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Description: Esprit de Combat HEMA fencing club
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Esprit de Combat
Ésprit de Combat was founded to make Historical European Martial Arts accessible to more people and to encourage growth in the HEMA community in South Africa. Ésprit de Combat is mainly focused around teaching weapons from the 17-19th centuries. The primary weapons being the sabre, baskethilt broadsword and smallsword. In addition, we also teach a variety of different bayonet fencing systems, primarily British and Japanese. In recent years, the club has also began to offer workshops and classes on the use o
The club provides basic weaponry and protection for beginners, but anyone who develops an interest is encouraged to purchase any weapons they find themselves interested in as well as procure more protection as they develop in skill and fighting intensity (See 'About Our Institution' for more information about the weaponry we use at the club). The club can provide locally supplied upper body protection, but weapons and more advanced protection must be ordered from overseas and shipped in. Ésprit de Combat is
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