The British Federation for Historical Swordplay
Description.
A historical fencing school based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
We specialise in smallsword and military sabre tuition, with classes each week in Edinburgh’s city centre. We also host the annual international Smallsword Symposium. New students are always welcome!
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Aisle O’var are scholars and practitioners of the Ancient and Noble Science of Defence and that most excellent of ancient country sports, English Country Backswording Circa 1600.
Our main focus is in the study of the single-handed broadsword/backsword and the English Quarterstaff/Tip staff using the principles of the true fight as laid down by George Silver in his Paradoxes of Defence in 1599 and his unpublished manuscript A brief instruction upon my paradoxes of defence and many other historical treatises for our studies of Traditional English Martial Arts (TE-MA) in order that we practise a complete martial system.
The Aberdeen Swordsmanship Group exists as a non-profit making study group to provide training and study into historical European swordsmanship, Uphold a true historical and martial approach to all teachings done within the group and to conduct research into historical European swordsmanship, to contribute to the Western martial art community’s overall understanding of historical treatises and their meanings.