Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/05/2025 - 11/05/2025
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location
Mothership Studios
Categories
TOSC MAYhem! Sabre Tournament and Social Fencing
Join us for a celebration of sword fighting at TOSC MAYhem!
On May 10th and 11th The Old Sword Club is running social fencing, a sabre tournament, and a fencing training camp at Mothership Studios (18-22 Sydney St, Marrickville NSW 2204) at 9.00am each day. Saturday will be a sabre tournament using Victorian Era inspired conventions, and a decadent amount of social fencing with rapiers, knives, sabres, and whatever other weapons you want to bring. Sunday will be a training day featuring some of the finest fencing coaches, a workshop on how to maximise your training, and training games showcase.
Tournament rules are available at https://theoldswordclub.com/tosc-mayhem-tournament-rules/
Merch is available at https://www.theoldswordclub.theprintbar.com/shop/category/TOSC-Mayhem-Merch?c=5312931 so grab yours now.
Saturday Schedule
| Time | Tournament | Social fencing |
| 8.30am | Start/set up | Start/set up |
| 9.00am | Rego opens | Social fencing – come and fence friends old and new in our dedicated social fencing space.
There will be a rack of shared weapons so that you can try new weapons out, as well as a lending library of manuals so you can read new sources. |
| 9.30am | Tournament briefing | |
| 10.00am | Tournament Pool 1 | |
| 11.30am | Tournament Pool 2 | |
| 1.00pm | Sausage Sizzle – for lunch we’ll be having a good old fashioned sausage sizzle, vegetarian and vegan options available. | |
| 2.00pm | Tournament Pool 3 | More social fencing |
| 3.30pm | Tournament Pool 4 | |
| 5.00pm | Eliminations and Finals | |
| 7.00pm | Social drinks | |
Sunday Schedule
| Time | Session |
| 8.30am | Start/set up |
| 9.00am | Warm up – Get moving with some gentle warm up games to wake up, lock in and prevent injury. |
| 9.30am | Planetary workshop: How to be a better training partner – The enigmatic Momo will run her enlightening workshop on how to be a better training partner and how to get the most out of your sword learning experience. |
| 11.00am | Training game showcase – Each of our coaches will be presenting a system agnostic sword training game. |
| 1.00pm | Sausage Sizzle – for lunch we’ll be having a good old fashioned sausage sizzle, vegetarian and vegan options available. |
| 2.00pm | Social and coached fencing – We’ll be hanging out fencing for the afternoon, but with our coaches wandering around and providing personal coaching on request. |
| 5.00pm | Clean up |
Come and join in the fun! There’s fencing for everyone!
Anyone attending events run by The Old Sword Club is expected to abide the following:
- Mutual respect – the Club’s culture is built on a basis of mutual respect, treat every single person, member or not, that is attached to the Club with courtesy, respect and politeness.
- We are progressive and very anti-bigotry – the Club is designed to be a safe space for marginalised groups. We do not tolerate sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, classism or ageism.
- Respect for boundaries – Do not touch, hug or enter into the personal space of someone without checking if they’re okay with it first.
- Don’t play to win, Win by playing – Sword fighting is a fun hobby, and while there are competitive aspects our main goal is to create a friendly atmosphere that is enjoyable for everyone. Don’t get fixated if you “win” or “lose”, the point of the club is to have fun fencing without needing to keep score or be better than anyone else.
- Ask for consent before sparring or drilling – Before engaging in drills, sparring or anything involving weapon you must have the full informed consent of your training partners. A person may withdraw their consent at any time, they are not required to explain why or justify doing so.
- Active communication with participants – Make sure you are activity communicating with your training partners about your needs and regularly check in with them. Especially check in about safety expectations, injuries, and the intensity of drilling or bouting to ensure the comfort and enjoyment of your training partners.
- Follow the safety rules – Make sure you follow the safety rules and safety directions from instructors and other participants.
We would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people as the custodians of the land in which our events take place and pay our respects to elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal Peoples. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.