Fight like a Pirate! Saturday, April 18th 2026 12:30-5:30pm Learn to fight dirty for fun and profit! Pirates, swashbucklers, and buccaneers are remembered as some of the most dynamic and exciting swordsmen of all time. Only at the Baltimore Academy of Defence will you learn real historical sword … LEARN MORE about Pirate Sword Fighting 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, & The Golden age of Piracy (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 / Pirate 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, The British Isles (England, Ireland, Scotland,…) , and The Golden age of Piracy are available at the Academy.
