IFHEMA Test Event at HEMAC Dijon XX — the ruleset is in!

We’re happy to announce that the ruleset for the new version of the IFHEMA Cup is finished. It will then be tested this week during the HEMAC Dijon 2023 and modifications will be made if necessary with the help and feedback of the participants. You…

IFHEMA Test Event at HEMAC Dijon XX

Call for Participation   All HEMA competition enthousiasts, take note!! The International Federation of Historical European Martial Arts (IFHEMA) relaunches its international tournament. Thanks to an agreement struck last year…

IFHEMA — MAM Symposium and IFHEMA General Assembly, Brescia, Italy December 3th – 4th 2022

Programme for the IFHEMA — MAM Symposium and IFHEMA General Assembly December 3th – 4th 2022. We will have four great HEMA collections presented from a cross-cultural point of view: Gotti, Corble, Mokken & Valle. On Sunday in…

‘Crossing Swords, Crossing Boundaries — multilingual and intercultural interactions and exchanges in the Fechtbuch Corpus’

Second Call for Contributions             Extended deadline: September 15th, 2022 !! On the occasion of the International Federation of Historical European Martial Arts’s ninth General Assembly, and to celebrate the cooperation…

“HEMA goes Public”

Dear fencing friends!, it is our pleasure to announce the “HEMA goes Public” event. Last year, the project “HEMA in the Park” was launched for the first time in Austria and neighbouring countries (e.g. Germany, Hungary and Swizerland)…

Statement on the war in Ukraine by the Executive Committee of the IFHEMA

IFHEMA is deeply saddened by the ongoing military escalation in Ukraine. As an international and pan-European sports- and cultural organisation, it strongly condemns all violations of international law. We call on those with political responsibility…

IFHEMA Cup and 2021 General Assembly: Letter from the President to the Member Federations

Brussels, September 21, 2021 Dear Members, The Autumn Equinox is a good moment to welcome you all into the new IFHEMA working year 2021-2022, in what we all hope(d) to become the ‘post-pandemic period’. Sadly, the future appears still…

IFHEMA Members are at work during the Corona crisis!

The Belgian Federation organises a series of lectures. This is the first one: https://www.facebook.com/events/1198594693906597

Sportive or competitors’ licences

Dear friends, Due to a enquiry from one of our member federations whose subject is mentioned above, we are to inform that, regarding “competitors’ licences”, IFHEMA issues no such documents, nor prescribes anything in this regard. In…

Hemathlon 2019

  This is the major HEMA event in Greece that will be held in 2019. Lectures, workshops and tournaments. Find the Hellenic Federation of HEMA Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/hemathlon Visit Website https://hemathlo…

A brief word from our President

5… Five. A really nice round number. 5th GA, practically 5 years and IFHEMA does not only exist, but even managed to grow in numbers, through regretfully losing a member on the way. After Sweden joining last year and Russia increasing…

Congratulations to the Italian historical fencing

We offer sincere congratulations to Associazione italiana Maestri d’Arme (AIMA) and Società di promozione dell’Arte dell’Armi (SPADA) for their success at promoting historical fencing (scherma storica) in the modern Italian society. We…

Statement from IFHEMA Executive Committee

IFHEMA upholds key values of transparency, good governance, responsibility and striving to contribute to better societies. These are a part of our mission statement and rules, which all members and offices have publicly committed to and on which…

Hungarian Championship 2018

Hungarian Longsword Fencing Federation (MHS) held its national championship in federschwert and padded longsword in Budapest. 22 fencers from four clubs registered to fight for the title in the discipline of the steel federschwert, while…

Message of the Executive Committee

Dear HEMA communities, with our first short message we would like to present the newly elected Executive Committee for the period of the next two years. We are confident, the challenges ahead of us and how we will tackle them will offer a…

Third Session of the General Assembly of IFHEMA

Delegates of IFHEMA member federations shall convene in Hamburg on 3 December 2016 for the third session of the General Assembly. Their mission is to represent their respective federations, so that they can build the future of their organization…

IFHEMA International Cup: a sport way

By Roman Vučajnk A success story of how an idea hatched on a bus grew into the first international competition of International Federation for HEMA Competitions are not the only aspect of HEMA activities, yet nowadays they attract hundreds…

The Alpencup: from an Alpine shelter to a HEMA connection

by Roman Vučajnk The Austrian Championship and Alpencup 2015 took place in Bad Vöslau , an adorable town near the nation’s capital Vienna, on 19 and 20 September 2015. The Championship complements the list of many similar HEMA competitions…

Bringing academics closer to HEMA

by Roman Vučajnk Acta Periodica Duellatorum: the first academic yearbook of publications related to HEMA   Promoting HEMA through academic efforts and publishing is one of the IFHEMA aims. The goal is to develop structures and channels…

Second Session of the General Assembly of IFHEMA

The Second session of the General Assembly of IFHEMA took place in Vienna. Delegates from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (abs. Poland and Switzerland) welcomed new Member federations from Greece and…

IFHEMA International Cup (IIC)

FHEMA International Cup (IIC) is a Historical European Martial event, which is organized to bring many accomplished competitors to explore the sport aspect of our rich martial heritage. The organizer of the event is the Hungarian HEMA federation…

Acta Periodica Duellatorum

Acta Periodica Duellatorum is a professional partner of IFHEMA. We are happy to announce that the Scholarly Issue of the actual volume is now online at De Gruyter Open Access. All articles published by DG get a DOI and can be easily cited…