The Melbourne Salle

02/02/2022

Save the Date!
Historical Fencing Camp, near Melbourne 6-8 May 2022

Come and enjoy a weekend of fencing training and camaraderie in the Australian bush.

The camp will include: technical, tactical, and physical training for fencing with a variety of instructors, lots of sparring, plus dorm or tent accommodation for all and (hopefully) catering too.

We are seeking a team to assist with catering the event (3-5 hr time commitment). Can you help?

This a not for profit event. Instructors and catering team attend for free and if there is money left over it will be used to pay event team travel costs. Any remainder will be donated to HFA.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2640132349465176

01/12/2020

Hi all,

Eureka BJJ, is a new Brazilian Jiu-Jiitsu club starting classes at the Melbourne Salle as of this Sunday 6th December. They will be running classes on Thursday nights and Sunday mornings, with more classes to be added early next year.
If you're interested to come for a trial, please get in touch via our contact form on their website https://eurekabjj.com.au/trial-bjj/

If you have any questions, shoot them an email at [email protected] or send them a DM on social media:
Facebook: Eureka BJJ - Preston
Instagram: https://instagram.com/eurekabjj

So exciting to grow the community at the Melbourne Salle :)

https://eurekabjj.com.au/trial-bjj/

BJJ trial classes Preston, Melbourne. Beginners and adults all levels. New Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club with friendly atmosphere!

08/11/2020

Hi all,

With the recent announcements regarding indoor exercise venues reopening, we would like to let you know what that means for the Melbourne Salle.

At this stage, we are planning to reopen and will be available to host classes from the week of the 22nd November. There will be more details regarding maximum class sizes and other covid-related requirements closer to that date.

For details on specific classes, please contact your school or club directly.

23/10/2020

The School of Historical Fencing HistoricalFencing.com.au

30/09/2020

Learn how to disengage in part 5 of Marozzo's Assault for the Partisan. PART FIVE Your opponent is left hand forward you are right hand forward: - Thrust at ...

25/09/2020

Learn how to attack after a parry in part 4 of Marozzo's Assault for the Partisan. PART FOUR Because your left side is open the opponent will be forced to at...

06/11/2019

Reminder
The final price rise is at midnight tonight!

Dr Guy Windsor is a world renowned and experienced teacher and researcher into medieval and renaissance swordsmanship. He is in Melbourne for one weekend only.

Join us this Saturday for an intimate look at Fiore's system using a variety of chivalric weapons (Poleaxe, Spear, Dagger, Longsword)

Join on Sunday for a tour of Sword & Buckler in the oldest extant HEMA manual. This is very relatable to other weapons and systems also.

Martial Arts Workshops

24/10/2019

Early bird prices for the Melbourne Guy Windsor workshops close at midnight on the 27th of October.

Book now to enjoy a day (or two) of training with an international expert on Fiore and I33.

The earlybird deadline is 3 days away!

FB event - https://www.facebook.com/events/717266962039380/

booking link - https://www.trybooking.com/BEMSZ

https://www.trybooking.com/BEMSZ

Martial Arts Workshops

22/03/2019

Hi folks,
Scott Rodell is coming to Australia again. He's the premier USA historical Chinese sword martial arts teacher.
He takes a similar approach to how we do HEMA - he practices forms and drills handed down by his tradition, test cutting, sparring, and reconstruction from historical manuals. When I went to the Canberra workshop last year, I learned a different approach to swordfighting, and enjoyed that his systems are integrated with the armed and unarmed aspects. I think it's a worthwhile and interesting perspective, and so I'd love to have him teach a weekend workshop for us. The drawback for me is that the costs are quite high.
I need to know there's enough interest to go ahead, so I'm offering 10 founders places.
These are 10 heavily discounted places for founder attendees available until the 27th of March 2019 ~ $100 deposit, only $240 per ticket.
If we don't get 10 founders, the event won't go ahead, and any founders will get their deposit returned.
If the event does go ahead, the founders only need to pay the difference ($140) in price, for a total of $240 per ticket. Event tickets as non founders will be around $360 per ticket

The dates, if we are able to go ahead, would be Saturday and Sunday the 17th and 18th of August 2019.

Founders can book here - https://www.trybooking.com/352731

Facebook event here - https://www.facebook.com/events/567638010256164/

More about Scott -
Scott M. Rodell has studied martial arts since the age of nine. He has dedicated the last three and a half decades exclusively to study of Yang Family Taijiquan (T’ai Chi Ch’uan) and has been privileged to receive instruction in push hands and free fighting from William C. C. Chen, sword and push Hands from T.T. Liang and the Yang Family Michuan Taijiquan, form, applications, push hands, fan, sword and spear, from Wang Yen-nien. He is the author of many books on martial arts and Chinese swordsmanship including: Chinese Swordsmanship – the Yang Family Taiji Jian Tradition, A Practical Guide to Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship, The Taijiquan Classics: A Martial Artist's Translation, and many others.

More information about Scott can be found on his school page -https://www.grtc.org/about/smr-bio/
and his books can be found on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Scott-M.-Rodell/e/B001K8ZF56/

A short presentation of Scott M. Rodell's Chinese swordsmanship program at Great River Taoist Center, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. For...