Golden Sails Hotel
This year, SoCal Swordfight will be hosted at the Golden Sails Hotel, President's Day Weekend (February 18 - 20, 2022)
Golden Sails Hotel
6285 East Pacific Coast Highway
Long Beach, California 90803-4803
United States of America
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AVAILABLE ROOMS
With this year's event being at the Golden Sails Hotel, we have been able to secure a block of rooms at an available discount.
Please reference "SoCal Swordfight" when booking your room to take advantage of this discount.
For easy booking call the Sales Department directly: 562-594-0210
or the Hotel directly: 562-596-1631,
or email Golden Sails: dos@goldensailshotel.com
NEARBY AIRPORTS
The Golden Sails Hotel is just under 5 miles away from the Long Beach Airport (LGB), 25 miles from the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), 19 miles from the John Wayne Santa Ana Airport (SNA), and 50 miles from Southern California's Ontario International Airport (ONT).
Southern California traffic can be brutal, so flying into Long Beach can save you significant time on your commute.
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WHEN NOT SWORD FIGHTING
There are lots of things to do and see in and around the Long Beach area (and Southern California as a whole.) Golden Sails has provided a few ideas for you to take a look at.
You can also take a look at Yelp's Top 10 Fun Things to Do, and Trip Advisor's Top 10 Restaurants near Golden Sails.
Meet the
Board
RJ McKeehan - President & CEO
RJ has been doing HEMA for over 15 years, and helped with the organization of every SoCal Swordfight that has been run. He loves watching the evolution of competition and technique in both the fighting and cutting arenas. He continues to support HEMA and tournament development through running SoCal Swords in Orange, California.
Sean Franklin - Vice President
Sean has been doing HEMA for over 15 years and running HEMA tournaments for almost all of them. Though his competitive career was sadly cut short due to injury he has no shortage of things to keep busy with; coaching the next generation, helping push forward the scientific study/understanding of the community through SwordSTEM, developing and maintaining the most popular HEMA tournament software in the world, and traveling all over to learn from other practitioners and see the kaleidoscope of how competitive HEMA runs in different parts of the world. And of course, seeming to have a second full time, non-paying, job of helping run a number of the biggest and most competitive tournaments in the world.
Mickey Avila - Secretary
I will write a bio soon, I swear.
Myles Cupp - Director
Myles has over 20 years of fencing experience and has been practicing HEMA since 2010. He has been part of every SoCal Swordfight since the very first iteration. He promotes the expansion of academic programming at SoCal Swordfight including lectures, antiques presentations, and historically driven combat rule sets. Outside of SoCal Swordfight, Myles teaches regularly at SoCal Swords and at other events.
Isaac Patino - Treasurer
Isaac has worked as a photographer and organizer for SoCal Swordfight since 2024 and has participated in HEMA since then as well. He enjoys watching the event come together with support from the HEMA community and the global unity it brings. He also has enjoyed seeing tatami cutting grow in popularity. He's looking forward to continuing his work with the SoCal Swordfight team and helping the event expand in all aspects including adding more classes, competitions, and increasing engagement and awareness about HEMA.