Hotspur School of Defence

Great to see a busy room last night for the longsword in two hands of Fiore d'ei Libere. Especially given we had a cadre of new students joining us from our January Foundation Longsword Class which wrapped up last week.
Their efforts were being led by Andrew Armstrong and James Smith (centre of shot facing the camera) who we had the privilege of promoting last night from Assistant Instructor to full Instructor in recognition of their passion, knowledge and long term dedication to supporting both the students and the HSD.
Website update is on the list of things to do where we will share a bit more info about them and their focus in the club (some of it might even be true).

Classes have re-commenced once again at the HSD for 2026 with great enthusiasm. Our regular classes are on a Monday and Wednesday evening. The first Longsword Foundation class of the year starts this evening but a couple of places still left for April. Nice to see everyone having fun and doing their thing last night whether it be longsword technique, tournament prep or poleaxe interpretation from Le Jue de la Hache.