Swordsquatch

Swordsquatch is three days of Historical European Martial Arts workshops, competition, and camaraderie in the SoDo district of Seattle. Fight. Learn. Tournaments!

September 11th-13th, 2026 Swordsquatch is three days of Historical European Martial Arts workshops, competition, and camaraderie in the Georgetown district of Seattle. Make friends, then fight them! Swordsquatch is hosted by Lonin League on behalf of the HEMA Alliance. We are hosting on our home turf, the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts. We are doing our part to Keep Seattle Weird. Join u

s for a uniquely Pacific Northwest HEMA experience! Featuring…
Workshops! Bigfoot Brawl (open sparring)! Food trucks! Microbrews! Brunch! The flying trapeze! Beard and mustache competition! Details will be released periodically as we line up instructors, tournaments, and super special surprise occurrences of weirdness and wonder. Like this page to see updates and announcements for website and registration!

08/25/2026

Squatch scoring! Squatch scoring!

08/18/2026

For the third year in a row, we're offering spectator tickets to our yearly sword fighting tournament Swordsquatch. Do you need to know literally anything about sword fighting to come and watch people swordfight? No! We would love to have you.

INFO:
Cost: $10
Event Date/Time: September 11th, 2026; 9AM-5PM
Location: Lonin League, Seattle, WA (In S**O neighborhood one block off the light rail station)
Tickets: Get tickets at swordsquatch.org/store/p/spectator-2026

08/14/2026

Workshop descriptions posted! Check out swordsquatch.org for details!

08/04/2026

Shout out to Jae for making this - I would do anything for you. Register at swordsquatch.org

06/25/2026

Here is the schedule for Swordsquatch 2026! (subject to minor changes). Register now at Swordsquatch.org!

06/22/2026

Look at my awesome little squatch in the corner can u believe I did that with my finger at 1am? Anyway if a few of y'all don't buy tickets after seeing this I'll be forced to do an Instagram reel or some equal horror

06/19/2026

Working Friday Schedule!

05/31/2026

Riley will be returning to Swordsquatch 2026 for a Sumo Fundamentals workshop!

Workshop Description: Sumo fundamentals and match flow. We’ll establish the core stance, basic exercises, foot sliding, and core finishing moves. After everyone has their posture set, we’ll go over the flow of a sumo match from the moment you enter the ring to the moment you exit.

Riley Porter is the founder and head coach of Seattle Sumo Club () . He has been training and teaching traditional Japanese sumo for over five years and has competed in several US Sumo Federation tournaments.

You can register for Swordsquatch at swordsquatch.org!

05/29/2026

Kendra will be joining Swordsquatch 2026 for two lectures!

Kendra Brown does independent medieval manuscript research in her free time, and trains and sometimes teaches at Athena School of Arms (athenaschoolofarms.org). She started translating historical fencing sources in 2003 with the Higgins Armory Sword Guild, and currently is working on an updated translation of the Latin Fiore manuscript in collaboration with Dr. Rebecca Garber. They will probably publish the Latin Lew gloss someday.

Kendra's irregular research blog is called Darth Kendra Research (darthkendraresearch.wordpress.com), and she has a forthcoming article in Acta Periodica Duellatorum. She has appeared at events in the US and Europe as well as in podcasts and video series including Fencing by the Book, The Sword Guy, and the CKDF Plague Lectures.

If terms like "side-eye strike", "stance of the serene leopard", or "very deep rabbit hole research disaster area" excite you, you'll get along great. Kendra also enjoys rondel dagger, polearms, and frequently longsword.

You can register for Swordsquatch at
swordsquatch.org!

05/26/2026

Sigmund will be joining Swordsquatch 2026 for one workshop and one lecture!

Sigmund Werndorf has been doing HEMA for ten years with a holistic focus on early Liechtenauer and the scholarship surrounding it. He's a multi-gold medalist in longsword and co-founder of the Los Angeles Historical Martial Arts Society.

You can register for Swordsquatch at swordsquatch.org!

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