Iron Gate Swordfighting

Iron Gate Swordfighting Historical European Martial arts / Historical Fencing It is based on historical manuscripts created around the 14th century.

Iron Gate Swordfighting is an Historical Fencing club that studies the art of Armizare, an Italian martial art created by master Fiore dei Liberi. We train in Grappling, Dagger, Longsword, Poleaxe and Spear along with various other weapons from the Historical European Martial Arts. We also travel and compete in tournaments. Historical fencing is a rapidly growing sport.

04/17/2026

Hey folks! Iron Gate will be at the Tulare County Renaissance Faire this weekend, 4/18 and 4/19, so we will not have our regularly scheduled class on Sunday. Starting Sunday 4/26 we will be back up and running our regular longsword classes at our new location!

04/05/2026

Sunday's class on 4/5 is unfortunately cancelled while we work out finalizing our new location, stay tuned for when they resume shortly!

04/02/2026

Important announcement for Iron Gate! We have moved locations, where we're now at:

2974 E Butler Ave, Fresno, CA 93721

Sunday classes from 1PM to 5PM, first class is free!

03/19/2026

Iron Gate will not be having class on Sunday, March 22nd, as our instructors will be competing in SoCal Swordfight 2026!

Congtaulations to Iron Gate's newest Scholars!They all passed a rigorous exam consisting of knowledge and practical phas...
01/11/2026

Congtaulations to Iron Gate's newest Scholars!

They all passed a rigorous exam consisting of knowledge and practical phases.

From left:

Loreleigh Faubel , Wyatt Grogan, Jacob Plumb, and Mitchell Davis

11/07/2025

Iron Gate will be at the Kearney Renaissance Faire this weekend, so we will not have our regular Sunday class on 11/9. Instead, come learn some sword fighting at the faire!

10/02/2025

Iron Gate will be at the Hanford Renaissance Faire this weekend, October 4th and 5th, so we will not be having class that Sunday, the 5th. Come check us out to learn about some swords!

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We recently had the pleasure of giving a lecture and demonstration of what we do in cooperation with the Fresno County P...
06/25/2025

We recently had the pleasure of giving a lecture and demonstration of what we do in cooperation with the Fresno County Public Library. We have some more talks coming up in July, so come check us out!

06/16/2025

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Another Friday, another Fight Night!Our Friday classes consist of almost non-stop sparring practice as both technical an...
05/09/2025

Another Friday, another Fight Night!

Our Friday classes consist of almost non-stop sparring practice as both technical and endurance training.

Iron Gate had a great time teaching the public about sword fighting at the 2025 Tulare County Renaissance Fair!
04/11/2025

Iron Gate had a great time teaching the public about sword fighting at the 2025 Tulare County Renaissance Fair!

03/31/2025

Iron Gate will be at the Tulare County Renaissance Fair on April 5th and 6th, so we will not have class that Sunday, the 6th. Classes resume as regular afterwards. Come check us out and enjoy the faire!

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Address

2974 E Butler Avenue
Fresno, CA
93721

Opening Hours

1pm - 5pm

Telephone

+15593314116

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