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Maryland’s First & Best Swordsmanship School
Celebrating nearly 20 years:
Dedicated to promoting:
Self-Defence, Historical Swordsmanship
&
Traditional Chinese Martial Arts,
by providing instruction of the highest quality
in a fun, inclusive, and safe environment.
Historical Swordsmanship
Known as Historical European Martial Arts or HEMA, the authentic traditional methods have been carefully reconstructed from original sources, and rigorously pressure tested to restore the arts as accurately as possible.
Courses of study in a variety of traditional weapons are the specialty of the Academy. including the historical martial arts of:
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 and Traditional Weapons with wellness and Meditation, these internal arts promote health, strength, longevity, flexibility, confidence, mindfulness, clarity of thought, and unity of body & mind.
