Equipment
Students begin training with boffers (soft training weapons) and then depending on age and level of experience move to hard boffers, synthetic wasters or blunted steel swords (training swords) supplied by the club.
Protective equipment includes fencing masks (various types) and lacrosse and demolitioin
gloves for light / boffer sparring and drilling.
Students are expected to purchase a pair of good quality welding / demolition or fencing gloves.
New students are expected to buy a club t-shirt or a starter t-shirt once you commit to training (new design for starter shirt coming September 2025).
For HEMA fighting club fencing masks are white and indicate the wearer is a beginner or new student. It is preferred that advanced students purchase a black fencing mask and additional protection that includes top / side / back of neck of head (we recomend SF HEMA Armored Plastic Helmet purchased from the Melbourne Salle) and additional throat protection.
HMB Equipment
We have a range of HEMA equipment including hard boffers, training shields, fighting shields, weapons and armour that we can loan you to get you into to your first fight.
Protective equipment includes fencing masks (various types) and lacrosse and demolitioin
gloves for light / boffer sparring and drilling.
Students are expected to purchase a pair of good quality welding / demolition or fencing gloves.
New students are expected to buy a club t-shirt or a starter t-shirt once you commit to training (new design for starter shirt coming September 2025).
For HEMA fighting club fencing masks are white and indicate the wearer is a beginner or new student. It is preferred that advanced students purchase a black fencing mask and additional protection that includes top / side / back of neck of head (we recomend SF HEMA Armored Plastic Helmet purchased from the Melbourne Salle) and additional throat protection.
HMB Equipment
We have a range of HEMA equipment including hard boffers, training shields, fighting shields, weapons and armour that we can loan you to get you into to your first fight.
STUDENT SUPPLIED EQUIPMENT
Overtime students are expected to acquire a complete set of protective equipment and training weapons. Please chat to Adrian if you have any questions.
Read the gear guide for HEMA students from the School of Historic Fencing for more information, for HMB students please talk to an instructor before purchasing equipment.
Equipment includes:
ALL
speak to trainers about options BEFORE buying any HMB equipment and wasting your money on not suitable equipment.
Students can add additional weapons and equipment such as shields, additional swords, training axe etc.
Overtime students are expected to acquire a complete set of protective equipment and training weapons. Please chat to Adrian if you have any questions.
Read the gear guide for HEMA students from the School of Historic Fencing for more information, for HMB students please talk to an instructor before purchasing equipment.
Equipment includes:
ALL
- welding, demolition or fencing gloves for drilling and boffer fighting
- box (male only)
- mouth guard
- heavy gauntlets for steel sparing
- HEMA fencing mask (black if possible) which includes top of head, side and back of neck protection
- gorget for front of neck protection.
- shin, forearm, knee, elbow protection
- gambersom / armour / padding / 350N jacket to protect torso, upper thighs, sholders and upper arms
- a steel training sword / axe / spear
- a wooden shield with metal boss
- mouth guard for high contact training
- box (male only)
speak to trainers about options BEFORE buying any HMB equipment and wasting your money on not suitable equipment.
- gamberson (orange)
- heavy HMB armour (full suit)
- weapons (axe, two handed axe, sword)
- box (male only) and mouth guard
Students can add additional weapons and equipment such as shields, additional swords, training axe etc.
Club T-shirts
Our club t-shirt "Fight like a Viking" in Anglo-saxon runes.
Visit our online shop and order a club shirt or hoodie or use our designs to to print on any of the merchanise offerred by teejunction.
Starter t-shirt is also available for new students.
Our club t-shirt "Fight like a Viking" in Anglo-saxon runes.
Visit our online shop and order a club shirt or hoodie or use our designs to to print on any of the merchanise offerred by teejunction.
Starter t-shirt is also available for new students.
Safety Equipment - Box and Mouth Guard
Buffalo Sports - local online sport store with pickup option in Brunswick. Good for things like a mouth guard or box.
HEMA Equipment
Gindi who runs the School of Historic Fencing and the Melbourne Sallée, where we train in Preston, has most of the protective gear you need. We encourage club members to buy from Gindi were possible to support the Salle where we train in Preston.
You can check out his gear and prices here - https://historicalfencing.com.au/shop/
Other options
Medieval Fight Club - Australian equipment supplier
The Knight Shop - UK based equipment supplier
Purpleheart Armoury - US based equipment suppliers
The Black Armoury - HEMA supplier
SMAI Global - Padded equipment and other martial arts training equipment. The club gets a discount so chat to Adrian to arrange a purchase.
Divergent Designs - where we are buying our bosses from. Made in Australia.
HMB
Buhurt Tech - range of HMB gear
HMB Soft Kit
Soft Warrior Sparta - high quality HMB soft kit used by the club
Buhurt Tech - we have purchased good soft kit from here
Armour
Aleksey Perebeynis - Ukrainian armourer inc HMB
Rob Hayes Hammer and Scales - Victorian armourer and weapons maker inc HMB
Swords
War Sword - range of training swords available, based in Brisbane.
Equipment Review
Sword Buyers Guide - great website on buying steel swords with a focus on the cheaper end of the market
Buffalo Sports - local online sport store with pickup option in Brunswick. Good for things like a mouth guard or box.
HEMA Equipment
Gindi who runs the School of Historic Fencing and the Melbourne Sallée, where we train in Preston, has most of the protective gear you need. We encourage club members to buy from Gindi were possible to support the Salle where we train in Preston.
You can check out his gear and prices here - https://historicalfencing.com.au/shop/
Other options
Medieval Fight Club - Australian equipment supplier
The Knight Shop - UK based equipment supplier
Purpleheart Armoury - US based equipment suppliers
The Black Armoury - HEMA supplier
SMAI Global - Padded equipment and other martial arts training equipment. The club gets a discount so chat to Adrian to arrange a purchase.
Divergent Designs - where we are buying our bosses from. Made in Australia.
HMB
Buhurt Tech - range of HMB gear
HMB Soft Kit
Soft Warrior Sparta - high quality HMB soft kit used by the club
Buhurt Tech - we have purchased good soft kit from here
Armour
Aleksey Perebeynis - Ukrainian armourer inc HMB
Rob Hayes Hammer and Scales - Victorian armourer and weapons maker inc HMB
Swords
War Sword - range of training swords available, based in Brisbane.
Equipment Review
Sword Buyers Guide - great website on buying steel swords with a focus on the cheaper end of the market
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Demolition gloves make a good option for light sparing espicialy if they include back of thumb and index finger protecttion. Some models have protection behind the knuckles to the wrist. The red and black Trojan gloves pictured left are usually available from Bunnings.
