SoCal Swordfight 2022 - Tournament Results
At the time, SoCal Swordfight 2022 was the largest Historical European Martial Arts Event to be held in the United States, with over 525 attendees and participants. The event included over 70 hours of instruction, classes, and lectures, as well as historical weapons exhibits and handling sessions.
The event also hosted 11 individual tournaments which set participation records for SoCal Swordfight specifically for The Jason Taylor Memorial Open Steel Longsword Tournament (89 participants) and our Women's Open Steel Longsword Tournament (27 Participants).
The event was held at the Golden Sails Hotel in Long Beach, California. We occupied in total a bit under 25,000 square feet of space, with 9,400 of that space used for tournaments and vendors.
The results of these tournaments can be seen below, and you can dig even deeper into the stats of the event at HEMA Scorecard.
Jason Taylor Memorial Open Steel Longsword Tournament
Gold Medalist - Kai Eva - En Garde Fencing
Silver Medalist - Jacob Plumb - Iron Gate Swordfighting
Bronze Medalist - Joseph Mundo - Ars Gladii
Finalist - Ryan Kollick - Seven Swords Academy
Longsword - Advanced Steel
Gold Medalist - Jack Gassmann - Goats Head Historical Fencing
Silver Medalist - Allan Sherlock - Bucks Historical Longsword
Bronze Medalist - Anthony Buonomo - Austin Historical Weapons Guild
Finalist - Arthur Henry - Sacramento Historical Fencing Academy
Longsword - Women's Steel
Gold Medalist - Kristine Konsmo - Stockholm HEMA
Silver Medalist - Kat Dunham - Ars Gladii
Bronze Medalist - Rashelle DeBolt - Noble Science Academy
Finalist - Emily Humber - Diamond Rose Academie D'armes
Longsword - Open Synthetic
Gold Medalist - Michael Tucker - Indy Lightsaber Academy
Silver Medalist - Wyatt Grogan - Iron Gate Swordfighting
Bronze Medalist - Ramon Diaz - Mordhau Historical Combat
Finalist - Korban Earles - Diamond Rose Academie D'armes
Saber - Open Steel
Gold Medalist - Robert Childs - Black Tigers Fencing
Silver Medalist - Justinder Singh - Sol Ardenti Historical Swordsmanship
Bronze Medalist - Adam Simmons - Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship
Finalist - Tyler Dunham - Ars Gladii
Open Rapier
Gold Medalist - Chandler Brown - En Garde Fencing
Silver Medalist - Joel Overly - En Garde Fencing
Bronze Medalist - Korban Earles - Diamond Rose Academie D'armes
Finalist - Ivar Bjornsson - En Garde Fencing
Advanced Rapier and Dagger
Gold Medalist - Robert Childs - Black Tigers Fencing
Silver Medalist - Arthur Henry - Sacramento Historical Fencing Academy
Bronze Medalist - Kai Eva - En Garde Fencing
Finalist - Justinder Singh - Sol Ardenti Historical Swordsmanship
Smallsword
Gold Medalist - Michal Sadowski - Poznańska Grupa Fechtunku Salut
Silver Medalist - Ciaran Flanagan - Sacramento Historical Fencing Academy
Bronze Medalist - Arthur Henry - Sacramento Historical Fencing Academy
Finalist - Kai Eva - En Garde Fencing
Beginners Longsword Cutting
Gold Medalist - Brian Chen - SoCal Swords
Silver Medalist - Robert Placencia - Ironwood Historic Swordsmanship
Bronze Medalist - Alexander Lianides - SoCal Swords
Finalist - Fern Pacheco - SoCal Swords
Open Longsword Cutting
Gold Medalist - Sean Dickinson - SoCal Swords
Silver Medalist - Justinder Singh - Sol Ardenti Historical Swordsmanship
Bronze Medalist - Brittany Reeves - Mordhau Historical Combat
Finalist - Nolan Duino - SoCal Swords
Advanced Longsword Cutting
Gold Medalist - Phillip Martin - Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship
Silver Medalist - Myles Cupp - SoCal Swords
Bronze Medalist - Jack Stewart - United Clans Swordsman Association
Finalist - Tim Magnuson - SoCal Swords
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.