Exeter Fencing Lodge

Our Beginners Longsword Session on the 15th is now fully booked! We shall be holding more of these sessions throughout the year, so fret not!

To those who will be attending on Thursday, we shall see you there!

Wow, what a start to the year this will be!

We’re honestly blown away by the amount of interest we’ve received has been far more than we expected, and we’re incredibly thankful to everyone who’s reached out. Because of this, spaces are now filling up fast—if you’re thinking of joining us, make sure to secure your spot by sending us a message or email soon to avoid missing out.

Thank you all for the enthusiasm and support—we can’t wait to get started!

Today we begin our wrestling and dagger classes at Union Jiu-Jitsu Academy at 5PM!

We’re all ready, and we hope to see you there!

Next week, the Exeter Fencing Lodge returns to business, now with two sessions a week!

Join us on Tuesdays at Union Jiu-Jitsu Academy for our Wrestling and Medieval Dagger classes at 5PM, or on Thursdays at St Mary Arches church for our regular sessions at 7PM! Or even better, why not both?

Let’s start 2026 the right way!

We made it to 2026! Hooray!

This year is going to be a packed one for the Exeter Fencong Lodge; 2 sessions a week, more in house tournaments and even more to come!

Our first session of the year will be our first ever wrestling class held at Union Jiu-Jitsu Academy on the 6th of January, with our regular sessions at St Mary Arches church resuming on the 8th.

We hope to have you train with us and welcome the new year the right way!

Hello everyone!

We hope you’ve had a wonderful time with family, and received all you wished for.

Just a reminder that we will be back in action on the 6th of January for our brand new wrestling and dagger sessions at Union Jiu-Jitsu Academy on the 6th of January, and then our regular sessions at St Mary Arches church on the 8th of January!

For those of you who want to try us out, we’ll be hosting our Beginners Longsword session on the 15th of January at St Mary Arches as well. With the new year looming, there’s no better time to get stuck in!

See you all in 2026!

Thank you to everyone who has expressed interest in our beginners longsword session that is happening early next year! We’ve got our weapons ready and waiting!

If the idea of swinging a longsword around sounds like your idea of a good time, send us a message to find out more!

We can’t wait to meet you!

That’s us wrapped up for this year, as tonight was our last session of 2025! It’s been a fantastic year, with our students coming along in leaps and bounds. So, what’s happening next year at the Lodge?

We will open our doors at St Mary Arches church again on the 8th of January, at the usual time of 7PM. But if you cannot wait that long, we will also be starting our Wrestling and Dagger lessons at Union Jiu-Jitsu Academy on the 6th of January at 5PM in their new venue on Paris Street!

On Thursday the 15th of January, we shall be hosting a beginners Longsword session for those who are interested in picking up HEMA for the first time, or just fancy trying something a bit different for a night!

For the rest of the year, we will be exploring a whole host of weaponry; Poleaxes, spears, lances, sword and buckler, and more!

2026 is the perfect year to join us, and we are all excited to see you! But until then, Happy Holidays to you all from the Exeter Fencing Lodge!

See you next year!

Starting on the 6th of January 2026, we shall be commencing our Wrestling and Dagger sessions!

These sessions will be held at Union Jiu-Jitsu Academy on Paris Street, Exeter every Tuesday!

We’ll be kicking things off with wrestling techniques from Italian fencing master, Fiore dei Liberi, and his manual “The Flower of Battle” from the 15th Century.

Hopefully we shall see you there!

Our tournament takes place tonight!

Join us at St Mary Arches church, 7PM, to watch our students fight it out with a variety of weaponry, all for your amusement and their bragging rights!

Hope to see you there!