COVID-19 Update
The status of each of our branches is as follows:
- Baulkham Hills OPEN
- Burwood NOT RETURNING – See Strathfield
- Drummoyne OPEN
- Epping OPEN
- Faulconbridge OPEN
- Hobart OPEN
- Launceston OPEN
- Longford CLOSED
- Newcastle CLOSED
- Newtown OPEN
- Port Douglas CLOSED
- Rhodes OPEN
- Strathfield RETURNING TERM 4 (13th October)
- Sydney School of Arms CLOSED
If you have any questions, please contact the Provost of your school branch, or you can Contact Us
Welcome to the Stoccata School of Defence
NSW, Tasmania, & Qld Australia. Est. 1998
The Stoccata School of Defence is a modern school of Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) (also called Western Martial Arts (WMA) or Historical European Swordsmanship (HES or Historical Fencing (HF)), that teaches systems of fencing described in texts written between the thirteenth and nineteenth centuries.
These systems were designed explicitly for dealing with life-and-death situations, and they are taught as a martial art, not as re-enactment, sport-fencing, or theatrical stage-fighting (although many students do engage in these activities as well). However, given that no modern person will ever be in a real sword fight, our emphasis is on safety, control, competence, skill, and of course enjoyment.
We offer regular courses of instruction in a variety of different weapons and historical styles. Age requirements are different at our various branches however the minimum age is 13. See Branches for details of what we teach at each location, or Styles for a summary of the systems we teach.
