Sleepy Hollow Swords

09/30/2025

Kinderhook Mini Rennaisance Faire Follow-up!

Swords are fun! Thanks for coming by our booth and signing up for our mailing list.

09/28/2025

Come see us!

Hear ye, year ye! Take a step back in time and join us once again for
our Mini-Renaissance Faire in the field across the street from the
Library! We’re bringing back some old favorites like Birds of Prey
through Whispering Willow Wild Care as well as vendors and food,
but you’ll have to stop by to see what else we have up our sleeves!
Dress up in your favorite medieval costume and spend the afternoon
reveling with friends and family!

08/23/2025

Congratulations to those who made it through our latest intro session! We just have 2 intakes left in 2025! Hope to see you all soon!

07/25/2025

✨Amsterdam, NY✨ Come see us on ⚔️Sunday⚔️!
See post for schedule and details!

06/11/2025

Pride posts will continue until morale improves! This time with M*F

The first out transgender fencing master celebrates diversity of the sport - https://www.outsports.com/2025/6/3/24112159/nova-gregory-transgender-fencing-master-pride/

06/11/2025

We'll be classing up the joint on the 14th and 15th!

Come say hi!

06/10/2025

We've had a busy June! It's Pride Month, which means sword month. The history of fencing is (often dramatically) entwined with q***r history, especially for those who are not gender conforming. Living in denial of this means living in ignorance. One of the best and most fun examples is of Julie d'Aubigny (La Maupin) a bisexual, gender non-conforming fencer and singer whose joie de vivre, talent, and mischief is paralleled in our current press' obsession with Cole Escola. (Mission: Give Cole a sword. Maybe two.)

Julie was a marvelous duelist whose skill and exploits with the blade often came paired with her exploits in the taverns, which were both a hunting ground for dueling marks but also lovers and also dueling marks who became her lovers. Somehow she additionally managed an illustrious opera career between her affair with a young acolyte ending in literal flames and her death at maybe 37.

So why do we admire someone who so fervently flouts the laws and conventions at the time? Well easy, the laws were bad. The society of that time was so restrictive and exploitative of people, especially of women that it could only be navigated by submission or subversion. And for those of us who cannot be brought to heel like a sad dog, our only choice is to subvert. That same Ancien Regime came crashing to its knees less than 100 years later.

For a more detailed, researched and easier to read discussion on such an interesting subject, please follow the link.

LGBT Pride Month gives us an opportunity to discover a fascinating character from the early days of French opera.  The life of Julie d'Aubigny (1670-1707) became a subject of interest at a time when French society began re-examining gender roles and sexual identity. Known under her stage n...

04/29/2025

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Our second session for 2025 starts in just a few days! Sign ups open. Drop-in classes available too.

03/22/2025

Canceling for this evening. See you next week! Stay or get well!