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Appalachian Highlands Historical Fencing Combat from long ago in a place close to home learn more Learn Historical European Martial Arts with Appalachian Highlands Historical Fencing Event schedule 630 PM Monday Lesson Medieval Longsword 600 PM Wednesday Lesson Saber Broadsword 715 PM Thursday Lesson Rapier Smallsword 1000 AM Saturday Open Sparring keep up with events What are historical European martial arts. Appalachian Highlands Historical Fencing studies historical European martial arts also known as HEMA. This means that we study the martial arts of premodern cultures in Europe including the fighting styles of medieval knights Renaissance swashbucklers Scottish clansmen and many more. Fencing is our main focus but HEMA includes other weapons such as the spear the dagger and even unarmed techniques as well.