The 1st edition of the First Tournament has just finished :)

The 1st edition of the First Tournament—a tournament for beginner fencers prepared by our Foundation—has just come to an end.


On Saturday of 25 June, 2022, the first edition of the First Tournament took place—a Historical Martial Arts tournament dedicated to fencers beginning their journey with HEMA. During many hours of struggle, 40 participants of women and open longsword categories took part in over 120 fights!

The winners were as follows:

Women longsword:
– Michalina Musioł – 1st place – Krakowska Szkoła Fechtunku (Cracovia School of Fencing),
– Sandrze Konopce – 2nd place – SDESW ARMA-PL Warszawa (Association for Old European Martial Arts ARMA-PL Warsaw),
– Annie Wolskiej – 3rd place – SDESW ARMA-PL Warszawa (Association for Old European Martial Arts ARMA-PL Warsaw),

Open longsword:
– Filip Damski – 1st place – Akademia Szermierzy
– Bartosz Rogacki – 2nd place – SDESW ARMA-PL Wrocław (Association for Old European Martial Arts ARMA-PL Wrocław )
– Bohdan Donchenko – 3rd place – Akademia Szermierzy

The winners of both categories received the following prizes:

1st place: PLN 800 voucher for the purchase of any HEMA equipment sponsored by the Founadtion for Historical Martial Arts and a 30% discount at SPES Historical Fencing Gear.

2nd place: 600 PLN voucher to use at Aureus Swords and 25% discount at SPES Historical Fencing Gear.

3rd place: 30% voucher to use at Poker Armory and a 20% discount at SPES Historical Fencing Gear.

WOMEN’S LONGSWORD OPEN LONGSWORD Prizes
1st
place
Michalina Musioł
Krakowska Szkoła Fechtunku
Filip Damski
Akademia Szermierzy
PLN 800 voucher for the purchase of any HEMA equipment sponsored by the Foundation for Historical Martial Arts and a 30% discount at SPES Historical Fencing Gear
2nd
place
Sandra Konopka
SDESW ARMA-PL Warszawa
Bartosz Rogacki
SDESW ARMA-PL Wrocław
PLN 600 voucher to use at Aureus Swords and a 25% discount at SPES Historical Fencing Gear
3rd
place
Anna Wolska
SDESW ARMA-PL Warszawa
Bohdan Donchenko
Akademia Szermierzy
30% voucher to be used at Poker Armory and 20% discount at SPES Historical Fencing Gear

Huge congratulations to the winners. Well done!

The main organiser of the event was the Foundation for Historical Martial Arts. An honorary patronage was given by the Association for Old European Martial Arts ARMA-PL.

The First Tournament also had its sponsors. Thanks to the support of Aureus Swords, Poker Armory, SPES Historical Fencing Gear, Akademia Pływania Jacek Dębski and InterFoto.EU, we could prepare the event and attractive prizes.

We invite you to watch a film from the 1st edition of the First Tournament prepared by Zastęp Szermierczy Tarcza Sudety 🙂 and to observe the event’s profile, where we will be publishing information about future editions.

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