Bowie vs. Dagger Knife Fighting Seminar Join us:Feb 22. 2025 Noon - 5pmWe will explore the question of the Cut vs. the Thrust as it relates to knife fighting from both a modern combative, and historical (HEMA) perspective with special consideration for unarmed self-defense. Free FS-Dagger Training Knife … LEARN MORE about Bowie vs. Dagger Seminar
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Welcome to the Baltimore Academy of Defence
We proudly offer classes in:
MMA for Self-Defence, Historical Swordsmanship
&
Traditional Chinese Martial Arts.
The Baltimore Academy of Defence
is dedicated to promoting Self-Defence, traditional Chinese Xingyiquan & Baguazhang (Kung fu), and restoring the Historical Sword Arts of the United States of America, & the British Isles (HEMA), by providing instruction of the highest quality in a fun, inclusive, and safe environment.
Public Class Schedule
Monday
Private Lessons
Tuesday
6:00 pm – American Sword
7:00 pm – MMA for Self-Defence
Wednesday
6:00 pm – Xingyiquan
7:00 pm – Chinese Sword
Thursday
Private Lessons
Xingyiquan & Baguazhang
The Art of Moving the Body with Intention
As traditional Taoist internal martial arts, Form & Intention Fist, and Eight Trigrams Palm, are rare and ancient styles of Chinese Kung Fu which are revered for their unique ability to develop a natural and powerful system of unified mind-and-whole-body connected movement.
Combining effective real world self-defense with wellness and meditation, these internal arts promote health, strength, longevity, flexibility, confidence, mindfulness, clarity of thought, and unity of body & mind.
Xingyiquan
Baguazhang
Historical Swordsmanship
Historical Swordsmanship or HEMA has been carefully reconstructed from the original sources, and then rigorously pressure tested to restore the art as accurately as possible.
Courses of study in the historical sword arts of The United States of America, and The British Isles (England, Ireland, Scotland,…) are available at the Academy.
