Instructors
Brittany Reeves
Brittany Reeves
Brittany Reeves
Head Instructor, Co-Founder
Brittany is a highly sought after international instructor having taught at esteemed events across the United States, Canada, and Europe. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Ancient and Medieval History, a minor in Art History, and has cross trained in armored combat and jujitsu. With over a decade of martial art
Head Instructor, Co-Founder
Brittany is a highly sought after international instructor having taught at esteemed events across the United States, Canada, and Europe. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Ancient and Medieval History, a minor in Art History, and has cross trained in armored combat and jujitsu. With over a decade of martial arts experience, Brittany has won a multitude of medals across several competitive categories including wrestling, sabre, longsword, and sharp cutting.
Kyle Griswold
Brittany Reeves
Brittany Reeves
Head Instructor, Co-Founder
Super-champion.
Ramon Diaz
Brittany Reeves
Ramon Diaz
Instructor
Ramon has been with Mordhau since 2020 and has since medaled in multiple weapon categories such as longsword, dagger, and messer. He is a diligent coach who has supported dozens of members on their own competitive journeys locally and internationally. You can catch him running our Friday night conditioning classes.
Kari Baker
Paul Shelton
Ramon Diaz
Instructor
Kari has been training HEMA with Mordhau since 2021. She is active in the competition circuit, medaling across multiple weapons including longsword, rapier, rapier+dagger, smallsword, and dussack. Kari also contributes statistics articles to SwordSTEM.com. You can find Kari leading our Monday night rapier classes.
Rob Pickett
Paul Shelton
Paul Shelton
Instructor
Rob joined Mordhau in 2020. He is a lifelong martial artist with extensive experience in a wide variety of armed and unarmed styles. Find Rob for help with foundation concepts and techniques as well as preparing for rank tests.
Paul Shelton
Paul Shelton
Paul Shelton
Instructor
Paul has been teaching secondary school for ten years and began HEMA in 2021. He enjoys reading through historical sources, trying new techniques, and meeting new people. You can find him leading our Wednesday night Concept & Practice class.
What We Do
Historical European Martial Arts
HEMA is Europe's legacy of fighting arts dating back to the Medieval Period. We utilize primary sources that date between the 1300s to late 1500s which describe specific fighting systems for wrestling and weapons. Despite the historical context of our art, we treat this as a modern activity and do not wear period or reenactment clothing. We use modern training methodologies to approach historical fencing as both a sport and martial art.
Kunst des Fechtens
We focus specifically on the Germanic traditions, which we refer to as Kunst des Fechtens, or KdF, for short. Classes cover the use of the longsword, messer, dagger, polearms, sword and shield, as well as ringen (wrestling). We apply modern biomechanics and exercise to enhance our performance as athletes.
HEMA Today
Students will enjoy a vast and thriving international community of practitioners, as well as a vibrant local community of sword fighting in Phoenix. Competitions are held locally and abroad. We highly encourage our students to participate in these events in order to test themselves and make new friends! For those less inclined towards competition, HEMA serves as a fun hobby and unique form of exercise.