Winter Break

Our final Wednesday class of the year will be on 11/12/2024, with the final Thursday class being on 19/12/2024.
We will return to our regular schedule on the 8th and 9th January 2025.

Wednesday Night Training

Every wednesday 19:00-21:00
Held in the Main Hall on the ground floor to the left of the main doors.

Our wednesday lessons focus on 15th Century German Longsword, with occasional detours into other weapons of the period.
If you want to read more about these systems you can do so here.

January & Febuary: Longsword
March: Dagger
April & May: Longsword
June: Spear
July & August: Longsword
September: Halfsword
October & November: Longsword
December: Recaps, More Advanced Material and Sparring

Thursday Night Training

Every Thursday 19:00-21:00
Held in the Mid Hall, upstairs on the top floor.

Every Thursday we run a coached sparring night. This is primarily for more experience members who have the equipment required to spar at intensity.
Occasionally we will run other activities for such members like judging practice or classes in other systems, but these are secondary to the main goal which is to improve people abilities in sparring.

New Members:

We are too close to the end of the year for us to accept new members in 2024. Those that wish to join can do so when we start back up on January 8th 2024.

New members nights are evenings that it is best for you to join us, usually determined by availability of instructors and where we are in our curriculum. These are run alongside normal classes, so for regular members nothing is different on these nights

If you are interseted in joing us, please Contact Us for more information
Note: Unfortunately, being a full contact sport, we cannot admit under 18's.

Price and Membership:

We accept cash and contactless card payment.

Classes:

You can pay for classes in 3 different ways;

  • Pay-as-you-go - £6
    This is the cost for a single class (if you don’t have the month pass).

  • Month Pass (single night) - £20
    This allows you to attend one of our two nights per week. This can be mixed week to week between Wednesday or Thursday nights. If you wish to attend a second night you can pay the £6 pay-as-you-go fee or…

  • Month Pass (full attendence) - £40
    This covers you for all of the sessions we run in a month, both on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Annual Membership

It is £25 to become a member of the club. This is required for you to attened any classes after your first. It also gives you access to any member only benefits (advance notice of events, event discounts etc.)
You’ll will be required to pay this when you attend your second lesson or when it is up for renewal after a year.
You will also need to fill out our Membership form here: https://glasgowhema.com/membership-form

How to find us

All of our lessons take place at the Partick Burgh Hall.

Public Transport:
Partick Burgh Hall is just a couple of minutes from Partick interchange which has a train, underground and bus station. You can use Traveline Scotland or Google Maps for full details and journey planners.  

Car:
Partick Burgh Hall is just a few minutes off the Clyde Express Way, and less than 10 minutes from the Clyde Tunnel. While there is no dedicated car park, street parking is free after 6pm and there is usually space on Burgh Hall Street, otherwise you will need to find a space on another nearby street.

 

Equipment:

Everyone is required to wear appropriate clothing for a sporting activity - this means that whatever you wear must not restrict mobility, shoes must be able to grip on wooden floors and and avoid heavy clothing (jeans, boots etc.). We also recommend a pair of light gloves to make handling swords more comfortable.

All the specialist kit (masks, training weapons, protective gloves etc.) you need can be provided by the club - at no additional costs to you - so don't worry if you're completely new.

If you are already a practitioner please bring all the kit necessary to take part in the discipline detailed in the Teaching Program. If you do not have some kit feel free to Contact Us and we'll see if we can help.

We also set some time aside at the end of each lesson for sparring, if you wish to take part feel free to bring any other kit you want for sparring. Typically we spar with steel weapons with the exception of Singlestick.