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February 27, 2025 - Regular Thursday Class
Feb
27
2025 Past Event
February 27, 2025 - Regular Thursday Class
Top Tier Columbia
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM
This is the class sign up for Thursday, February 27th.  Like always, this class is restricted to those who finished the MKdF Beginner's Class.  In order to participate, you must be vaccinated, boostered, and read and agree to our COVID-19 waiver (one time). Please read and sign our COVID-19 waiver here - COVID-19 Rules and Regulations. This only needs to be signed once. 
February 27, 2025 - Single Handed Weapons Class
Feb
27
2025 Past Event
February 27, 2025 - Single Handed Weapons Class
Top Tier Columbia
08:00 PM – 10:00 PM
This is the signup for all single handed weapons classes, regardless of weapon or instructor. If you intend on taking class with an instructor, sign up here.  As with all Maryland KdF classes, you are required to: 1. have taken the beginner's class and 2. have a recent COVID vaccination (recent = within the past year) Options for class currently include: - Jonathan teaching smallsword, Scottish broadsword, and saber - Mike teaching smallsword, rapier, and sword and buckler
February 24, 2025 - Regular Monday Class
Feb
24
2025 Past Event
February 24, 2025 - Regular Monday Class
Top Tier Columbia
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM
This is the class sign up for Monday, February 24th. Like always, this class is restricted to those who finished the MKdF Beginner's Class.  In order to participate, you must be vaccinated, boostered, and read and agree to our COVID-19 waiver (one time). Please read and sign our COVID-19 waiver here - COVID-19 Rules and Regulations. This only needs to be signed once.   
ARFL Sword and Buckler/ URG Longsword
Feb
23
2025 Past Event
ARFL Sword and Buckler/ URG Longsword
Top Tier Columbia
12:30 PM – 08:00 PM
In order to participate, you must be vaccinated, boostered, and read and agree to our COVID-19 waiver (one time). Please read and sign our COVID-19 waiver here - COVID-19 Rules and Regulations. This only needs to be signed once.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlantic Renaissance Fencing League Sword and Buckler/URG Longsword The Atlantic Renaissance Fencing League is putting on its second Sword and Buckler tournament, hosted and organized by Maryland KDF (Thats right, we made it long enough to get to the second go around). This is a friendly tournament aimed primarily at HEMA fencers in the DC-Baltimore area.  We are also expanding to offer a second tournament, a URG Longsword tournament!  The URG tournament will be run after the conclusion of the Sword and Buckler tournament.     Registration is limited to 24 entrants for both events (pending staffing). If registration is full and you are interested in participating, please contact MKDF at the following address to be placed on the waitlist: arfl.hema@gmail.com The event will be hosted February 23, 2025, at Top Tier Columbia in Columbia, MD. Check-in for Sword and Buckler 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.  URG Longsword Check In begins at 4:30 with pools starting promptly at 5.   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.   Event Rules: 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.   Sword and Buckler https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VSmAeiUe31gx_ec8htw4cnYSJKfhMLOF/edit?rtpof=true&tab=t.0 Longsword https://docs.google.com/document/d/15YheRnah_eScBstiDw0y2KK5Y6lNhBNOfT57hWuINUg/edit  
February 20, 2025 - Regular Thursday Class
Feb
20
2025 Past Event
February 20, 2025 - Regular Thursday Class
Top Tier Columbia
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM
This is the class sign up for Thursday, February 20th.  Like always, this class is restricted to those who finished the MKdF Beginner's Class.  In order to participate, you must be vaccinated, boostered, and read and agree to our COVID-19 waiver (one time). Please read and sign our COVID-19 waiver here - COVID-19 Rules and Regulations. This only needs to be signed once. 
February 20, 2025 - Single Handed Weapons Class
Feb
20
2025 Past Event
February 20, 2025 - Single Handed Weapons Class
Top Tier Columbia
08:00 PM – 10:00 PM
This is the signup for all single handed weapons classes, regardless of weapon or instructor. If you intend on taking class with an instructor, sign up here.  As with all Maryland KdF classes, you are required to: 1. have taken the beginner's class and 2. have a recent COVID vaccination (recent = within the past year) Options for class currently include: - Jonathan teaching smallsword, Scottish broadsword, and saber - Mike teaching smallsword, rapier, and sword and buckler
February 17, 2025 - Regular Monday Class
Feb
17
2025 Past Event
February 17, 2025 - Regular Monday Class
Top Tier Columbia
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM
This is the class sign up for Monday, February 17th. Like always, this class is restricted to those who finished the MKdF Beginner's Class.  In order to participate, you must be vaccinated, boostered, and read and agree to our COVID-19 waiver (one time). Please read and sign our COVID-19 waiver here - COVID-19 Rules and Regulations. This only needs to be signed once.   
February 15, 2025 - Open Floor
Feb
15
2025 Past Event
February 15, 2025 - Open Floor
Top Tier Columbia
02:00 PM – 04:30 PM
The same COVID restrictions apply to the Saturday classes as they do to the regular weekday classes.  Open floor sparring, individual coaching time, review and practical application of last weeks class topics, and special topic classes.  Saturdays are a really good time to work on individual improvement and practice of topics that YOU want to go over.  If there are several people that want to work on the same thing, Gilding is more than happy to lead smaller classes.  We can/will also be using part of the day to talk about Sword and Buckler instruction that includes techniques against mixed weapons.  (Rapier, sidesword, longsword, etc.)
February 13, 2025 - Regular Thursday Class
Feb
13
2025 Past Event
February 13, 2025 - Regular Thursday Class
Top Tier Columbia
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM
This is the class sign up for Thursday, February 13th.  Like always, this class is restricted to those who finished the MKdF Beginner's Class.  In order to participate, you must be vaccinated, boostered, and read and agree to our COVID-19 waiver (one time). Please read and sign our COVID-19 waiver here - COVID-19 Rules and Regulations. This only needs to be signed once. 
February 13, 2025 - Single Handed Weapons Class
Feb
13
2025 Past Event
February 13, 2025 - Single Handed Weapons Class
Top Tier Columbia
08:00 PM – 10:00 PM
This is the signup for all single handed weapons classes, regardless of weapon or instructor. If you intend on taking class with an instructor, sign up here.  As with all Maryland KdF classes, you are required to: 1. have taken the beginner's class and 2. have a recent COVID vaccination (recent = within the past year) Options for class currently include: - Jonathan teaching smallsword, Scottish broadsword, and saber - Mike teaching smallsword, rapier, and sword and buckler
February 10, 2025 - Regular Monday Class
Feb
10
2025 Past Event
February 10, 2025 - Regular Monday Class
Top Tier Columbia
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM
This is the class sign up for Monday, February 10th. Like always, this class is restricted to those who finished the MKdF Beginner's Class.  In order to participate, you must be vaccinated, boostered, and read and agree to our COVID-19 waiver (one time). Please read and sign our COVID-19 waiver here - COVID-19 Rules and Regulations. This only needs to be signed once.   
February 8, 2025 - Open Floor
Feb
08
2025 Past Event
February 8, 2025 - Open Floor
Top Tier Columbia
02:00 PM – 04:30 PM
The same COVID restrictions apply to the Saturday classes as they do to the regular weekday classes.  Open floor sparring, individual coaching time, review and practical application of last weeks class topics, and special topic classes.  Saturdays are a really good time to work on individual improvement and practice of topics that YOU want to go over.  If there are several people that want to work on the same thing, Gilding is more than happy to lead smaller classes.  We can/will also be using part of the day to talk about Sword and Buckler instruction that includes techniques against mixed weapons.  (Rapier, sidesword, longsword, etc.)