Congratulations to Nick for finishing sixth in Tier A Longsword and first (with our friends Kieran and Eric) in Team Longsword at Longsword As Seen On TV 2026! #longsword #hema #fencing #boston #massachusetts

Our fencer Chris with a great void at the end of this sequence 🤌🤌🤌 #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #boston #massachusetts #knight #fencing #longsword

We’re back to longsword on Mondays! Practicing cuts with the Darth Maul trainers tonight. #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #boston #massachusetts #knight #fencing #longsword

Discretion, valor, etc. #hema #longsword #boston

The Art of Classical Italian Saber! Our classical fencing squad working in some saber parry & riposte basics while warming up in class. Here, our buddy Steve from @bostonarmizare.bsky.social works on his parry 4th and parry 1st + riposte options.

Congrats to coach Christina (🥈in saber), our fencer Ania (🥉 in rapier and dagger) and friend of the program Abby (🥈 in rapier, 4️⃣ in saber) for medaling at SAFO this weekend, and thanks to AHFA for being such great hosts! #hema #sword #swords #saber #sabre #rapier #rapieranddagger #fencing #boston

Great blade grab by our beginner Maddi at Long Tail 2025 (and an A+ reaction from coach Christina)! #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #boston #massachusetts #knight #fencing #longsword

When you have to resort to Maestro Ted Williams’ “La scienza del colpire” #hema #boston #massachusetts

Our instructor Christina gets a great exchange of thrusts at Long Tail 2025. #hema #longsword #swords #fencing

Presented without comment #hema #fencing #longsword #boston #massachuestts

Congratulations to coach Christina for taking fifth in Open Longsword and sixth in GenEq Longsword at Long Tail 2025! Also congratulations to our fencer Dave for receiving the Fiore Virtues: Fortitude award! #longsword #hema #boston #massachusetts #swords #sword #knight #fencing

When you’re trying to fence but a shark shows up #longsword #hema #fencing #newyork #boston #massachusetts

BA is holding beginner classes again on Mondays in November, but we’re also doing something new: if you can’t make Monday classes, we’re offering 1-on-1 onboarding sessions on Wednesdays and Saturdays! Either way, email us at [email protected] to start! #hema #longsword #rapier #boston

Thanks so much to Maestro David Coblentz for running a saber workshop for us today! #saber #hema #sabre #fencing #sword #swords #boston #massachusetts

Great setup and thrust from our fencer Eric #longsword #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #boston #massachusetts #knight #fencing

Our instructor Steve with a beautiful passata sotto #rapier #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #boston #massachusetts #knight #fencing

Longsword pro tip: don’t stab yourself in the hand #longsword #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #boston #massachusetts #fencing

Congratulations to the medalists in the open saber tournament at Boar’s Tooth 2025! 1. Nick Reynolds 2. William Pearsall 3. Kieran Garrity 4. Kathryn Ledbetter 5. James Schmidt 6. Owen Haller #boarstooth2025 #hema #saber #sabre #boston #massachusetts #boarstooth #boarstooth25

Photos from Boar’s Tooth 2025 have dropped! Check out the full gallery here: drive.google.com/drive/folder... #hema #boarstooth2025 #longsword #rapier #saber #boarstooth #boston #massachusetts

Congratulations to the medalists for the B-tier longsword tournament at Boar’s Tooth 2025! 1. Jim Husband 2. Russel Fournier 3. Chad Opris 4. Chris Granados-Kramer 5. Trevor Opris 6. Kobe Gallman #boarstooth2025 #hema #longsword #boston #massachusetts #boarstooth

Come watch us give a lecture and demonstration at the South Boston Public Library on Sept. 11! @bpl.boston.gov #hema #longsword #rapier #fencing #sword #swords #boston #massachusetts #southboston #southie

Congratulations to the medalists for the A-tier longsword tournament at Boar’s Tooth 2025! 1. James Schmidt 2. Josias Arcadia 3. Shane Scallin 4. William Pearsall 5. Sawyer Rardin 6. Sean Heraty #hema #boarstooth2025 #boarstooth #boarstooth25 #longsword #fencing #boston #massachusetts

Picture-perfect villano by coach Christina at Boar’s Tooth 2025. #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #longsword #boarstooth #boarstooth2025 #boarstooth25

Congratulations to the medalists in the Boar’s Tooth 2025 rapier tournament! 1. James Schmidt 2. Christopher Beauregard 3. Eric Chanudet 4. Ethan Heilman 5. Matt Johnson 6. Henry Treadwell #hema #rapier #boston #massachusetts #sword #swords #knight #fencing #boarstooth #boarstooth2025 #boarstooth25

Great thrust by our fencer Young at Boar’s Tooth 2025. #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #longsword

Congrats to the medalists at Boar’s Tooth 2025’s GenEq longsword event! 1. Isabel Branch 2. Eva Arnason 3. Rachel Helm 4. Ella Rose 5. Hugh Maiocco 6. Faoila Andrews #hema #longsword #sword #swords #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #knight #boston #massachusetts

Boar’s Tooth 2025 is in the books! Thanks so much to everyone who made it! For our mixed weapons tournament, the final standings are: 1st - Dazzling Crab 2nd- Stay Puft 3rd - SPES 4th - Spada 5th - WWWW 5th - The Burninators 5th - Mind Goblins 5th - Wukusi 6th - BaDA Brain Weasels 6th - CHFG #hema

Best of luck to Eli and Andrew who are competing in their first HEMA saber tournament today at Boar's Tooth!

Prosciutto decided to don cat ears to cheer on our friends from Black Cat the Boar’s Tooth A-tier Longsword finals! #hema #longsword #boston #massachusetts #boarstooth #boarstooth25 #boarstooth2025

We're live this morning on our B-tier longsword stream for Boar's Tooth 2025! #hema #longsword

We’ve got a stream for all three days of Boar’s Tooth 2025. Check out all the action on our YouTube channel! youtube.com/@bostonarmiz... #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #longsword #rapier #saber #sabre #swordandbuckler #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #boarstooth #boarstooth2025

Boar’s Tooth 2025 attendees: here’s the entrance you’ll use to get to the gym! #hema #boarstooth #boarstooth25 #boarstooth2025

Reminder to all Boar’s Tooth 2025 attendees — this is the address you’ll want to use to get to Shady Hill School’s gym! #hema #boarstooth #boarstooth25 #boarstooth2025

Medals for Boar’s Tooth 2025 are in, and they’re gorgeous! We’re giving out medals to the top six finishers in each event. #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #longsword #rapier #saber #sabre #fencing #boston #massachusetts #boarstooth #boarstooth25 #boarstooth2025

Attention Boar’s Tooth 2025 attendees! We’ve got ESPN photographer Jason Potterton shooting the event this year. Action shots will be available free for all post-BT, and Jason will be offering custom individual portrait sessions for $50 on Saturday and Sunday.

Unboxing our new Malleus rapiers and they’re beauties 🤌🤌🤌 #rapier #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #fencing #italianfencing

Doing a little axe sparring and apparently Ian can break the sound barrier with a swing? #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #knight #boston #massachusetts #fencing #ax #axe #axefighting #viking

Hand parry in saber? Generally not recommended— but when it works … #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #fencing #saber #sabre

On Mondays we do rapier #rapier #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #fencing

Putting the “dance” in “dance of death” #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #fencing #longsword

Congratulations to our fencers who placed at BHL’s Maine longsword event! 5️⃣ Matt 8️⃣ Andrew #hema #longsword #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #fencing #boston #massachusetts

A: because the thrust spits venom #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #fencing #longsword

Can confirm. But also it helps if you know how to use it. www.bostonarmizare.org/new

Congratulations to coach Christina for winning Best Coach at this weekend’s Cactus Cup! #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #longsword #sword #swords #knight #fencing #boston #massachusetts

We’re thrilled to announce @sigiforge.bsky.social as a sponsor for Boar’s Tooth 2025! We love our SIGI feders and it’s always a great day when a new order arrives! #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #longsword #rapier #rapieranddagger #saber #sabre #fencing #boston #massachusetts

Lovely girata here from our fencer Ethan! #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #fencing #rapier

Great thrust in the tempo of the disengage by our beginner Emma 🤌🤌🤌 #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #fencing #longsword

Which of these feints is actually an attack? This is the Riddle of Nick. #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #fencing #rapier

Air Dustin can’t hurt you, he’s not real. Air Dustin: #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #rapier #swordandbuckler #fencing #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts

Our instructor Ian is co-teaching a backhold class and running a tournament at the No Fame Games Celtic strength festival in Milford, MA today! #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #wrestling #backhold #milford #massachusetts