Féile na nGaiscíoch 2025 - Danse Macabre
Pools: https://hemagon.com/tournament/feile2025/categories
Tournaments are on the 11th, workshops on the 12th.
The tournament ruleset is available here: https://www.dublinhemaclub.com/tournament-rules
Equipment Requirements here: https://www.dublinhemaclub.com/equipment-requirements
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Workshop Lineup:
Ross Bailey from the Medieval Combat Group will give a Workshop on "Objects in Motion: Movement and Momentum in Lecküchner's Messer."
Mike Prendergast from the Historical Combat Academy will give a workshop on "Monte's Sword and Buckler".
Cornelius Berthold from Dimicator Schola - Historisches Fechten in Hamburg will give a Workshop on "Strength is Not About Pushing: How to Dominate the Opponent's Sword with Little Effort", and a Lecture on "How to Pressure-Test and Built a Reliable Fighting System"
Dublin HEMA Club's own Neil Byrne will give a Workshop on "Introduction to Meyer Staff".
Gerard Bridgeman from Muyukan Kendo will give a Workshop on "Practicable Kendo Techniques".
Jan Hoffman from Tremonia Fechten will give a Workshop on "What am I Actually Doing Here? Getting Physical with the Dagger."
Keith Farrell from Academy of Historical Arts will give two Longsword Workshops: "The Many Flavours of the Flugelhaw" and "In all Bindings-on, Turn Your Short Edge Forward", one Sword & Buckler Workshop "Using the Buckler Proactively", and one Lecture "Using the Structure of the Zedel to Help us Learn, Remember, and Teach the Art".
Jürg Gassmann will give a Lecture on "Medieval Cavalry- the Horses, the Tactics, the Training." and one Lecture on "Combat Simulations Through the Ages - War Games and Fencing Practice from the Middle Ages to Today."
Samuel Gassmann from Goats Head Historical Fencing will give a Workshop on "Tournament Prep: How to be a Sweaty Tryhard."
We will have a representative from VB Swordshop Kft. who will give a presentation titled: "The Company, the Swords, and Everything You Want to Know"
Finally, at the end of the day, we will be collaborating with the Wrathful Peasants and offer a non-competitive Fechtschule!
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