Blackfriar's School of Fence

Hanging out with our Combat Companions at ⚔️💪🏻🔥🥳.

Heads up to the sword enthusiasts of the San Luis Obispo region! Blackfriar’s School of Fence is once again offering HEMA classes at Cuesta College this spring. We offer three levels of longsword: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced. More information can be found on the Cuesta website. Hope to see you there!
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Beginning Longsword: https://www.cuesta.edu/communityprograms/community-recreation/martial-arts/hema-longsword-beg.html

Intermediate Longsword: https://www.cuesta.edu/communityprograms/community-recreation/martial-arts/hema-longsword-int.html

Advanced Longsword: https://www.cuesta.edu/communityprograms/community-recreation/martial-arts/hema-longsword-adv.html

Blackfriar’s School of Fence is returning to Cuesta College! Enrollment is now open. Link is in the bio.
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In case you missed the CombatCon finals matches, here is the YouTube link. Sean's bronze medal saber match starts around the 1:57 mark, Andrew's gold medal longsword match starts around the 2:39 mark, and Jenna's bronze medal longsword match starts around the 3:25 mark. Enjoy!

COMBATCON 2025 Finals

Check this out! Some patrons of St. Mary’s Pub in Bernal Heights watching the CombatCon Finals Livestream the other night! 🥳⚔️🔥🍻

Best of luck to our Blackfriar’s finalists: Andrew, Jenna, and Sean at ! Andrew will be fighting for gold in the Open Longsword Tall Division, Jenna will be fighting for bronze in the Tier A Women’s Longsword, and Sean will be fighting for bronze in Saber Light Division 🥳⚔️💪🏻.

Celebrating more than just the last CombatCon. Tying the knot before Time Traveler's Ball

The team together. Of course there are swords :)

Chris in quarter finals executing a great covered descending cut.

Happy bear pit - um, we mean birthday - to our own Mark Olsen! 🥳⚔️🐻