Baltimore Academy of Defence - Kung fu, HEMA, American Swordsmanship

12/30/2025

Xinyiquan Long Staff Seminar at the Academy
Saturday, January 31st 2026
12-5pm 👇👇👇

12/11/2023

Xíngyì Jiànfǎ Seminar January 20-21st, 202410am-4pm Sat. & Sun. 心意劍法Form and Intention Sword Method Qīxīng Liánhuán Jiànfǎ Tào​lù七星連環劍法套路Seven Stars Continuous Linking Sword Form Sign Up Now This seminar will teach the entirety of the Xíngyì Seven Stars Contin...

12/11/2023

January Jianfa seminar page is live:
https://academyofdefence.com/xingyi-jianfa-seminar/
Hope to see you there!

Xíngyì Jiànfǎ Seminar January 20-21st, 202410am-4pm Sat. & Sun. 心意劍法Form and Intention Sword Method Qīxīng Liánhuán Jiànfǎ Tào​lù七星連環劍法套路Seven Stars Continuous Linking Sword Form Sign Up Now This seminar will teach the entirety of the Xíngyì Seven Stars Contin...

02/27/2023

Congratulations to Academy student Ben Backe for his first place victory this weekend at Arbor Duels!!!

12/16/2022

Harrison's first bout with steel swords!
Trying out Harrison's new 36" basket hilted cavalry sword vs Dai's 32" turcael, (basket hilted infantry sabre).
12-14-2022

03/17/2022

The Academy is pleased to offer a FREE self-defense class Saturday April 7th in partnership with TurnAround Inc.

TurnAround's mission is to educate, empower and advocate for all people impacted by intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking.

Register for free:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saam-self-defense-registration-277728662907

02/19/2022

A short candid clip of Wednesday evening freeplay at the Academy.

Some candid footage of single stick (sabre) sparring from a random Wednesday evening at the Academy.

12/08/2021

Close up of Mural Depicting Chinese Sword Drawing (出劍法)-

03/23/2021

Super proud of these guys!
We have been working on our spear method for about 9 months. Starting with the basics, then working through the form, practicing applications, and power training we have been leaning the system.
Last night the effort paid off and we were able to do some full contact sparring with ash wood spears.

Everyone represented the art well. We even had several high quality technical exchanges in the very fist round.
Great job Ben and Shane!