Historical European Martial Arts
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Empowering Martial Arts
At the Academy of Arms, we offer an encouraging environment for learning to wield weapons of the medieval and renaissance, including longsword, rapier, and more. Experience HEMA as a martial art, not just a sport.
Learning Directly from the Source
Our Instructors teach a curriculum drawn directly from historical texts written primarily in the 14th-16th centuries.
“The exercising of weapons puts away aches, griefs, and diseases, it increases strength, and sharpens the wits.”
George Silver, 1599
