Victorian Historical Combat Academy in Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia | Non-profit organisation
Victorian Historical Combat Academy
Locality: Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia
Phone: +61 450 119 766
Address: School Hall, Moorabbin Primary School, Worthing Road Moorabbin, VIC, Australia
Website: http://www.vhca.org.au
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25.01.2022 Reminder Training starts with the beginners class next Wednesday 30 January - all welcome! Moorabbin Primary School Hall 7:30 pm enter off Worthing Road. See you there!
24.01.2022 Good news everyone! We have an update regarding our saturday class: Classes will now be running from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. from 4:00pm to 5:00pm the hall will be open for individual coaching, free bouting and beginners class.
24.01.2022 Sadly Training is Suspended till 8 April (at least). Please monitor this Facebook Page and the website for details. Sadly due to the current risk factors and that our training site is an active school the Committee have decided to suspend training. Please contact us if you have any questions.
23.01.2022 VHCA having fun and doing well at the Ides of March tournament in Melbourne
22.01.2022 For all of those interested, below you will find the link to register for our first ever tournament! We hope to see you there https://www.eventbrite.com/e/victorian-historical-fencing-o
20.01.2022 A belated post to welcome the 2020 Council of VHCA President - Shannon Walker (Continuing) Vice President & Chief Coach - Martin Kraskov (New) Secretary - David Roche (New)... Treasurer - Graeme Aitken (New) In the same meeting Den Kamenev agreed to take on managing the social media. The first act of the new Council was to vote thanks to Sebastian Seagher for his passion and great work in coaching and supporting the club - and his absolute devotion to Raedelian principles. Sebastian has had to step back (temporarily) from a formal role for work reasons. We are pleased that Martin Kraskov has agreed to take the role of Chief Coach and in so doing adhere to mostly Raedellian technique and control his urges to swirly shamshir inspired flourishes. In 2020 we will be continuing with a focus on military sabre but exploring other weapons and techniques as the club members wish.
19.01.2022 Anyone interested in Victorian-era martial arts should get along to the Australian Savate Open in November - it forms an important part of both Bartitsu and Defense Dans La Rue.
19.01.2022 A great opportunity for more fencing instruction and bouting in the Bayside Melbourne area. Come along and bring your sabres!
19.01.2022 Only one month to go - and the sabres will be arriving any day! Book your tickets now!
19.01.2022 Spanish Sabre from the same time period as our primary (Italian)source.
18.01.2022 Welcome to the Victorian Historical Combat Academy, a Melbourne-based Historical European Martial Arts School teaching students how to use 19th Century sabre, bayonet, la canne and other Victorian-era fighting styles in a safe and friendly environment. The school uses modern equipment and teaching methods to deliver a curriculum based on primary historical sources from the 19th century. Senior instructor of the VHCA is Shannon Walker, who has been studying Historical European... Martial Arts (HEMA) since 2009. The Academy trains in the School Hall at the Moorabbin Primary School on Worthing Road in Moorabbin. We have two classes a week: - 7.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays. - 2pm to 5pm Saturdays. Please visit our website: www.vhca.org.au
17.01.2022 Sebastian leading the traditional salute at the start of training in the hall in Moorabbin. Some of the class using their own swords others using the clubs light and fast Olympic sabres
16.01.2022 Demonstrating sword fighting concepts for sci -fi and fantasy authors at Continuum 14: Conjugation
14.01.2022 Good afternoon all, Unfortunately, due to illness (No it's not corona) classes will not be held this evening. Training will resume next week at our usual time.... -Martin
13.01.2022 Sabre tournament went well -Dan and Brett bout for first place
11.01.2022 Good evening all, Due to the high temperature, our last informal practice for the year will be cancelled. You are instead cordially invited to attend quiet drinks and a meal at Grape and Grain, 14/16 Station St, Moorabbin VIC 3189. Please feel free to bring partners and friends. Thank you and good practice to all.... Martin See more
10.01.2022 Bayonet duelling- Sebastian and Graeme having a friendly bout with the new trainers
10.01.2022 Bayonet duelling Graeme and Sebastian squaring off for a friendly bought
09.01.2022 Whilst its not exactly 19th Century, The School Of Historical Fencing will be hosting world renowned historical fencing master Ton Puey for a weekend of instruction in the exotic art of the Spanish rapier. We highly recommend coming along to this event as a chance to learn from one of the greatest international swordsmen should not be missed
07.01.2022 For all of our students that may be interested
07.01.2022 The Victorian Historical Fencing Open is officially booked out! The tournament roster has been published on HEMA Scorecard (hemascorecard.com). There were some problems with Eventbrite not processing some ticket purchases properly, so if your name is not on the roster, please contact us at [email protected] with your order number and we'll fit you in. In the meantime, please make sure you familiarise yourselves with the rules and MSS regulations:... Tournament Rules: https://docs.google.com//1uEl1VrJtHfrq5qOu9uakQzAJbz/edit MSS Regulations: https://drive.google.com//14xCJ_DhGZdG12Sf0ykBTFl7oZa/view See you all soon!
06.01.2022 Come join us this Wednesday !
06.01.2022 We hope Covid-19 has been treating you kindly - and you are managing to do some self training. The Committee is assessing the Covid restrictions and will update when it is deemed appropriate to restart group training.
06.01.2022 A goo opportunity to work on you bout tactics whether a sabeur or crow bar wielder! Has Sebastian's recommendation!
04.01.2022 VHCA Covid 19 Update - 17 March Dear Sabreurs this is a rapidly developing situation. Training is currently continuing subject to Government guidelines. For those attending training please review the VHCA Covid 19Policy at http://www.vhca.org.au/vhca-covid-19-policy/
04.01.2022 A very good event that we would encourage all our local swords people to think of participating or sampling going watching. ...and being located in Richmond it is reasonably convenient for many of our team!
03.01.2022 Some of our training tools at a recent session!
