Nytshaed School of Rapier

06/17/2026

Been a while since posting, but things continue to grow!
Awesome students, great fighting and wonderful events with TSL, the SCA, and of course Sacramento Historical Fencing Academy!

Hope to cross blades with you soon!


www.nytshaed.com
www.sachema.com

Historic Sources, Iconic Weapons, Modern Training Certain weapons are just Iconic. Swords are the archetypal weapons in fantasy classics. They capture the imagination in ways that stay with us for a lifetime

04/26/2025

Sac City College has a new Fencing club!

Students of SCC can join and practice at the South Gymnasium Tuesdays and Fridays from 1pm to 2:30.

Earthday added about 20 folks to the discord and a half dozen came to Friday's practice and we even ran out of swords!

10/18/2024

This Saturday (Oct 19) we have a class on the Cross Parry use of daggers at 11am. For those of one persuasion or another we will cover Low line in the first half hour as it goes fast and is intuitive, then cover in significantly more detail how useful it can be in the High lines with sparring at the end of the lecture portion.
I will open the school by 10:30am.
Class concludes at 1pm.

www.sachema.com
3463 Ramona Ave STE 20
Sacramento, CA 95826

Sadly it is opposite Drake's and I love that event, but if you are not headed there we'd love to see you at this free SHFA Open House class. :)

10/08/2024

Seems folks are seeing this page.
Heya.
Not very active in this space as we tend to chat on discord or small group messages and my classes have mostly merged with SHFA (www.sachema.com)

08/16/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0owHMe7rdM&t=51s

The first mixed weapons video of myself fencing with the rapier against an opponent with a longsword was done in response to requests from some of the subscr...

08/16/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNZa80DGZD0

Fencing against someone with two weapons while you only hold one is an interesting challenge--particularly so when your weapon is shorter too. Unlike the pr...

08/16/2023

I find it hard to believe I have not updated our new location, but not seeing it here on posts so....
Sachema.com

Historic Sources, Iconic Weapons, Modern Training Certain weapons are just Iconic. Swords are the archetypal weapons in fantasy classics. They capture the imagination in ways that stay with us for a lifetime

11/26/2021

Alright!
Back from Omega Mart!.and apologies for the delayed cheering for practice this month.

Woo Hoo!

It really did go awesome for a local practice and great for a start towards a regional melee that folks can travel for with a good expectation of it being worth the trip.

A dozen fighters is a great core for a practice that can expand if more folks show up and still work on very specific drills and tactics that can make a world of difference in the wars we all have the opportunity to attend.

I especially appreciate our marshals who came out supporting the practice even though they were not fighting that day! I will have rotations so everyone gets to see the marshalling side of things as it is important to understand and spread the duties, but folks who can be there to support and keep swords in the fight are amazingly helpful!

Next month(Sunday, Dec 19) we will be able to start much more smoothly and get even more hat time!
Thank you !

06/08/2021

Well folks we loved our time at Firehouse 5 and it is a great venue for small Rapier practices!!
But time and location move on and next Thursday the 10th will be our last before moving to:
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Sacramento Turn Verein, located at 3349 J Street - Thursdays 7pm
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We had a great time at Firehouse 5 and can not thank the folks there enough for their time and effort helping make our classes there a great success!!

Nytshaed (Douglas Leonard)

02/14/2021

https://www.mapquest.com/us/california/the-firehouse-5-369485820

2014 9th St, B, Sacramento, CA 95818

The Firehouse 5 - Thursdays 7pm

Its official folks!
Dance Studio practice Thursday Nights in Sacramento!
The first 45 minutes will be stretching and drills followed by open bouting.
With times as they are we will do a spot temp check and we have approval to keep doors open other than rain days.
For this first month I am reserving 2 hour sessions and if donations defray enough of the cost we will continue and grow as long as possible.

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