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Mordhau Historical Combat

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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

sword fighting, longsword, Joachim Meyer

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. 

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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.


Mordhau Historical Combat does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations. We expect that ego and politics are left at the door for the duration of class to ensure the comfort of all students.

Code of Conduct

Team Achievements

2025

  • Ramon D. | Gold, Open Rapier & Dagger | SoCal Swordfight | Pomona, CA
  • Isaac B. | Gold, U18 Longsword | SoCal Swordfight | Pomona, CA
  • Alberto Z. | Silver, Open Longsword Cutting | Valley of the Sun| Mesa, AZ
  • Isaac B. | Silver, U18 Longsword Cutting |  SoCal Swordfight | Pomona, CA
  • Kari B. | Bronze, Women's Rapier & Dagger | SoCal Swordfight | Pomona, CA
  • Isaac B. | Bronze, U18 Singlestick | SoCal Swordfight | Pomona, CA



2024

  • Quinn R. | Gold, Open Longsword | Fright Fight 2024 | Phoenix, AZ
  • Isaac B. | Gold, Steel Dussack | MordMini VIII, Mesa, AZ
  • Justin B. | Gold, Rondel Dagger | MordMini VII, Mesa, AZ
  • Isaac B. | Gold, U18 Longsword | SoCal Swordfight, Costa Mesa, CA
  • Kari B. | Silver, Women's Dussack | Fright Fight 2024 | Phoenix, AZ
  • Tony J. | Silver, Continuous Longsword | Fright Fight 2024 | Phoenix, AZ
  • Zac H. | Silver, Rondel Dagger | MordMini VII, Mesa, AZ
  • John D. | Silver, Open Jian | Phoenix Wushu Nationals, Phoenix, AZ
  • Kari B. | Silver, Women's Rapier & Dagger | SoCal Swordfight, Costa Mesa, CA
  • Tony J. | Bronze, Open Longsword | Fright Fight 2024 | Phoenix, AZ
  • Piper M. | Brone, Women's Dussack | Fright Fight 2024 | Phoenix, AZ
  • Adi R. | Bronze, Pistol Duels | Fright Fight 2024 | Phoenix, AZ
  • Trenton B. | Bronze, Rondel Dagger | MordMini VII, Mesa, AZ
  • Tony J. | Bronze, Open Sword & Buckler | MordMini VI, Mesa, AZ
  • Alberto Z. | Bronze, Tier B Arming Sword Cutting | SoCal Swordfight, Costa Mesa, CA
  • Kari B. | Bronze, Women's Longsword | FrauFecht, Carson City, NV
  • Adi R. | Bronze, Steel Dussack | MordMini VIII, Mesa, AZ

2023

  • Tony J. | Gold, Open Armored Harnisfechten | FrightFight, Tempe, AZ
  • Kari B. | Gold, Women's Smallsword | FrauFecht, Reno, NV
  • Tony J. | Gold, Open Longsword Cutting | Valley of the Sun, Mesa, AZ
  • Skyler C. | Gold, Open Armored Duel | CombatCon, Las Vegas NV
  • Alberto Z. | Gold, Open Tier C Cutting | SoCal Swordfight, Costa Mesa, CA
  • Ramon D. |Gold, Open Longsword | PSHS Longsword Tournament, Phoenix, AZ
  • Tony J. | Silver, Open Longsword | FrightFight, Tempe, AZ
  • Kari B. | Silver, Women's Single Rapier | FrauFecht, Reno, NV
  • Tony J. | Silver, Open Longsword | MordMini V, Mesa, AZ
  • Rick T. | Silver, Open Armored Duel | CombatCon, Las Vegas NV
  • Curtis T. |Silver, Beginner's Longsword | PSHS Longsword Tournament, Phoenix, AZ
  • Ramon D. |Silver, Open Rondel Dagger| Quick and Deadly Duels, Phoenix, AZ 
  • Lucas F. | Bronze, Open Beginner's Longsword | SoCal Swordfight, Costa Mesa, CA
  • Ramon D. |Bronze, Open Longsword | MordMini V, Mesa, AZ
  • Tony J.| Bronze, Advanced Longsword | Salt Lake City Open, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Ramon D. | Bronze, Open Messer | Salt Lake City Open, Salt Lake City, UT

2022

  • Kari B. | Silver, Women's Single Rapier | FrauFecht, Reno, NV
  • Ramon D. |Bronze, Open  Synthetic Longsword | SoCal Swordfight, Huntington Beach, CA
  • Kari B. | Bronze, Women's Longsword | Blue Box Open, Columbus, OH
  • Kari B. | Bronze, Women's Longsword | Gesellen Fechten, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Kari B. | Bronze, Women's Longsword| FrauFecht, Reno, NV
  • Kari B. | Bronze, Open Beginner's Longsword | Cornhusker State Games, Bellevue, NE
  • Kari B. | Bronze, Women's Longsword | Cornhusker State Games, Bellevue, NE

2021

  • Skyler C. | Gold, Open Armored Duel | CombatCon, Las Vegas NV
  • Donald G. | Bronze, Open Beginner's Longsword | Krampuskrieg, Phoenix, AZ

2020

  • Tony J. | Gold, Open Longsword | SoCal Swordfight, Huntington Beach, CA
  • Yuquan M. | Gold, Open Beginner's Synthetic Longsword | SoCal Swordfight, Huntington Beach, CA

2019

  • Michael C. | Silver, Beginner's Longsword | MCHO, Denver, CO

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