Brief Information in English

Uppsala Historiska Fäktskola (UHFS) translates to Uppsala Historical Fencing School. We train Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), mainly montante, longsword, sword and buckler, rapier with and without dagger, sabre, langes messer, smallsword and occasionally historical wrestling and dagger. There are other weapons and traditions described in the historical sources, but we mainly focus on the mentioned fields.

We accept beginners in September, but if you want to join at another time of year that most likely won’t be a problem. You are very welcome to come talk to us and join us for a training session. 

The location we train at is Svandammshallarna, Sjukhusvägen 2, 753 09 Uppsala. The regular classes are listed in the schedule, but in short it is Sundays 17.00-21.00 (sword & buckler, montante and longsword), Tuesdays 19.00-21.00 (organised sparring and smallsword) and Thursdays 19.00-21.30 (rapier and sabre).

Information about equipment is currently only available in Swedish, but contact one of the instructors for advice. If you have any questions, feel free to talk to the instructors or board members, or reach out to uppsalahistoriskafaktskola@gmail.com.

International Fencers

If you’re on this site as an international fencer looking for information about Wasaslaget, then welcome! We’re sorry we do not yet have much of our info here in English, but we appreciate you immensely none the less.

If you want to come train with us while you’re in Uppsala, for Wasaslaget or otherwise, please come by! You can reach out via the email or on social media, or just drop in to a session. We would be happy to have you.