October 17-19 2025
Salt Lake Open is back for 2025 bringing you Open HEMA Tournaments, workshops, free sparring, vendors and more!
About the event
Held over a weekend, Salt Lake Open is a Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) tournament open to participants from all across North America and spectators. The goals of the event are to: exhibit artful fencing, promote HEMA scholarship and sportsmanship, provide a space to develop relationships, and increase Women & Gender Minority involvement in HEMA.
Spectators are free this year, and we will have an indoor area for free sparring available the entire event.
TOURNAMENTS
OPEN LONGSWORD
The main event, there will be an Advanced and Intermediate tier. Not recommended for beginning fencers.
WOMEN & GEnder minority longsword
Single tier, open to all skill levels.
messer
Single tier, open to all skill levels. Fencers should have at least a passing familiarity with messer sources.
single rapier
Single tier, Open to all skill levels. Fencers should have at least a passing familiarity with rapier sources.
