Upcoming Events and Competitions
Western Wolves Soft Kit Tournament
Sat 16th of September
30 Waringa Dr, Mitchell Park VIC 3355 (Ballarat)
10 am start
Tickets link
HMB @ Mont De Lancey
The Blacksmith and Artisan Festival
HMB Adult Sat-Sun 15-16th of October
Kids Soft Tournament Sun 15th of October
71 Wellington Rd
Wandin North, Victoria
10am – 4pm FREE ENTRY.
For more information click link
The Club
Practical Sword is a club for people interested in learning how to fight with a sword and other weapons in a way that seeks to be as realistic as possible.
We do this by focusing on how people may have once fought in the past, trying to recreate lost fighting styles and techniques. We focus on both Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) with influences from Japanese and other asian martial arts, and Historical Medieval Battle (HMB).
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. One focused on Viking / Dark Age combat (HEMA / WMA) and a second program focusd on full contact Historical Medieval Battle (HMB) in conjunction wth the "Ruthless Rabbits" HMB club.
If you are new you are weclome to come and watch or try a free lesson or two. You can find out more about training and membership by clicking on these links.
We also have begun crafting workshops, where student lean to build equipment used in the HEMA or HMB training.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
We do this by focusing on how people may have once fought in the past, trying to recreate lost fighting styles and techniques. We focus on both Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) with influences from Japanese and other asian martial arts, and Historical Medieval Battle (HMB).
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. One focused on Viking / Dark Age combat (HEMA / WMA) and a second program focusd on full contact Historical Medieval Battle (HMB) in conjunction wth the "Ruthless Rabbits" HMB club.
If you are new you are weclome to come and watch or try a free lesson or two. You can find out more about training and membership by clicking on these links.
We also have begun crafting workshops, where student lean to build equipment used in the HEMA or HMB training.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Training
Fridays
HMB and HEMA
Training runs during school terms, comencing July 14th for term 3 2023
Saturdays
HMB
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.
HMB and HEMA
- 5pm Juniors
- 6pm Teens and Adults
Training runs during school terms, comencing July 14th for term 3 2023
Saturdays
HMB
- 9am HMB Weapon Techniques
- 10am HMB Grappling
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.
Our training venue - 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.
The address is 12/62-64 Oakover Rd, Preston. Click on the map below to goto google maps.
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.
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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.
Why fight like a viking?
Practical Sword's Dark Age HEMA program moto is "Learn to Fight like a Viking!". The basic idea here is we are a bunch of Anglo Saxon's in what is now called England who, having withness recent raids and attacks from Vikings have decided to up skill and learn to fight back.
