Expand your Historical Coaching Skills
Classical Academy of Arms
Historical and Classical Fencing and Coaching Instruction
The Classical Academy of Arms provides rigorous accredited instruction and internationally recognized accreditation for fencing instructors in Historical and Classical fencing styles. We provide style-independent coaching instruction, based on National Standards for Sports Coaches and other recognized coaching organizations.
We are a non-profit organization that provides training and credentialing to coaches teaching Historical and Classical fencing (roughly 1600’s through the early 20th Century) as well as studying fencing from those periods. The CAA adheres to the standard of the National Standards for Sports Coaches and internationally recognized coach development standards of the International Sports Coaching Framework.
The Classical Academy of Arms is a member of the United States Center for Coaching Excellence and is accredited by the National Committee for Accreditation of Coaching Education (NCACE) as a Level 5 Sports Skills and Tactics coach development program. The Academy is also a member organization of the International Council for Coaching Excellence. The Academy is recognized by the United States Fencing Coaches Association’s Professional Development Committee and the International Fencing Coaches Association as a source for training for fencing coaches.
Our instructors have decades of experience in teaching Historical fencing and training coaches.
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Training and Credentials
Information on the training opportunities of the academy and the credentials available
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Images from July Clinic in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Our two-day clinic in Indianapolis brought 4 excellent instructors together for sessions featuring techniques in Longsword, Rapier & Sabre and coaching in the HEMA environment for individual and class instruction.
