We’re excited to be at this year’s Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo at the Calgary Stampede Grounds – April 16, 17, 18, & 19th.
Come visit us as at Booth Y 06 in the BMO Centre.
For more information on the Expo please check out: http://www.calgaryexpo.com/
There will be a raffle, as well as, a Expo Special pricing – half price for 3 months worth of membership.
See you there!
We’re trying out a new schedule at the club. Please see below:
Tuesday:
19:00-21:00 = Modern Combatives
21:00-22:00 = Sparring – this costs an extra $20/month to attend.
Thursday:
19:00-20:00 = Family Class & HEMA Beginner Class – run concurrently with two instructors.
20:00-21:30 = HEMA Advanced Class
21:30-22:00 = Free Play
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to send us an email to info@
Here are the official results from Anvil 2014 and Thanks all around!
Steel Sword and Buckler:
Gold: Stephen Kime, Blood & Iron Martial Arts
Silver: Tim Holter, The Forge Western Martial Arts
Bronze: Lee Smith, Blood & Iron Martial Arts
Steel Messer:
Gold: Lee Smith, Blood and Iron
Silver: Tim Holter, The Forge Western Martial Arts
Bronze: John Patterson, Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship
Steel Longsword:
Gold: Lee Smith, Blood and Iron Martial Arts
Silver: Tim Holter, The Forge Western Martial Arts
Bronze: Stephen Kime, Blood and Iron Martial Arts
And a HUGE THANK YOU to our incredibly generous sponsors!
Ensifer Swords – http://ensifer.carbonmade.com/ (Jan Chodkiewicz)
SGT Blades – http://www.sgtblades.com/ (Garth Thomson)
SPES Historical Fencing Gear – http://histfenc.com/ (Keith Cotter-Reilly)
Tuff Writer Pens – http://www.tuffwriter.com/ (Jack Roman)
Dark Age Creations – http://www.darkagecreations.com/ (The Gang!)
Zombie Tools – http://www.zombietools.net/
Jimmy Munkaspeni – http://st7628.wix.com/immaculate-concept#!tattoo-artists/c7e2
Nicastros Pub – http://www.nicastrospub.com/
Primal Screen Printing – http://www.primal-screen.com/web09/index.html
And a special thanks to TJ for his generous donation of the Ensifer Feder! Wow!
We couldn’t have done it without all of our great sponsors, volunteers, judges, and participants.
See you all next year!
(Watch this space for videos from the tournament!)
Please check out our online registration for Anvil 2014:
http://www.strongvon.com/anvil2014
Also check out the Facebook Event for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/456696634471196/
“…are you the Hammer?”
Check it out! Historical European Martial Arts just got a booster shot in the arm with this great min-documentary done by the NY Times!
You’ll see our main instructors Tim and Mark at the 1:10 mark, as well as, in the background in a number of shots.
The video is trending all over the internet. It will be interesting to see if the media attention brings us any new club members!
And check out the paper article out of the NY Times below:
Coming soon!
Anvil 2014 – “Are you the Hammer?”
We will be hosting our annual H.E.M.A. tournament in Calgary, AB on November 28, 29, and 30th!
Two days of action and a day of workshops! Not to mention a rockin’ after part on Saturday night with live music and cheap drinks… Party Like a Viking!
This year’s event will be held in the state-of-the-art Genesis Centre (http://www.genesis-centre.ca/)
Events will be (to be confirmed):
– Open Synthetic Longsword
– Open Steel Messer
– Open Steel Shortsword & Buckler
– Open Steel Longsword
Stay tuned to our Facebook and Web site for more details and the ability to register soon!
https://www.facebook.com/TheForgeWMA
Forge members had a great time at the MSP Shiner Faction Shillelagh tournament this past Sunday in sunny Edmonton, AB!
Our fighters represented well and a lot of fights (and a few beers) were had!
https://www.facebook.com/events/348592121957195/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar
It’s that time of year again!
Our annual KAPAP seminar is ready to go!
As you know one of the martial disciplines we draw upon at The Forge is that of Krav Panim El-Panim (face-to-face fighting otherwise knowns as “KAPAP” from Israel.
One of our instructors, Tim Holter, is the only KAPAP-certified instructor in Western Canada! Our special guest, Avi Nardia is also slated to be there!
The seminar is scheduled for the weekend of May 24th and 25th. Two days of intense training! We expect to have participants from a number of local schools. If you’re interested please drop us a line.
Cost for the 2 day seminar is $150.00 CAD / student. Participants aged 12 and under are half price at $75.00 CAD / student.
Any and all are welcome. We will be holding the event at the University of Calgary.
See our Facebook event for more details and to sign up:
https://www.facebook.com/events/826477887367481/
Open Synthetic Longsword:
1st: Angus Dixon – Academy of European Swordsmanship
2nd : Javier Bermudez – unaffiliated
3rd: Dave Tupling – Academy of European Swordsmanship
Open Synthetic Messer:
1st: Richard Marsden – Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship
2nd: Steve Wittmann – Blood and Iron Martial Arts
3rd: James Emerson – The Forge: Western Martial Arts
Invitational Steel Longsword:
1st: John Patterson – Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship
2nd: Steve Wittmann – Blood and Iron Martial Arts
3rd: Gareth Jones – The Forge: Western Martial Arts
Tourney Champ – John Patterson – Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship
Best Sportsmanship – TIE:
– Richard Marsden – Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship
– Aaron Babb – Academy of European Swordsmanship
A great time was had by all!
Thanks to everyone that came:
And of course to all of the people that came to watch and support the fighters! Thank you.
See you next year at Anvil 2014…. Are YOU The Hammer?
Just a note to anyone following us. The Fight the Bite this coming October 26th is cancelled.
If you would like to know more please feel free to contact us at info@
