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Home of the London Longsword Academy!

We are great, so there.
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The first influx of people for the Xmas bash (one of two, we have another next week😂) Glorious times!
We are raising money for Crisis this year, if you want to donate the link is here☺️

www.justgiving.com/page/llabash...

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Half Sword.
If like me you are slightly addicted to the floppy limbed mayhem that is Half Sword, you may enjoy this.

Thanks to the folks at EXP for inviting me along.

youtu.be/C2f-Mv0UouA?...

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting
Sword Master Reacts to Half Sword | EXP
YouTube video by EXP
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December 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
It’s all a bit of a blur.
Longsword freeplay at Sword Saturday.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #hemauk #community
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Someone misappropriated our sabres from the storage space, so if you see anyone with an enlarged sabre boffer collection, please bear us in mind, as we would like them returned.☺️
Of course this doesn’t distract from our ability to run classes, as they removed only the tools and not the teacher.😉
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Those pesky Lannisters, coming round here, sending their regards!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #liechtenauer #joachimmeyer #paulushectormair #hemauk #community #gameofthrones
December 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Rage hard against the dying of intellectual curiosity!
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
I think people believe me convinced I am right.
No dears, I am a researcher, I will pick up shapes and place them against evidence, be happily right and happily wrong. The joy is discovery.

#londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacdemy
#davidrawlings
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
They were wrong about English Longsword

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English Two Handed Sword (they were wrong)
YouTube video by London Longsword Academy
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December 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Focus be damned, this was so gooood!.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #achillemarozzo #joachimmeyer #paulushectormair #hemauk #sabre #Staff #spear #polearms #community
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
I can see no reason why a government increasingly intolerant of protest and criticism, would wish to end the right to trial by jury.
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
“What is this dagger I see before me?”
The Friday Verdadera Destreza class, Chan and Annie putting in some excellent form working with Don Luis Diáz de Viedma

#shakespeare #macbeth
#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
The Friday longsword class performing so excellently.
a bit of Joachim Meyer, a lot of from the Von Bauman fechtbuch. All in all, ace.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #liechtenauer #hemauk #community #davidrawlings
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
It’s my day off, so it’s time for a private lesson followed by my talk “Frighteningly Queer, the misconception of Straightness in Martial Arts”.
Also, if you do well in the private lesson you get to do it with sharps.☠️⚔️☠️

Brilliant work on Don Simon de Frias.
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
This wondrous crew!

A truly delightful fundamentals class, which grows more and more special!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #longsword #achillemarozzo #liechtenauer #joachimmeyer #paulushectormair #hemauk #community #davidrawlings
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
In other Girard Thibault news!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #sidesword #rapier #verdaderadestreza #girardthibault #hemauk #davidrawlings #laverdaderadestreza
The Thibault Project — HEMA Bookshelf
This project has two goals! 1) To publish Girard Thibault’s spectacular illustrations in as close to their original size as possible — to do this, we need at least 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. 2) To fund the purch...
www.hemabookshelf.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
I made a mistake in an interpretation. Which is fucking great, because I got to go back to the research, collate and correct all the information and come back with new and better information. So we improve!☺️❤️⚔️❤️☺️

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #lon
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
I swear she’s saying “I don’t know”

#cat #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Ain’t life great./☺️⚔️☺️

This wonderful moment, training Verdadera Destreza (of course with a little Girard Thibault thrown in) with Ossian, marks the mid point.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #verdaderadestreza
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Impressed by all the students in the fundamentals classes this week. I really pushed to see how much they could process, carefully to be sure they could apply the prior principle, but truly superb work, lovely dialogue and questions,

HEMA beginner classes A+

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
So much goodness in the mixed weapons class in Crystal Palace. All freeplay, all fencing. Beautiful.

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #achillemarozzo #joachimmeyer #hemauk #community #davidrawlings #polearms
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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They are back! The Chaos Quartet!
Made clean by their maker Balefire Blades, who kindly gave blades a reworking and even reblacked the fittings!

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy #learnswordfighting #london #rapier #elric #warhammer #haileris #illuminati
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Remember, candy at Halloween is often laced with Trebuchets and other items harmful to the untrained. Give them to me.

www.justgiving.com/page/david-r... in case you want to donate to healthier matters:)

#hema #fencing #londonlongswordfamily #londonlongswordacademy
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
Getting the Halloween excites!

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October 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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This is utterly terrifying.
whodat35.bsky.social Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · Oct 29
Could ICE have ‘lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?

NBC Chicago's investigative team reports at least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.

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Could ICE have 'lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?
At least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
masteratarms.bsky.social
We get to play with Swords, that’s pretty fucking awesome ain’t it.☺️⚔️☺️

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October 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM