I would like to announce that FechtBerg 2025 is coming on 7-9 February. Our tournament is part of FEDER Historical Fencing League and you can expect :
– NEW : UPDATED LONGSWORD RULESET – priority of mask/torso hits over hands, priority of mask/torso hits over legs and some nerfs to one handed strikes.
– NEW : INVITATIONAL TEAM LONGSWORD TOURNAMENT – top teams from Poland and our guests countries will test their skills in this unique tournament!
– NEW : FRIDAY WORKSHOP (7.02), with Antoni Olbrychski, currently nr 1 in HemaRatings Longsword. Fencing under new longsword ruleset will be main topic of this amazing workshop!
– NEW : adjustments to “Video Challenge” rule
– 4 Open categories Longsword, Saber, Rapier & Dagger and Messer & Buckler
– 3 Women categories Longsword, Saber and Rapier & Dagger
– two days of fencing in biiig sports hall in Bielsko-Biała
– best polish FEDER certified judges, supported with provided tablets for “Video Challenge”
– very tasty pierogi for a lunch on saturday and schabowy on sunday 😃
– many places in all categories (even more than last year edition!) with top 400 fencers allowed for earlier registration

Open registration will start at 20 November 18:00. Top 400 registration will start 19 November 18:00. Some places will be reserved for our foreign guests.

This year we plan to extend tournament capacity limits even more than last year, with 84 places in Saber and Longsword Open! Details for other categories will be shared soon.

COME FENCE WITH US IN THE MOUNTAINS !