Welcome to MesserFest, a HEMA event dedicated to the most wonderful of weapons, the Langes Messer, organised jointly by Lauren Ireland of the York School of Defence and Jo York of the Hotspur School of Defence.
It is an opportunity for like-minded people to come together to train, learn, spar and geek out about this most fantastic of weapons and the historical martial techniques associated with it.
Our inaugural event will be hosted in the beautiful, historic city of York. Our training venue consists of two halls, one for time-tabled sessions and taught workshops, the other will be available for free-play and any unofficial instruction you may be lucky enough to persuade any of the highly skilled and knowledgeable fellow Messerists you happen to find in there. If you’re lucky there may even be some lovely sharps to do test cutting with. What there will definitely be is the friendliest of free-play, some fantastic instructors, a Messer tournament and wonderful Messer-loving HEMAists to enjoy it all with.
