Sword School of St Michael

With Abbey over, yesterday marked the first session of our training block preparing for our next event, Call to Arms 1470 - Australia. Check out the highlights from 2023 by IronCrown Workshop!

Call to Arms 2023 Highlights Call to Arms in 2023 was bigger than ever before. With a new venue, new people from the southern lands of Australia and more armour this was the a huge step ...

We just wrapped up our first official appearance at the Abbey Medieval Festival. Also like sticking them with the pointy end? Come learn how!

Image credit to Photos by Neda

Early September the Sword School participated in Call to Arms 1470 - Australia. A full immersion military simulation event in which we lead the gold company on foot. If this is something you're interested in, make sure to get in contact.

Photo credit goes to Call to Arms 1470 - Australia

If you watch carefully you can get a glimpse of our wrestling at History Alive: A Journey Through Time

Day one of History Alive at Abbeystowe. A brief recap of some of the amazing displays and entertainment on show. Don’t get FOMO! get tickets for tomorrow! Ticketebo.com.au/historyalive

We may be a sword school but we also do other weapons such as pollaxe, dagger & wrestling. Last weekend we teamed up with Sengoku No Bushido/戦国之武士道 to demonstrate Japanese vs 15th century European pole arm, sword, dagger and wrestling History Alive: A Journey Through Time.

We've just wrapped up an incredible first Abbey experience! Special thanks to our new members for going the extra mile and to Company of the Phoenix for hosting us.

Photo credits go to Jay Dunn and .

Welcome to the Sword School of St Michael. We are a historical martial arts and re-enactment club based in Brisbane Australia. We are primarily focused on late 15th century techniques in the following weapons

- Longsword
- Messer/ Arming sword
- Poleaxe
- Quarterstaff
- Dagger
- Wrestling