Einherjar Cup 2026 is an international HEMA tournament held in Hong Kong, organized by Einherjar HEMA Club since 2022. It is now one of the most popular HEMA event across East Asia and South-East Asia. In the last event, we are honoured to have 86 fencers from the Asia Pacific Regions and even some from Europe and United States participated.

We were thrilled to receive overwhelming positive feedback from participants 🙂 See the Facebook links below:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14p5YwWhBC7/ (2025)
https://www.facebook.com/share/17ztmT5JrJ/ (2024)

As always, we listen and make improvements for each iteration. We are expecting fencers from the globe to join us in 2026!

Einherjar Cup 2026 will features 5 categories:
1. Mixed & Men Steel Sabre,
2. Mixed & Men Steel Sword & buckler,
3. Mixed & Men Steel Rapier & dagger,
4. Women Steel Longsword
5. Mixed & Men Steel Longsword
All tournament results will be uploaded to HEMA Rating.

In addition: Cantonese roasted crispy pork (a-whole-pig) chopped and served at tournament site, social sparring available on Monday at Einherjar HEMA Club.

So, be sure to join our event and visit this city of cyberpunk! ..and have some delicious food along the way! 😀

📝Rule-set key points
⭐Weighted scoring:
Attack to deep target scores more than shallow.
⭐Upper-torso priority when double-hit:
A cut to head & B cut to leg simultaneously, only B receive double-hit penalty.
⭐After-blow:
Only reduce the awarding score(s) to the attacker from that exchange.

If interested, click in the Facebook event, select “attending” and turn the notification button to “all”. Registration info will be announced in September.