Background The multi-day event featuring Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) and is hosted by the Royal Fencing Academy’s founder Julia Richey returns again to Ohio in 2023. 2023 had the event hosted at the Royal Arts Fencing Academy School. Ascalon is the name of the sword used by Saint George to slay the dragon. Information on this…
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Ascalon Sword Festival 2022
Background You may recognize the Ascalon Sports Festival as something that is familiar. You would be correct if you recognized it as the fencing event that was part of the Arnold Sports Festival held annually in Columbus, Ohio. Recognizing the popularity boom of the fencing sport and the event, expansion was inevitable and needed. Breaking…
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