Bruges Fencing Gathering II 2026

Name: Bruges Fencing Gathering II 2026
Start: 2026-04-17T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-19T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Guido Gezelleplein

Schedule

Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am to Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Guido Gezelleplein | Brugge, WV

Second iteration of Bruges Fencing Gathering :p
Programme on the website:
https://academiedelespee.be/bfg-2026/
Three days of fencing, fun, food, and friends (and foolery ?)!
Fencing workshops and lectures, some local (liquid) cultural activities, and a lot of fencing with friends!
Rapier, messer, longsword, saber, smallsword, side-sword, Destreza,…
There will always be one hall for free fencing.
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Guido Gezelleplein, 8000 Bruges, Belgium
Instructors:
Dr Rob Runacres (Rapier & dagger) 🇬🇧
Vera Martocchia (Sidesword) 🇬🇧
Martin Enzi (Messer) 🇦🇹
David Pascal (Smallsword) 🇪🇸
Thibault Ghesquière (French Rapier) 🇫🇷
Marco Danelli (Italian Rapier) 🇮🇹
Edu Valera (Sword & buckler/ Italian longsword) 🇪🇸
Predrag Agatonović (French Smallsword) 🇷🇸
Thomas Van Hoof (Sabre vs bayonet) 🇧🇪
Yannick De Smet (Longsword) 🇧🇪
Blanca Baranda (Destreza Rapier) 🇪🇸
Mauricio Real (Italian longsword) 🇲🇽
Aitor Blanco (Verdadera destreza Rapier) 🇪🇸
Chris Lee Becker (Lecture: “La Verdadera Destreza – Books & Swords”) 🇩🇪
𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬:
Feather small swords will be displaying and selling some smallswords again and donating something for a tombola!
https://www.feathersmallswords.com
Friday: dinner at the rib restaurant like last time
Saturday dinner and crossbow initiation at the same location!
𝐋𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
Hostel Lybeer Bruges (https://www.hostellybeer.com/)
D28 (https://www.d28.be/)
Hotel Groeninghe (https://www.hotelgroeninghe.be/en/)
Hotel ’t Putje (https://www.thehotelputje.com/)
Hotel en Gran Kaffee de Passage (https://www.passagebruges.com/en/)
Blabla Hotel (https://hotelblabla.com/)
All these hotels are very close to the location of the event and the city centre of Bruges. Do not wait, prices go up every day !