Welcome to swordschool!
Where historical accuracy meets practical training. Learn Historical Martial Arts from world-renowned instructor and pioneering researcher of medieval and renaissance martial arts Dr Guy Windsor.
Listen to podcast episodes or audiobooks on all your favourite platforms – perfect for aural learners, and to supplement our other resources.
Brush up on your theory and terminology as if by magic with Guy’s fun, tactical and secretly educational duelling card game.
Guy frequently keeps his blog updated with thoughts, challenges, interviews and more!
latest news - 28 March '25
Hi!
Swordschool turned 24 years old last week, as you may know if you got the email. It’s a strange feeling looking back at photos from that time- we were all so young, and so keen, and, yes, I had a lot more hair.
Maybe as sword-knowledge went in, it pushed the hair out? Hard to say. In the spirit of nostalgia, here’s a photo from before I even started the school, in October 2000.
I challenged all comers at the DDS, and fought everyone in the photo at the weapon they are holding. Then got my head split open because sport fencing masks are not fit for fencing with longswords. You can read the whole story on my blog.
