A Midsummer Fight's Dream (AMFD)
AMFD 2026
And that is a wrap on the sixth edition of A Midsummer Fight's Dream! Thank you to all the fighters and volunteers for another sword-tastic event!
You can find the results on HEMA Ratings, or the HEMA Scorecard page for extra details and stats.
What is AMFD?
A Midsummer Fight's Dream (AMFD) is Oxford Sword and Staff's annual HEMA tournament. This is a tournament aimed at those less familiar or experienced with the HEMA tournament scene that want a low-stress, moderate-intensity place to explore tournaments. Given recent events, we will make this explicitly clear - this is a trans and non-binary inclusive event. If that's something you have an issue with, then this isn't the event for you.
We like to adopt a spirit of experimentation, so what is on offer is subject to change from year to year. However, the tournaments we usually do include:
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A Beginner's Open tournament
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An Underrepresented Genders (women/non-binary/trans) tournament
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A Bar Brawl (small team melee event) - we do this every year and never run out of time, we promise!
What do we mean by beginner? If you have won a medal at a HEMA scorecard registered event using any weapon, you may not enter the tournament. You certainly are welcome to either spectate or volunteer!
N.B. The Underrepresented Genders (URG) tournaments are NOT beginner only - we think it's important that people that want to enter these tournaments have every opportunity to do so.
A mere sampling of photos from AMFDs gone by. If you want even more AMFD photos in your life, scour our social media!
