Swordsquatch

Swordsquatch is three days of Historical European Martial Arts workshops, competition, and camaraderie in the SoDo district of Seattle. Fight. Learn. Tournaments!

September 11th-13th, 2026 Swordsquatch is three days of Historical European Martial Arts workshops, competition, and camaraderie in the Georgetown district of Seattle. Make friends, then fight them! Swordsquatch is hosted by Lonin League on behalf of the HEMA Alliance. We are hosting on our home turf, the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts. We are doing our part to Keep Seattle Weird. Join u

s for a uniquely Pacific Northwest HEMA experience! Featuring…
Workshops! Bigfoot Brawl (open sparring)! Food trucks! Microbrews! Brunch! The flying trapeze! Beard and mustache competition! Details will be released periodically as we line up instructors, tournaments, and super special surprise occurrences of weirdness and wonder. Like this page to see updates and announcements for website and registration!

05/31/2026

Riley will be returning to Swordsquatch 2026 for a Sumo Fundamentals workshop!

Workshop Description: Sumo fundamentals and match flow. We’ll establish the core stance, basic exercises, foot sliding, and core finishing moves. After everyone has their posture set, we’ll go over the flow of a sumo match from the moment you enter the ring to the moment you exit.

Riley Porter is the founder and head coach of Seattle Sumo Club () . He has been training and teaching traditional Japanese sumo for over five years and has competed in several US Sumo Federation tournaments.

You can register for Swordsquatch at swordsquatch.org!

05/29/2026

Kendra will be joining Swordsquatch 2026 for two lectures!

Kendra Brown does independent medieval manuscript research in her free time, and trains and sometimes teaches at Athena School of Arms (athenaschoolofarms.org). She started translating historical fencing sources in 2003 with the Higgins Armory Sword Guild, and currently is working on an updated translation of the Latin Fiore manuscript in collaboration with Dr. Rebecca Garber. They will probably publish the Latin Lew gloss someday.

Kendra's irregular research blog is called Darth Kendra Research (darthkendraresearch.wordpress.com), and she has a forthcoming article in Acta Periodica Duellatorum. She has appeared at events in the US and Europe as well as in podcasts and video series including Fencing by the Book, The Sword Guy, and the CKDF Plague Lectures.

If terms like "side-eye strike", "stance of the serene leopard", or "very deep rabbit hole research disaster area" excite you, you'll get along great. Kendra also enjoys rondel dagger, polearms, and frequently longsword.

You can register for Swordsquatch at
swordsquatch.org!

05/26/2026

Sigmund will be joining Swordsquatch 2026 for one workshop and one lecture!

Sigmund Werndorf has been doing HEMA for ten years with a holistic focus on early Liechtenauer and the scholarship surrounding it. He's a multi-gold medalist in longsword and co-founder of the Los Angeles Historical Martial Arts Society.

You can register for Swordsquatch at swordsquatch.org!

05/25/2026

Michael Chidester will be joining Swordsquatch 2026 for two lectures!

Michael Chidester () has been studying historical European martial arts since 2001 and has been Editor-in-Chief of Wiktenauer since 2011. In 2019, he started a publishing company called HEMA Bookshelf to produce facsimiles of fencing manuals and publish translations and historical research.

Michael is a Research Scholar of the Meyer Freifechter Guild (MFFG), a founding member of the Society for Historical European Martial Arts Studies (SHEMAS), a member of the Western Martial Arts Coalition (WMAC), and a Lifetime Member of the HEMA Alliance.

He has lectured on historical martial arts across North America and Europe and has written several books, including The Flower of Battle: MS M 383 (2021), and The Long Sword Gloss of GNM Manuscript 3227a (2021), and Pieces of Ringeck (2024), and edited or contributed to many others. He currently trains at Athena School of Arms in Cambridge, MA.

You can register for Swordsquatch at
swordsquatch.org!

05/04/2026

I should be advertising rn but y'all keep buying tickets 🥹. We're pumped to see y'all in September! The weekend schedule will come out soon!
Tickets available at swordsquatch.org

04/01/2026

It's that time againnnnnn! Register at swordsquatch.org/register

02/28/2026

Call for Artists!

This is a paid opportunity! Swordsquatch is hiring an artist to create our 2026 T-Shirt Design! This shirt features our event Mascot, the Swordsquatch, usually alongside a theme for this year’s event (some previous theme examples: Hold My Beer, Roadtrip, Summer Camp). Artists are encouraged to use their own style and interpretation of the character. We pay for 3 preliminary sketches up front *after* selecting an artist. Please do not send us spec work. Final artwork is due in June. No generated AI imagery of any kind is permitted.

Our ideal artist:

- Displays good design or line sense in their portfolio and is able to produce work suited for screenprint
- Is able to communicate with an art director to meet deliverable goals on time and work within a fixed color palette guide
- Communicative and receptive to feedback
- Accepts Paypal or Venmo

Interested applicants, please send portfolios via email to [email protected]

09/18/2025

SWORDSQUATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
📷: Jae Easley

09/04/2025

Check out our awesome prizes! Lonin's fantastic clubmate made the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes for the Swordsquatch tournament this year.

09/03/2025

Updated Swordsquatch Schedule as of Tuesday. Thank you for your patience with the last min changes.

Address

624 S Lander Street
Seattle, WA
98134

Website

http://www.swordsquatch.org/

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