The Houston Open International Gathering has passed. Congratulations to Axel Peterson for winning both the Longsword and Dussack tournament. Our own Jake Norwood placed second in Longsword and third in Dussack.
Our schedule has changed. Monday nights will be in Cedar Lane Park and Thursday nights will be in a new church gym in Clarksville. Please see the Schedule page or the meetup page for full information.
We have started planning for an event/tournament for the east coast around August or September. See brainstorming ideas here.
Spring is almost upon us. The winter event was a success and we’ve started talking about planning another over the summer. We will be moving back outside for training once daylight stretches to a reasonable hour closer to the start of summer.
There are two prominent events coming up where MKDF will be represented. The first is the first annual Open International Gathering in Houston, TX being jointly hosted by the Historical European Martial Arts Alliance and the Western Martial Arts Coalition. The second is World Wide Open Longsword and Rapier Championship 2010 in Apelern, Germany. If you can make it to either of these events, we’ll see you there!
The Mid-Atlantic HEMA Gathering page is up under the Events section. Come and meet your fellow regional practitioners!
There are two upcoming events involving Maryland KDF. The first is a tentative north-eastern US regional event being organized by Maryland KDF to feature local instructors and group leaders followed by a longsword tournament. The second is The Worldwide Open Longsword and Rapier Tournament held in Germany which will feature a host of instructors followed by a large longsword and rapier tournament. See the Events page for more information.
Welcome to Maryland Kunst Des Fechtens! This site is currently being worked on. The layout may look horrible as I mess with settings and most or all images are currently placeholder or design ideas. I welcome comments or suggestions. The completion date for the website, other than the immense training area I have planned, should be September 18, 2009.