Baronial Rapier Practice is held almost every Sunday.  See below for locations.

Pentamere (Michigan) Rapier Fighters at Pennsic XLIII. Photo credit Inez de La Fuente.

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For Kingdom-level info on SCA fencing, visit the Middle Kingdom Rapier Combat Homepage.

Summer Practices (Sundays, 2-6 pm, May - September) are held at Island Park (1450 Island Drive).  We practice near the northern dirt parking lot.

Winter Practices (Sundays, 12-4:30 pm, October - April) are held at the Michigan Union (530 S. State St), typically in the Anderson Room.  Free parking is available in the Thompson Structure on Thompson St just behind the Union.

Practices moved to Roaring Wastes (see schedule below): Once a month we go fence our cousins in the Barony of Roaring Wastes!  RW practices are held Sundays from 2-4 pm.  From April - October, practice is held in the NW corner of Halmich Park, 3001 E 13 Mile Rd, Warren, MI.  From November - March, RW practice is at the Renaissance Fencing Club, 408 Oliver Dr, Troy, MI 48084.

 

Cynnabar Rapier Schedule

May

20, Saturday Event: Battle of the Inland Seas, with the famous rapier tournament on half a wooden pirate ship!

21: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.

28: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.

June

4: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.  2:30 - 3:30: Youth rapier practice! 4:00: Monthly tournament!  Win this tournament to get a prize and have a chance to win a really awesome prize at Grand Day of Tournaments next year!

10, Saturday Event: North Oaken War Maneuvers is an amazing rapier event just 3 hours away, with a large crowd and melee practice.

11: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.

17, Saturday Event: Baronial Border War is the largest Pentamere summer rapier event, with our War Practice and camping all weekend.

18: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.

24, Saturday Event: Baron Wars is at a new site, still only an hour from us.  One of the biggest rapier events of the summer, it's worth going to, and also has a large melee practice.  Let's go show North Oaken who's boss!

25: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.

July

1, Saturday Event: Simple Day is a long 5 hour drive away, but with all weekend camping and the Kingdom War Practice, people come from all over to attend and it is a lovely event to go stab people at.

2: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.

8, Saturday Event: Push for Pennsic a regional war practice and is also a very special Academy of Defense this year - entirely focused on melee-based classes!  Sounds like lots of fun stabbing and worth the drive!

9: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.  2:30 - 3:30: Youth rapier practice! 4:00: Monthly tournament!  Win this tournament to get a prize and have a chance to win a really awesome prize at Grand Day of Tournaments next year!

15, Saturday Event: Tyger Hunt is right here in the Barony of Roaring Wastes at a very cool site with indoor sleeping spots for the weekend.

16: Practice is moved to the Sunday Tyger Hunt practice at Historic Fort Wayne in Roaring Wastes.  No site fee for just Sunday practice.

23: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.

Pennsic: July 29 - August 13

30: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.

August

6: No practice (Pennsic).

13: No practice (Pennsic).

20: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.  Come tell Pennsic War stories!

27: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.  2:30 - 3:30: Youth rapier practice! 4:00: Monthly tournament!  Win this tournament to get a prize and have a chance to win a really awesome prize at Grand Day of Tournaments next year!

September

3: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.

10: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.

17: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.  2:30 - 3:30: Youth rapier practice! 4:00: Monthly tournament!  Win this tournament to get a prize and have a chance to win a really awesome prize at Grand Day of Tournaments next year!

24: Practice at Island Park, 2 - 6 pm.