Greetings
Welcome to the Auckland School of European Martial Arts.
We are a small school which specializes in the study and practice of historical and cultural martial traditions and self defense systems from across Europe and throughout the ages.
For some students this is a way of reclaiming a link to their ancestral culture and heritage for others it's a way of connecting with a period or culture that inspires them or just an opportunity to learn something a little different from the arts popularized in television and movies.
FREE TRIAL
First two classes at no Charge
Locations
What do I need?
Glenfield
Manukau
More coming
We provide all basic equipment required for training Drill work and limited equipment for dynamic drills - See types of training.
When an attendee wishes to assault or spar they will need their own protective equipment and for weapon arts their own training weapon.
We normally suggest a learner aim to buy basic equipment in the first 3 - 6 months of attendance.
For weapon arts we also provide live (sharp) weapons for test cutting - see types of training.
Arts we Train
Weapon Arts
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Presently we have reduced our classes down to focus on the two specific arts, the first of these is medieval longsword.
Longsword according to the Liechtenauer Tradition.
A system of knightly combat for the use of a sword in two hands which was studied and practiced from the 14th to 16th century as part of an all encompassing knightly art.
Self Defence
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The second system which is a specific focus for our school is the Defense Dans La Rue method of Savate.
The DDLR Method was 19th-20th century form of mixed martial arts designed as a self defence art which combines French kick boxing, English Bare knuckle boxing, Swiss wrestling, folk wrestling, and Japanese Jujitsu.
Martial Sports
Presently our main martial sport is pugilism which is taught within our DDLR syllabus.
During the spring & summer seasons we also train grappling such as catch as catch can wrestling and folk wrestling on weekends.
We hope to continue increasing our curriculum in each of these three sections viz weapon arts, self defence and martial sports.