Espada Negra - HEMA Study Group

And the last video from Rick Brandes and Fran Lacuata from The School of the Sword visit to Porto, finally after years of friendship Rick and Rui took it to the spadroon.
Both used very different swords with a different set of advantages each despite both being categorised as spadroons, that being light cut and thrust swords of the napoelonic period and earlier.
Some fast exchanges and some thigh hits for good measure, a great way to end the weekend with such a great bout between these two fencers.

Spadroon Sparring - Rui Ferreira vs Rick Brandes And the last video from Rick and Fran's visit to Porto, finally aft...

Last Sunday we had the opportunity of taking our class outdoors at the invitation of Município do Seixal for Agita Seixal 2026 while also being able to represent what has been our home for the past 6 years Sociedade Filarmónica União Seixalense, "Os Prussianos".
Gratitude for allowing us this space to promote and showcase a little of what we love doing the most.

We know there's still a wide backlog of videos to go through, the last couple of weeks Rui has been busy attending HEMAG Dijon 2026 and as such we had to put that on hold for a little.
We will be going back but time to highlight some of the bouts Rui had the pleasure of engaging in throughout the event.
This smallsword sparring was one of the very first ones on the first day of the event and Guillaume Marciano Thomas from GAP, was not making it easy. We know it's always a struggle in the first few exchanges to adapt to the intensity and meet your opponent at either at whichever level he is, be it lower or higher, but we think both managed to meet each other right where they needed to, providing us with excellent sparring footage.
Hope you enjoy it and we'll see you soon for more.
HEMAC Dijon

HEMAG Dijon 2026 - Smallsword Sparring - Guillaume vs Rui We know there's still a wide backlog of videos to go through, the last couple of weeks Rui has been busy attending HEMAG Dijon 2026 and as such we had to put...