F3 Sword Academy

Ochs (Ox) is one of the primary Guards/Postures in certain schools of Historical Fencing.

The cat is not impressed. Take care guys! And don't forget to tell me more about your healthy life routine

Art by Brianna, https://instagram.com/bri_lin_draws?igshid=ovxdbetl45k1 , courtesy of Denver Historical Fencing Academy.

From Godey’s Lady’s Book, March 1896, "Jaquarina: The Senorita* of the Sword If the art of fencing ever becomes general in America as an addition to the various muscle-producing pasties, its champion may properly be found, mirabile dictu, in a woman. From the far Southwest, the odor of the raven-flower still clinging to her brown tresses, comes Jaquarina, a true type of Spanish-American beauty. To be accurate, she is the champion mounted broadsword fencer of America, and the ...Continue reading

To sharp, or not too sharp...

Beautiful work.

Art is art. Pen or Sword. Martial or otherwise. #F3SA #HEMA #HISTORICALFENCING #FFS #FLOROFIGHTINGSYSTEMS #HAPPYHEMAPEOPLE #HISTORICALEUROPEANMARTIALARTS #KALISILUSTRISIMO #ESSENTIALRAYFLORO #LONGSWORD #DUSSACK #SABER #FENCING #STAFF #POLEARMS #SBGNORCAL #SBG

Waiting for Alameda county to lay out our phased re-opening. In the meantime, we'll be continuing online practices for active members. These will be an ongoing option and will continue when Berkeley and Fremont training recommences. #F3SA #HEMA #HISTORICALFENCING #FFS #FLOROFIGHTINGSYSTEMS #HAPPYHEMAPEOPLE #HISTORICALEUROPEANMARTIALARTS #KALISILUSTRISIMO #ESSENTIALRAYFLORO #LONGSWORD #DUSSACK #SABER #FENCING #STAFF #POLEARMS #SBGNORCAL #SBG

Still messing with mock-ups. Getting closer though. #F3SA #HEMA #HISTORICALFENCING #FFS #FLOROFIGHTINGSYSTEMS #HAPPYHEMAPEOPLE #HISTORICALEUROPEANMARTIALARTS #KALISILUSTRISIMO #ESSENTIALRAYFLORO #LONGSWORD #DUSSACK #SABER #FENCING #STAFF #POLEARMS #SBGNORCAL #SBG

In preparation for re-opening. Still a work in progress, but soon.

Target practice with saber on bicycle, from Isabel Marks’s Fancy Cycling (1901).

Keats and Yeats are on your side - While Wilde is on mine. #F3SA #HEMA #HISTORICALFENCING #FFS #FLOROFIGHTINGSYSTEMS #HAPPYHEMAPEOPLE #HISTORICALEUROPEANMARTIALARTS #KALISILUSTRISIMO #ESSENTIALRAYFLORO #LONGSWORD #DUSSACK #SABER #FENCING #STAFF #POLEARMS #SBGNORCAL #SBG

By the Sword is hosting an online discussion with my friend, Robyn Alman of Athena School of Arms in Cambridge, MA. For us: FRI, 12 JUN @ 10 AM PST. Good person. I’m looking forward to it. #hema #swords #fencing #historicalfencing #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #womenfencers

While history is written by a privileged few, the past is filled with unheard voices. Racism and hate have no place in modern HEMA or the HEMA Alliance. All lives can't matter until *Black Lives Matter*.