Guild of Knightly Arts
Honoring the English Martial and Chivalric Traditions Through Steel and Skill.

The Ordene de chevalerie is an anonymous Old French poem composed circa 1220.

Remembering a day of phenomenal swordsmanship, skill, camaraderie, fellowship, and fun at the 3023 Inter-Club Gathering.

A modernized translation of the Poem of the Pell derived from Knyghthode and Bataile authored by John Neele.

The billhook graced the world during the tumultuous 14th to 17th centuries, where it reigned supreme.

John Ledall was the author of the Ledall Roll (Additional MS 39564) which is the preeminent treatise on Tudor era longsword fencing.

George Silver his resolution upon that hidden or doubtful question, who has the advantage of the Offender or Defender.

Of striking and thrusting both together.

Of running and standing safe in rapier fight, the runner has the advantage.

That the cause that many are so often slain, and many sore hurt in fight with long rapier is not by reason of their dangerous thrusts...

Of the false resolutions and vain opinions of Rapier men and of the danger of death thereby ensuing.

In the realm where past meets present, safety stand as the sentinel, guarding the gateway to the authentic exploration of historical fencing

Step into the past, where chivalry and combat were intertwined in a dance of skill and strategy. Historical fencing, also known as historica

What is the cause that wisemen in learning or practicing their weapons, are deceived with Italian Fencers.

Of six chief causes, that many valiant men think themselves by their practices to be skillful in their weapons, are yet many times in their

There are four special marks to know the Italian fight is imperfect, & that the Italian teachers and setters forth of books of defense, neve

George Silver possessing extensive knowledge of various weapons and a wealth of experience in diverse combat scenarios. This...

This text establishes that the genuine basis for combat lies in using traditional short weapons. It argues that the short sword holds an edg

This is an updated blogpost from the previous post entitled: "The English Great Sword." Most of our practice at the Guild of Knightly...

People participate in HEMA for a variety of reasons. For some it’s for the social aspect, for others its driven by their love of history,...

Can the practice of HEMA have a positive effect upon an individual's life during the present chaos of the pandemic and civil unrest...