Aros Historical Fencing Guild

01/04/2026

We’re happy to share that Aarhus Historical Fencing Guild collaborated with the University of Aarhus on a recent study on scoring efficiency in historical fencing, led by Dr. Hans Snipesen.

The conclusion is clear:

🔥Snappy hits to the hands, performed from as far a distance as possible, are the most effective technique in the HEMA repertoire.

Key findings:

🫥78% demoralization effect of successful actions that target the fingers.

🦤Exchanges lasting more than 2 seconds are “unnecessary risk”, thus not martial.

🤓Deep target techniques show significantly lower efficiency and, the study continues, are "only for losers and tryhards".

🃏Ringen and other techniques performed up close are for confused MMA fighters and bar brawlers.

Based on this, we’ll begin updating our training. ✋🎯

27/03/2026

We have recently updated our cover photo after many years of loyal service from the previous one.

The new image captures a moment from a recent training, where our instructors Germano and Benjamin are celebrating their results from the latest tournament (🥇+🥈), surrounded by a group that, in this particular session, was made up almost entirely of new fencers who only joined us in September 2025.

The photo is a touchpoint between two generations of fencers within our club.

The old and the new.
The veterans and the newcomers.
The masters and the students.

It is great to see such a motivated group of new members joining our ranks, getting their own gear, showing commitment, curiosity and a willingness to learn. Many of them have already made strong progress in a relatively short time.

We are looking forward to following their journey, among our new fencers are the future instructors and champions of our guild.
Only a matter of time before we will see them bring medals back to the club. ⚔️

22/03/2026

Your favourite HEMA Guild's least motivated SoMe admin is back after a long break with an important update.

Yesterday a small delegation from our club attended the Danish Longsword Running Rank tournament, which took place during the HEMA Hobro Skt. Paddy's event.

Our members distinguished themselves with a solid performance on and off the piste, with our instructors Germano and Benjamin Lentz Olesen securing first🥇and second🥈 place and claiming the top of the podium for our guild.

Strong effort also from Magnus Spetzler, Daniel Pedersen and Mattias Nyström, who after just a few months of training and in his first tournament bagged a strong win with some excellent actions.

The event combined competition with learning, with some great workshops. Our instructor Benjamin offered his interpretation on Blossfechten with the Messer in the style of Leckuchner.

Big thanks to everyone involved in the organisation and congratulations to our fencers for their accomplishments.

24/12/2025

𝖄𝖎𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖊 𝕶𝖆𝖎 𝖄𝖆𝖎, 𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖊𝖓 𝖐𝖓𝖆𝖛𝖊!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

09/12/2025

Belated monthly recap post.
The end of November marks the end of our intro course. This year about 15 fencers have joined our club, many of which already acquiring their own gear and showing great motivation into learning HEMA.

The intro course covered a variety of topics, from overall conditioning to foundational elements like measure, tempo and footwork. Our student, guided by our instructors Benjamin and Germano showed great promise and passion and are now ready to dwell deeper into the mysteries of our beloved art.

12/10/2025

Our new intro course continues with packed classes and plenty of eager new fencers.
This month we covered the basics, focusing on the core concepts of HEMA. We hope this will be the start of a great fencing journey.

Last weekend, a delegation of our fencers took part in the Danish National HEMA Tournament, which our club had the pleasure of organizing.

Our members distinguished themselves with good performance and our instructor Germano brought home silver medals in Longsword and Saber, as well as bronze in rapier and dagger. 🥈🥈🥉

The tournament also marked the end of the 2025 Danish ranking Longsword league, where our members Germano, Benjamin Lentz Olesen and Michał Barczuk finished he season ranked number 1, 3 and 5 in Denmark— a huge achievement!

A massive thank you to all the participants, to our Chairman Benjamin, our member Søren Larsen and all the amazing volunteers who put in so much effort to make everything run smoothly.

28/09/2025

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[EARLY BIRD TSHIRT]

Only a few days left to grab the early bird ticket, and with it comes the HEMA SQUAD GAME 2 t-shirt. 🙂
We think it is a good time to show you what it looks like.

On the front: our poster art, reimagined for fabric glory.
On the back: we played with the idea of a concert-tour shirt, but with the list of the challenges you will play instead of the list of the cities.
The challenges will remain a secret until the event, so we have blurred them in the mockup... expect the unexpected. ⚔️

The shirt is only included if you sign up with the early bird ticket and the time is running out!

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/MdcQm5MjXXwzhcgw8

26/09/2025

Intro course status update: it's packed!

We do expect a few people to drop out (it's only normal) but wow, what a start!

25/09/2025

Our Intro course starts today!
Every Thursday from 1900 to 2200 in Rosenvangskoken, Viby.

Want to join us?

19/09/2025

Some snaps from our Discover HEMA with Aros Historical Fencing Guild event last night.
It's always nice to see new faces and what an amazing turnout.

Thanks to all the members who were present and our Chairman and Instructor Benjamin Lentz Olesen for presenting our club.

Now for the best part: onboarding the newcomers in their hopefully long HEMA journey. We are ready for you! ⚔️

If you have missed the event you can still join us at training on Thursdays from 1900 to 2200, drop us a line for more info!

02/09/2025

Join us!
INTRO DAY -> https://fb.me/e/b2RwfykRP