ARFL Rapier and Dagger July 2025

Atlantic Renaissance Fencing League Rapier and Dagger Open

The Atlantic Renaissance Fencing League is putting on a Rapier and Dagger tournament, hosted by Maryland Training in Historical Swordsmanship (MyTHS) and organized by ARFL. This is a friendly tournament aimed primarily at HEMA fencers in the DC-Baltimore area. 

Registration is limited to 24 entrants for the event. If registration is full and you are interested in participating, please contact ARFL at the following address to be placed on the waitlist: arfl.hema@gmail.com

The event will be hosted July 26, 2025, at Cross Fit Bel Air in Forest Hill, MD. Check-in for Rapier begins at 12:30pm. Check-in closes and pools will be announced at 1:00pm. If you are not checked in and ready by the time pools are announced, you are late and subject to being disqualified.  

Previous volunteers get priority registration for future events and payment for their time!  If you'd like to be considered to volunteer, please email us at arfl.hema@gmail.com.  

Spectators get in free and DO NOT need to purchase their own ticket.  

Event Rules:

docs.google.com/document/d/1VSmAeiUe31gx_ec8htw4cnYSJKfhMLOF/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=108728341999437505953&rtpof=true

These rules are subject to change up to the date of the event while we get and process feedback from our previous events.  While we do not anticipate drastic changes, please check back before you compete to ensure your understanding of the rules is as up to date as possible.