Dreynschlag

Again an amazing weekend at the medieval fair ! Can you guess our play this year? 🐺🐏👧🏼

Wir kämpfen zusammen.
Wir lachen zusammen.
Wir wachsen zusammen.

Dreynschlag ist stark als Team!

Alles Gute zum Weltfrauentag! ⚔️

Danke an Mathieu Tondut für den Input vom 2026! Gestern im Training haben wir den Workshop R***e passieren lassen: Dolch aus der Chronik alter Kampfkünste – Ringen & Hiebtechniken aus den Niederlanden (16./17. Jh.)

Who is the most important person on every group picture? ...The dude who was too late! He's waiting for your compassion (and the rest of the group) on pic 2!

Meet the winner of this year's longsword tournament and therefore our grand sugarglider of Vienna, Christophe Le Millier! 🥁🎺

Judges judging. Finals for the title 'Supreme Sugarglider of Vienna' ongoing!

Some impressions of 2026 day 1. Can't wait for day 2 to start!

We are ready for 2026! Are you?

Lecture Spotlight: Dr. Iason Eleftherios Tzouriadis

The Duel of the Century – Ascanio della Corgna’s Urban Duels

In this lecture, Dr. Iason Eleftherios Tzouriadis explores the high-stakes urban duels of Ascanio della Corgna, a figure whose martial exploits gripped the imagination of 16th-century Italy. Drawing from legal records, fight books, letters, poems and artwork, the lecture paints a vivid picture of Ascanio’s personal duelling history and martial context.

Participants will gain insight into the weapons, locations and societal implications of early modern Italian duelling, framed through two dramatic, near-cinematic episodes.

Lecture Spotlight: Dr. Iason Eleftherios Tzouriadis

A Mediterranean Basket-Hilt Sword – The Origin, Military Use and Cultural Role of the Schiavona

Elegant, distinctive and often misunderstood, the schiavona is one of the most striking basket-hilted swords of early modern Europe. In this lecture, Dr. Iason Eleftherios Tzouriadis will trace the development of this sword type using material from art, museum collections, armourial registers and period accounts.

From its origins and technical evolution to its role in the hands of Venetian troops and Balkan mercenaries, the schiavona reveals a rich blend of military function and cultural identity. A lecture for those interested in both the blade and the stories behind it.