Swords of Chivalry is a swordsmanship school in Acton Massachusetts for high school and middle school youth taught by Scott Ferguson.
Swords of Chivalry is a youth European martial arts program for children grades 3 and up that has been operating in the Acton area since 2012. Here, students are taught a martial art focusing on the medieval sword, complete with the chivalric code that followed the sword through the centuries. Each class teaches students about fitness, safety, focus, discipline, maturity, and history. Contact us today for more information!
07/21/2022
The students told me what they wanted on a t-shirt: A picture of a teenager in a fencing mask surrounded by sword-fighters throughout history. This is what the artist I hired was able to make for them.
(I think it's pretty cool!)
09/11/2021
Hehe, I love The Princess Bride.
Starting next Monday, March 15, Swords of Chivalry will meet at 4:00 pm, rather than 3:30 pm.
This is not today. Today, we meet at 3:30 pm for the last time. This is NEXT Monday.
11/20/2020
Hey! Someone put together a youtube video of the messer manual I've been teaching! Awesome!
Lecküchner Langes Messer: the full treatise Project MesserGIF is done, and this is the result. Started in 2016, the goal was to go through Hans Lecküchner's Notes on the art of the Knife in its entiret...
Swords of Chivalry will resume classes next Monday, July 20, at 6 pm. If you were registered for classes before the lockdown and have not received an email, please let me know.
Thank you to those students who attended our first video class today.
I hope that I will see those of you who were not able to attend next week. If you were not invited, please let me know and I will send you the invite. (This is open to all past and current students. New students... Talk to me, and we'll see what we can figure out.)
03/14/2020
A little humor amid the chaos.
02/18/2020
FINDING A VALENTINE
• difficult & time consuming
• makes you feel vulnerable
BUYING A NEW SWORD
• fast & easy
• you will NOT feel vulnerable
• someone might see you & think "who is the cool person with the sword? I'd like to buy them chicken nuggets in a romantic setting"
https://twitter.com/roxiqt/status/1223665555795779585
Roxi Horror 💀🌸 on Twitter “FINDING A VALENTINE • difficult & time consuming • makes you feel vulnerable BUYING A NEW SWORD • fast & easy • you will NOT feel vulnerable • someone might see you & think "who is the cool person with the sword? I'd like to buy them chicken nuggets in a romantic setting"”
02/04/2020
Don't try to fight like me, or even like Mair or Lichtenauer. Fight like you.
You DONT do your system. YOU do YOU! I do me inspired by Fiores works. And you do you, inspired by your chosen works. Here’s why. And here’s how to accept that, but still stay true to your chose...
For the next few weeks, we will be doing a little bit of Ringen, working from Paulus Hector Mair's manual on grappling.
https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Paulus_Hector_Mair
09/12/2019
https://practiceandart.wordpress.com/2019/09/10/diversity-and-inclusion/
How Diversity and Inclusion Support Good HEMA I just got back from Swordsquatch 2019. I arrived with almost no gear, with the goals of teaching my class, taking classes, and meeting West Coast HEMA people. I advise people to try attending even…
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