Smallsword Symposium

The Smallsword Symposium is the world’s first and largest event celebrating the beautiful art of smallsword, an elegant weapon for a more civilised age! Hosted each year in Scotland’s vibrant capital city, Edinburgh, it attracts historical fencing and HEMA practitioners from all over the globe.

2024 Event Details

Planning for the 2024 Smallsword Symposium is currently underway and we’ll provide more information in June 2024. For now, we can provide the following teasers:

  • The location will be Black Boar’s usual training venue, the Heriot’s Centre for Sport and Exercise, just off the Grassmarket in the heart of Edinburgh

  • The event will be held over a full weekend (Saturday and Sunday), tentatively scheduled for October

  • We’re reaching out to guest instructors to produce another exciting timetable of classes and workshops

  • We’re coordinating various social activities for the weekend. For those arriving in Edinburgh on Friday, we’ll have Black Boar members out and about to greet people and socialise

We can’t wait to share more details with you, so please check back soon for updates!