Boston Armizare

Boston Armizare is a HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) group. We're happy to host visiting scholars from other programs!

Boston Armizare is a HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) group researching and practicing Medieval and Renaissance combat according to the teachings of Fiore de'i Liberi and other Italian masters. Our students are dedicated to the rigorous study and effective practice of Armizare (The Art of Bearing Arms -- an integrated system of longsword, dagger, grappling, and more). We emphasize the marti

08/13/2024

The king is back on his throne after an amazing Boar’s Tooth. Thanks so much to everyone who came! We had a blast and hope you did too.

08/11/2024

Congratulations to our fencers who medaled in smallsword at Boar’s Tooth 2024!

🥇 Nick
🥈 Kieran

08/11/2024

Congratulations to our fencers who medaled in the GenEq longsword tournament at Boar’s Tooth 2024!

🥇 Christina
🥈 Abby

08/11/2024

Congratulations to our fencers who medaled in the A-tier Longsword tournament at Boar’s Tooth 2024!

🥈 Nick
5️⃣ Declan

08/11/2024

Congratulations to our fencers who medaled in the sword and dagger tournament for Boar’s Tooth 2024!

🥇 Derek
🥈 Nick
🥉 Kieran
6️⃣ Ian

08/10/2024

Congratulations to our new fencers who medaled in the beginners longsword competition at Boar’s Tooth 2024!

🥈 Chris
6️⃣ Nick
5️⃣ Dustin

08/10/2024

Congratulations to our fencers who medaled in the B-tier longsword competition at Boar’s Tooth 2024!

🥇 Joe
4️⃣ Colin
5️⃣ Dustin

08/10/2024

Congrats to our fencers who medaled in the teams tournament at Boar’s Tooth 2024!

🥇 Liz, Kieran
🥉 Declan, RJ, Matt

08/10/2024

Congratulations to our fencers who medaled in the armor competition for Boar’s Tooth 2024!

🥇Owen
🥈Craig
🥉Andrew
4️⃣ Dustin
5️⃣ Liz

08/10/2024

Thanks so much to our sponsors for our staff meal for Boar’s Tooth 2024! Exactly what we needed to keep going on a long day!

08/10/2024

Gathering before Tier B longsword to kick off Saturday.

08/09/2024

Remember to check in with our helpful staff!

08/09/2024

Here’s the entrance you’ll be looking for if you’re going to Boar’s Tooth 2024!

Photos from Boston Armizare's post 08/09/2024

SOON.

08/07/2024

We’re excited to see everyone this weekend for Boar’s Tooth 2024! A reminder that we’ll be at Shady Hill School (56 Coolidge Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138).

Enter the premises by taking Shady Hill Road, not the ones above it on the map. Drive to the back of the location and get ready to fence!

08/06/2024

We’re thrilled to announce as a sponsor for Boar’s Tooth 2024! Founded by our very own Dr. Liz Scott, Sprezzatura Sports is an all-in-one platform designed to help you build a well-rounded full body training system for your fencing based in the science of athletic performance. Learn the foundational techniques of elite athletic programs and how to apply them to your own fencing and lifestyle. Sprezzatura Sports offers a self study course, group online training sessions and private 1:1 coaching. The winner of our Armored Combat tournament will receive a certificate for a 12-week self study course, plus a private wellness consultation.

08/05/2024

Boston Armizare runs on Dunkin’

Photos from Boston Armizare's post 08/03/2024
08/02/2024
08/01/2024

Remember to read the rules leading up to Boar’s Tooth 2024! There’s a distinct difference between fouls and cards. Keep your opponents and yourself safe during the event.

08/01/2024

Malleus Martialis is premium Italian sword maker located in Florence Italy. They make all manners of swords from federschwerts, sideswords, and now their newly launched smallsword line. If you’re ever looking for looking for an absolute beautiful museum replica to fence with you can count on Malleus to deliver! Thank you for sponsoring Boars Tooth 2024.

07/31/2024

Each year, Boar’s Tooth has a tournament which could have no clear winner — two teams or players could eliminate one another. For the past three years, we’ve reserved these medals for just such an eventuality.

07/31/2024

Boar’s Tooth 2024 medals are here, courtesy of our sponsor (Lichtenauer chibi for reference)

07/30/2024

PBT has been a HEMA gear contributor to us for many years and will be sponsoring Boar’s Tooth 2024. They make excellent protective gear such as jackets, masks, and gorgets. We’ve continuously been using their equipment since their introduction to the scene, especially their custom HEMA bags! If you are ever looking for a quality product, make sure to check them out!

07/24/2024

Actual pic of the club hitting up after Saturday practice. Located in the heart of Brighton MA, Pizza Project brings wood fire pizzas right to you. Their pepperoni and hot honey pizza is our favorite slice by far. They use naturally leavened, stone milled dough as a base with a delicious tomato sauce to make some wicked bomb pizzas. Pizza project has been our favorite spot whenever we visit Charles River Speedway. Thank you for filling our stomachs when we visit, and we’re proud to have you as a sponsor for Boar’s Tooth 2024!

07/23/2024

We’re proud to have as a sponsor for Boar’s Tooth 2024! Sigi Forge is one of the premier sword makers on the market today. If you’re looking for swords with great flex, fashionable shilts, and endless customization we recommend that you try out their sword maker that launched just recently! Sigi also offeres rapiers, messers, arming swords, and katanas. We’re excited for our next round of swords, including their latest offering: the Sigi Light!

07/22/2024

Ever wanted to save yourself from a head injury? Well, Wukusi are the people looking to solve this problem! We recently converted most of our gear to the Wukusi Cobra masks and could not be happier. They have saved us head injuries that could have caused some of our fencers concussions on hard hits. We have some aging masks that need BOH protection and we’re excited to order some of their new Rattlesnake overlays! Thank you Wukusi for sponsoring Boar’s Tooth 2024.

07/21/2024

Congratulations to our fencer Ania for taking fourth place in Boston Hema League’s GenEq Longsword tournament!

Photos from Boston Armizare's post 07/21/2024

A sneak preview of the event space at Shady Hill School for Boar’s Tooth 2024! Look at all that room for pools *and* free fencing 👀

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Our Story

Boston Armizare is a historical fencing and historical European martial arts (HEMA) club dedicated to the research, reconstruction, and practice of Late Medieval and Renaissance fencing and combat through the study and interpretation of historical fencing treatises. We also seek to promote the wider appreciation and practice of HEMA and historical fencing by offering public demonstrations, exhibitions and instructional classes.

Our primary focus is the rigorous study and effective practice of Armizare, "The Art of Bearing Arms”, an integrated system of fencing, dagger, grappling, spear and poleaxe laid down by late 14th century Italian sword master, mercenary and knight Fiore dei Liberi, in his manuscript Fior di Battaglia ("the Flower of Battle").

Our scholars also research and practice the fencing and martial arts of other primarily, but not exclusively, Italian masters such as Philippo di Vadi, Pietro Monti, Giacomo di Grassi, Antonio Manciolino, Achille Marozzo, Nicoletto Giganti and Salvator Fabris.

We emphasize the martial efficacy and historical accuracy of our techniques and test our interpretations with speed and intent though drilling, free play and sparring.

Videos (show all)

Testing out rules for our competitive armor experiment at Boar’s Tooth 2024. It can get spicy!#hema #fencing #sword #swo...
Our fencer Dustin shows how deadly the thrust can be at Revolution Rumble 2024 🐍📷: @jimngstunts #hema #longsword #histor...
Here’s a 🤌🤌🤌 touch from our fencer Matt at the Brass Frog 2024 smallsword tournament #hema #smallsword #fencing #italian...
Signups for Boar's Tooth 2024 coming soon! We're looking forward to fencing with you August 9 - 11 and seeing even more ...
In the #springigx24 beginner’s tournament, our BA South fencer Devin pulled off this sweet take and thrust worthy of a s...
Our instructor Ian with a picture perfect throw at #springigx24 ringen.#hema #wrestling #fiore #fioredeiliberi #historic...
RJ’s 33rd birthday bear pit ended splendidly ⚔️⚔️#hema #fencing #longsword #longswordfencing #italianfencing #swords #sw...
@irongateexhibition is coming up soon, so we’re doing a little sparring (and judging practice) on Wednesday night. #igx ...
Finding the sword at a Monday night beginner lesson.#longsword #hema #longswordfencing #fencing #fiore #fioredeiliberi #...
Busy Wednesday night practice at BA. #longsword #hema #rapier #rapieranddagger #fencing #longswordfencing #rapierfencing...
“And if a spear or sword comes to me thrown, I will beat them all [away] as I have told you, passing off the line, follo...
Fiore writes that his wrestling works in or out of armor. During our armor small group today, we warmed up with a basic ...

Address


100 Holton Street
Boston, MA
02135

Opening Hours

Monday 6pm - 10pm
Wednesday 7pm - 10pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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