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 second event will be hosted in the beautiful, historic city of York, and we’ll be expanding out to take over a full weekend! Our training venue is the wonderful historic Railway Institute right next to York railway station. We will have dedicated class spaces, an area set aside for freeplay, a space for relaxing and doing some of your own research, and a spot just for sharp cutting. There will also most definitely be the friendliest of free-play, some fantastic instructors, a Messer tournament and wonderful, Messer-loving HEMAists to enjoy it all with.
