Category: Public Event
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2023 – Here; There; Everywhere!
Whew, The last three months have been a whirlwind of activity for the guild. From our ‘Two Edges and a Point’ intensive, to Party in the Park, Streets Alive, and OKDF’s ‘Inconceivable’ event, the Guild has been busy trying to keep up with the fun. The Whirlwind started with the Guilds summer intensive ‘Two Edges…
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2023 – Now that’s a tourn-of-events!
From a sparring with great structure to a match with an impeccable (accidental) disarm, the last two weekends have been wild! The Omaha Kunst Des Fechtens(KDF) hosted 2 different events for those who were abandoned by the Cornhusker State Games. The first event was hosted at Nate’s Stumble Inn in Bennington, NE and was focused…
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2023 – The current “State” of affairs.
To the dismay of our guild and many other participants, the Cornhusker State Games have canceled their HEMA events for 2023. No details were given in the Facebook announcement ( here ). In the mean time; Omaha Kunst Des Fechtens(KDF) has picked up the mantle and has posted about 2 events covering some of the…
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2023 – Fantasy, Folklore, Swords, and Fun
Gone are the days where swords are used for combat, but that doesn’t mean that the sword has outlived it’s welcome. Constellations has again welcomed our guild with open arms this weekend. We spent time introducing people to the tools of our trade, including the longsword, dagger, throws, and safety gear. On Saturday, during our…
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2023 – Fantasy, Folklore, and Fighting [Practice]
It’s that Time Again! Time for the guild to hone its martial art for public display. We will be hosting a table at the local fantasy convention ConStellation, along with 2 event showing of our art. Saturday, April 22nd, at 3-4 pm, we will be doing our ever popular “Wheel of Mortality”, where we used…
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2022 – Streets Alive Festival
Over the wind, and the music, You can hear the boisterous laughter of Marty, as he and Brad spar in the afternoon sun. Today we hosted a stand at “Streets Alive”, a local community street festival that encourages a healthy lifestyle. The event took over a large 24 block area, of which we were gratefully…
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2022 – Lincoln’s Party at the Park
Hot, Fun, and Exhausting; what more could you want from a Demo? All-in-all the Party in the Park demonstration went well. We had three opportunities to demonstrate Fiore’s art over the course of the 4-hour event. During which we showed the basics of Longsword, Dagger, and unarmed combat that we learn in the guild. It…
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2022 – Cornhusker State Games
Another year, another great Cornhusker state games weekend. This year we had 5 participants in the games, Nick Royal, Jake Frederick, Jordan Scribner, Joe Loder, and Daniel Cadenbach. Nick and Jake started the weekend with Beginner Longsword on Friday night. Joe, Jordan, and Daniel followed up on Saturday with the steel Longsword Event, and Nick…
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After the Cornhusker State Games 2019
Joe: It’s been a few days since the ending of the HEMA tournaments this past weekend and I wanted to say that wins, losses, and medals aside I’m very proud of the way NESG performed this year. I spoke with some of the other clubs that were there and they had nothing but nice things…