After an amazing weekend, watching so many great competitors, here are the medalists from MCHO 2022! Beginner’s Longsword 1st: Hayley Brumbaugh, Denver Historical Fencing Academy 2nd: Dennis Dorrell, Denver Historical Fencing Academy 3rd: Julien Blundell, Denver Historical Fencing Academy 4th: William Welch, Krieg School Denver Open Saber 1st: Zach Showalter, Richmond Kunst des Fechtens 2nd: Doug Bostic, Tucson Historical Fencing Academy 3rd: Aaron Karnuta, Denver Historical Fencing Academy 4th: Keith Cotter-Reilly, Atlanta Historical Fencing Academy The Maupin (Under-Repr ..read more

In addition to all of the tournaments running over the weekend, we’ve also invited some amazing instructors that will be teaching classes and workshops! Register for MCHO here! Instructors Marlene Hurst (She/Her & They/Them) Instructor Bio: Marlene began her HEMA practice in 2016 with Capital Kunst des Fechtens (CKDF). She is Committee Chair of the CKDF Council, an instructor for Longsword and Ringen. She has guest lectured at DanceFight 2022, Fecht Yeah 2019, and participated in Esfinges' Instructor Symposium in 2020. She is a decorated practitioner having won Gold for Paired Technique w ..read more

Registration is now open, and early bird is available for $25 off until July 18th! Go here to register: https://smoothcomp.com/en/event/8150 For MCHO 2022, pricing is all-inclusive: pay your base registration and you can sign up for as many events as you want. Are you eligible for 3 longsword divisions and king of the hill? Go for it! Just want to do saber and the skill course? Have at it! Also included in the registration fee is our event shirts ..read more

Entering into your first HEMA tournament can be a daunting undertaking, especially if you’re not used to competitive environments. Emotions can run high, hopes can be dashed, and reality can be sobering. We want to make our beginner’s tournament more friendly, accessible, and approachable, and we have a couple of tweaks to the formula we want to talk about with you. The first big change is that we’re making the beginner pools themed by familiarity. Teens will be grouped together, fencers over 6 foot will be grouped together, etc. We’ll do this for as many reasonable groupings as we can find. I ..read more

Early bird registration will start on March 6th for MCHO 2020, and will last until March 31st. Early bird reduces the price of base registration to $70 per person. After early bird ends, the cost of base registration will rise to $90 per person. Additionally, during the period of early bird women can register for the women’s longsword tournament FOR FREE. We wanted a way to celebrate Women’s History Month and provide an incentive for more women to register, and we couldn’t think of a better way ..read more

DHFA is big on feedback - after every event we ask for feedback, and every 3 months we have a club meeting to solicit things we can improve. MCHO is no different, and we wanted to share the results of the feedback survey we put out for 2019. We also believe in transparency, which is why we’re sharing with you. I do want to clarify that we only had 37 people who filled out the feedback form - a healthy percentage, but could skew the results a tad. What people liked the LEAST about MCHO 2019 In order of weight: Judging (27%) Awards Dinner (16.2%) Ruleset (16.2%) Open Sparring on Sundays ..read more

We’ve just gotten started with MCHO 2020 planning, and there’s a long road ahead. We wanted to provide information as early and often as possible, and this website is the best vehicle for us to do so! Workshop & Vendor Submission pages are now up - if you wish to have a table at MCHO or submit a workshop, now you can! Early bird registration will be opening soon - watch our facebook page or this blog for the announcement. We can’t wait to see you at MCHO 2020 ..read more