Chivalry Today

Want to learn the art of medieval swordplay?
Chivalry Today offers four-week workshops in "Introduction to the Medieval Longsword" at our host facility, Lionheart Fencing Academy in El Cajon, CA.
Intro to Longsword workshops start on an (approximately) monthly basis, alternating between our Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon time slots, to accommodate a variety of schedules.
For those who complete the Introduction workshop, ongoing classes in basic and advanced historical fencing are offered on a membership basis, focusing on longsword, but also including sword and buckler (pictured), spear, rapier, Dane axe, armored fencing, and even mounted sword work.
We also offer one-off, private "taster" style lessons for those who want to get a bit of insight into historical swordplay without committing to ongoing classes.
And we always welcome prospective new students to come in and audit/observe our training sessions before signing up for any classes - we want to make sure our training curriculum and style are a good fit for everyone!
Contact us through our website, or at Scott(at)ChivalryToday(dot)com for more information!

Hi Everyone! We have two adult introductory longsword sessions coming up and a week long summer camp for kids ages 8-14 from July 29th - August 2nd.

The historical art of fighting with the longsword is surprisingly complex and subtle. The great master of this art stated that the successful swords-person “fights strength with weakness and weakness with strength”.

This course provides detailed instruction in the basic elements of dueling/fencing with the longsword - it’s a great place for beginners to start their practice of any medieval fencing art, and also an effective way for experienced fencers to get a deeper understanding of basic fencing mechanics.

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Winding and binding with Viking shields. Christopher sharing some of what he’s learned during some independent study time.

Warrior Dodgeball might be the best thing about Warrior Camp! We aren’t sure if the kids or the coaches love it more, but we do know that we look forward to it all year.

It’s not too late to join in on the chaos, we have another camp last week of July at LionHeart Academy!

Warrior Dodgeball might be the best thing about Warrior Camp! We aren’t sure if the kids or the coaches love it more, but we do know that we look forward to it all year. It’s not too late to join in on the chaos, we have another camp last week of July! #lionheartacademy #fencing #summercamp #lidscamp #sandiego #sd #elcajon #santee #lamesa

We have some exciting news! The has invited Chivalry Today back to take part in the festivities for their upcoming exhibition, “Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages”.
We had a wonderful time last year and can’t wait to see what they have in store!

If you missed us last year and want to find out Patrick has to say about Scott “helping” him to the ground we encourage you to come on over!

We’ll be there June 25th, July 16th, and July 30th, but if you can’t make it in those days the exhibition opens today and runs through August 6th.

2nd Annual Medieval Mini Fest coming soon!

gave us a preview of the Viking shield workshop that he will be teaching this summer. Today’s lesson included discussions on how we currently believe Viking shields were (and were not) used, how to appropriately handle the shield, binding, footwork, body mechanics, and the concept of using the shield as a weapon.
It was an illuminating class and a heck of a work out! We’re looking forward to the workshop!