Barely 2 months old, the nonprofit “Knightly Martial Arts” school is already offering instruction on three different forms of swordplay: English Broadsword, German Longsword and Italian Longsword.

As the name suggests, HEMA organizations practice ancient European martial arts, including fencing and German longsword.The groups study translations of manuscripts written by German and Italian ...

The HEMA: Longsword class focuses on the knightly martial art of the German longsword, developed by Johannes Liechtenauer, a 14th-century fencing master. Adrian Lam / NBC News Sept. 22, 2019, 7:11 ...

Fencers Jonathan Paulino, left, and Joshua Wiest, right, fence using German longsword on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 at Pro Sports Monroeville during the second annual Steel City Historical Fencing ...