Basingstoke HEMA

12/04/2026

Congrats to Carlie who came second at Herne’s Cup in the Longsword Competition yesterday against tough competitors, and to Saff and Alex, both fighting very well.

03/09/2025

Mark your calendars. LHO returns next year for its third iteration. Tournaments on 2-3 May, with an open sparring session on the 4th.

21/06/2025

Fencing in Alton High Street part of Jane Austen Regency Week. We displayed fencing from medieval times through to that of Jane Austen.

15/06/2025

We were invited to demonstrate HEMA in The Great Hall Wi******er. It was amazing to fence in such a Historic Building.

04/06/2025

Q***r people, both out and still in the closet, have been integral to the development of HEMA from very early days, and have shaped both the community at large and Wiktenauer specifically. Thank you!

June is a month for celebrating our achievements in a world that tried to erase us many times in the 20th century, and that still includes many who want us to disappear or stop being alive.

This year, when the very existence of q***r people in the USA has become even more politicized, when violence is on the rise and q***r lives are being lost, and when trans HEMAists in particular have been targeted by fringe elements who imagine they can remake the HEMA community in the image of their own ideology, our message to trans fencers and to the whole LGBTQ community is this:

We're glad you found your way here, you belong here, and we want to support your journey through historical fencing however we can, in June and every month. Please stay and please thrive.

Help us build amazing new things.

(Sorry I missed the start of pride month, I'm easily distractible.)

15/04/2025

Free sparring this Wednesday. If you are a member of another HEMA club and have your own kit and insurance you are welcome to join us at Blue Coat School, Basingstoke. 7:30pm to 9:30pm.

19/02/2025

Everyone was getting stuck into the new training block tonight and we got to welcome a bunch of new people to the club.

13/11/2024

We had the final rounds of our club competitions tonight with Christopher winning the Synthetic and Jono winning the Steel.

There was lots of great fencing throughout the competition.

03/11/2024

Looking forward to seeing who will win the club competition and get their name on the trophy this year.

06/10/2024

This was a great start to our sister club Andover HEMA. Thank you to those from Basingstoke that travelled down and it was great to meet the newbies.

We had a great first night at our new Andover HEMA club. There was a great atmosphere and we look forward to more of the same next week.

08/09/2024

We had a great day yesterday supporting this event. Thanks to all the club members that came and helped out.