Knoxville Academy of the Blade

⚔️✨ Entertainment Spotlight ✨⚔️

Founded in 2008, Knoxville Academy of the Blade is East Tennessee's premier HEMA (Historic European Martial Arts) school, specializing in 16th-century Italian sidesword combat. KAB is proud to be an LGBTQ+ and PoC-friendly, neurodiverse, and inclusive space where everyone grows together.

Catch their combat demonstration and watch history come alive at Blount Pride!

Saturday, Sept. 12
1–7 p.m.
Springbrook Park, Alcoa, TN
Free
All ages welcome

Hey friends. We're having a *bit* of trouble with our phone right now thanks to what appears to be a bot farm. If you need to get in touch with us, please don't call the phone number right now. Texting works, and email is always our preferred method.

Mind you, this screenshot? It's the last TWO DAYS only. It's been going for a while.

May the 4th be with you!

And Rossini is in the bag for another year! We had a blast, easily one of the best ever.

Got to teach how to swing a sword today! Check them out for some really top notch coffee!

We were invited to entertain the UT MARCO event tonight at the Ancient Lore Village. It was a wonderful time and everyone was well entertained

We will always support you and work to keep our spaces safe for you to train in. We all belong here 🧡 ⚔️ 🏳️‍⚧️ ⚧️

Congrats to yesterday's winners of our first in-house tournament!

In first place: Michael Huddleston!
In second place: Ethan Bagdanov!
In Third place: Josh Madole!

Competition was pretty fierce, so these guys (and we promise it's actually three different people! 😉) did outstanding.

Single sword tournament has started. Very good fighting all day today.

We will be living streaming the finals tonight.