Edinburgh Renaissance Fencing Academy

Edinburgh Renaissance Fencing Academy ERFA is a historical fencing group with classes in Edinburgh and Linlithgow in Scotland. We run classes in traditional 16th and 17th century swordsmanship.

ERFA teaches the techniques of 16th century sword combat based on authentic original fencing manuals from the age of Shakespeare. Our regular classes run on Wednesday evenings in the Main Hall of Morningside United Church on the edge of Bruntsfield in Edinburgh. Anyone age 18+ is welcome to come along and give our style of historical fencing a go in our friendly classes.

Experimenting with rotella shields in Edinburgh di Grassi training last Wednesday. Fun and interesting! Looking forward ...
05/06/2026

Experimenting with rotella shields in Edinburgh di Grassi training last Wednesday. Fun and interesting! Looking forward to developing knowledge of this weapon form more in the future.

03/06/2026

Edinburgh fencing tonight, usual time and place!

02/06/2026

Linlithgow fencing tonight! Classes at 7pm and 8pm.

27/05/2026

Edinburgh fencing tonight, class starts 7pm!

There's a new video on our Youtube channel. This time I discuss a military instruction pamphlet from England in 1642 - f...
26/05/2026

There's a new video on our Youtube channel. This time I discuss a military instruction pamphlet from England in 1642 - features rapiers 🙂.

I discuss a military instruction pamphlet from England 1642 and wha...

Coming up in July in Edinburgh - the annual McBane event hosted by Cat's Glove Traditional Defence. Held in honour of fa...
25/05/2026

Coming up in July in Edinburgh - the annual McBane event hosted by Cat's Glove Traditional Defence. Held in honour of famous/infamous 18th century Scottish fencing master Donald McBane. Check it out if you're interested in some Scottish swordsmanship!

McBane Event Donald HEMA Sword fighting in Edinburgh

19/05/2026

Linlithgow fencing tonight as usual!

13/05/2026

Edinburgh fencing tonight. Class starts 7pm as usual.

Address

15 Chamberlain Road
Edinburgh
EH104DJ

Opening Hours

Tuesday 7pm - 9pm
Wednesday 7pm - 9pm

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