It’s that time of year again! We will be holding free beginning fencing classes on Thursday, September 1. Come to the Bellaire Rec Center (7008 5th St, Bellaire) and learn to fence! Youth ages 6-13: 6:00-7:00 (Limit: 20 participants) Teens and adults 13+: 7:30-8:30 (Limit: 12 participants) This time we’re going to do something a […]
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At Houston Sword Sports we provide a number of different types of events. This weekend we organized a Zombie Defense Class for Pariveda Solutions, an IT company with an office in Houston. These guys are ready for a zombie apocalypse now, provided the zombies also advance and retreat. Check out the gallery below to see […]
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We have been hard at work behind the scenes to get our new website up and running. We have a new domain – HoustonSwords.com – but don’t worry, HoustonSwordSports.com will still work! We got a lot of compliments on our old website and we were pretty happy with it, too. Our biggest problem with the […]
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Hi, Coach Dan again. Last week I talked about my descent into madness becoming a referee. Today, I wanted to share a couple anecdotes that I think may amuse you. So I reffed around the Southwest Section (Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana primarily) for a few years and started getting a little recognition as a decent […]
Hi I’m Dan, I coach here, and I’ve been known to referee the occasional tournament. When I started fencing, most collegiate tournaments that I attended had dedicated referees, while most local USA Fencing tournaments were refereed by other fencers. Generally, fencers would have a pretty good idea who was at the tournament and consensus […]
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Learn to Fence for Free – September 1
It’s that time of year again! We will be holding free beginning fencing classes on Thursday, September 1. Come to the Bellaire Rec Center (7008 5th St, Bellaire) and learn to fence! Youth ages 6-13: 6:00-7:00 (Limit: 20 participants) Teens and adults 13+: 7:30-8:30 (Limit: 12 participants) This time we’re going to do something a […]
Zombie Fencing: Aim for the Head
At Houston Sword Sports we provide a number of different types of events. This weekend we organized a Zombie Defense Class for Pariveda Solutions, an IT company with an office in Houston. These guys are ready for a zombie apocalypse now, provided the zombies also advance and retreat. Check out the gallery below to see […]
Check out our new site!
We have been hard at work behind the scenes to get our new website up and running. We have a new domain – HoustonSwords.com – but don’t worry, HoustonSwordSports.com will still work! We got a lot of compliments on our old website and we were pretty happy with it, too. Our biggest problem with the […]
Referee Stories
Hi, Coach Dan again. Last week I talked about my descent into madness becoming a referee. Today, I wanted to share a couple anecdotes that I think may amuse you. So I reffed around the Southwest Section (Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana primarily) for a few years and started getting a little recognition as a decent […]
How I Became a Referee
Hi I’m Dan, I coach here, and I’ve been known to referee the occasional tournament. When I started fencing, most collegiate tournaments that I attended had dedicated referees, while most local USA Fencing tournaments were refereed by other fencers. Generally, fencers would have a pretty good idea who was at the tournament and consensus […]