Baerswords School of Western Martial Arts

06/14/2026

Put your hands together for these students who just passed their rank testing today! Congratulations!

One Handed Weapons:
Justin Burks - Low Bronze
Christopher Shockney - Low Bronze
Owen Parris - Low Bronze
Gabriel Hocker - Low Bronze
Beth Culp - Low Bronze

Two Handed Weapons:
Noah Long - Low Gold
Alex Meier - Low Silver
Seth Walz - High Bronze
Justin Burks - Low Bronze
Connor Decker - High Bronze

05/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who made SwordStrong KC 2026 the best yet! From our top notch facilities to our superb athletes, to our wonderful volunteers and staff, to our phenomenal Judges, Directors and Speakers and to our amazing vendors - we thank you for everything!
Together, all of you made this event fun, thrilling, athletically challenging and joyous. And, we all left with more friends than when we arrived.
We're already hard at work planning for next year so put SwordStrong KC 2027 on your calendars: May 7th, 8th and 9th, 2027!

05/06/2026

SwordStrong KC 2026 Pictures are now available!

Thank you to Simms Photos for all the great shots!

https://simmsphotos2018.smugmug.com/Sword-Strong/2026-SwordStrong/n-Lrqjd5

04/27/2026

04/25/2026

SwordStrong KC is less than a week away! We have simply amazing sponsors this year - be sure to visit them all:

https://swordstrongkc.com/pages/prize-sponsors

04/07/2026

SwordStrong is filling up fast and we have a commitment to give the fighters good trained judges. As such, we have decided to knock 20% off the normal price for our Judging Certification course.

In addition, we pay all of the judges at our tournaments $30 per tournament that they judge in. If you judge just two weapons at SwordStrong you have paid for the course, gotten free lunches and a collectible token, and made yourself a much better judge!Open to all.

No experience necessary. Go to HEMAJudges.com to get started. You can complete the course there and do the practical test at SwordStrong. Why wait?