Fargo-Moorhead Historical Fencing Club

05/19/2025

We’re back from Icebreaker!

We all had a wonderful time and can’t wait until we come back next year!

Thank you to all the Icebreaker organizers and event staff for making this last weekend possible!

05/19/2025

UPDATE:

We will be changing our meeting dates. As of right now, we will only be meeting on Mondays from 6-8:00 pm. We will be switching from our usual indoor meeting place to Gooseberry Park in Moorhead. Look for the folks swinging swords! and of course, feel free to email us if you have any questions.

Thank you!

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07/21/2023

Thank you to all who attended the Bazaar this evening! It was truely a blast! We had a wonderful time nerding out with fellow fencing/sword enthusiasts.

If this piques your interest, why not stop by for practices? 🙂

We meet Mondays from 7:00-9:00 at Gooseberry park in Moorhead… weather permitting. Find updates here on this page or email us at [email protected].

We appreciate letting us know that you plan on attending our practices. See you there!

05/03/2023

Heads up to all club members and prospective members: we will be meeting at Gooseberry Park in Moorhead tomorrow, Thursday, May 4 at 6:30. Club members will be fencing with single stick, steel saber, and steel sword and buckler.

Although only club members will be allowed to spar, feel free to stop by and watch! See if sword fighting is something that interests you! 😊

04/29/2023

Hello Fargo-Moorhead!

We are the Fargo-Moorhead Historical Fencing Club. Historical swords and swordsmanship are what we like to study. While none of us are experts, we use historical sources like manuals and fencing treatises to keep our methods of fencing grounded in the practical wisdom of the past.

Particularly, we enjoy practicing the broadsword and saber traditions of the 18th and 19th century, which form the main body of our practice material.

However we dabble in earlier traditions as well, especially sword and buckler, and rapier traditions!

So if you or any of your friends are interested, please email us ahead of practice in order to reserve some sparring/drilling equipment for you.

EDIT: We meet on Mondays from 6-8:00 pm. Please email about our location, as we occasionally change location from session to session.

NOTE: we are a very small group and have VERY limited resources. For this reason, not everyone will get the chance to spar every evening. Feel free to bring your own equipment. I (Kevin) will check it over when you get to the meeting location. We usually practice right next to the Fargo Parks District Fencing Club and often borrow some of their equipment. If you would simply just like to watch, by all means! Also if anyone has any further questions, please direct them to the club’s email listed on this page.

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