We are Southern Alberta’s premier WMA School
Come and explore the world of Western martial arts, from the lethal and elegant German longsword, to the science of boxing, to the close combat methods of grappling and knife fighting.
The Forge fosters development in the duality of the lethal art of Western Martial Arts without compromise. Focusing on combat conditioning, skills and camaraderie!
News and Events
Winding around the binds
The club has been keeping active and holding a good attendance this summer since we started outdoor sessions. We’ve had a few newcomers come and try it out and some keep coming back! Tim opened up Tuesday training again, where he is walking us through Richard Marsden’s book on Polish Sabre, as well as breaking […]
Swinging swords throughout the summer
As our community is still faced with the reality of Covid-19, The Forge has adapted our training to accommodate safe distancing measures. Therefore, we are only providing individual training in an outdoor, group setting, which means no sparring and no partner drills and always remaining at least two longsword-lengths away from each other! We have […]
Outdoor training to begin in late June!
We will restart routine group training outdoors, as the city’s re-opening allows us to. We are setting the first date for June 20th and then June 25th, but depending on how events unfold, the date may change to earlier or later. Training will last 1.5 hours long. There will be modifications to our typical training […]