover Rd, Preston. Click on the map below to goto google maps. 

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2022 Junior class training in the new venue fighting with mixed weapons (sword, axe and spear).
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Enter and drive to the right hand corner, past the AAP building. 

Social Media

Stay  in touch via our social media pages

  • Practical Sword's Facebook page, join and post your photo's here. 
  • Dark Ages HEMA Instragram Page and Facebook Page
  • Ruthless Rabbits Facebook page. 
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Upcoming Events and Competitions

Viking - Grading #3
13 Oct 2024  - Melbroune Salle
  5.30 - Biginner / Sword
6.30 - Two handed spear


Why fight like a viking?

Practical Sword's Dark Age HEMA program moto is "Learn to Fight like a Viking!". The basic idea is that we are a bunch of Anglo Saxon's in what is now called England, who, having withnessed recent raids from Vikings, have decided to up skill and learn to fight back. 
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