Cost: Rookie Longsword is $45, all other tournaments are $60 each

Longsword this year will be divided into three tiers: Rookie, Tier B, and Tier A. If you want to participate in the Rookie Tournament, please select and add this event to your cart. For Tier A and B, please add “Longsword” to you cart. You will be notified of your Tier placing and be given the chance to verify you are in the correct event.

• Rookie Tournament: you qualify if you (1) have been practicing HEMA for less than two years as of Aug 2025, (2) have competed in two or fewer HEMA longsword tournaments, and (3) have not made it out of the pools in a longsword tournament. The Rookie Longsword Tournament will have a maximum of 32 competitors.

• Tier A: If you (1) have placed in the top 8 (or quarterfinals) in a longsword HEMA event with 40 or more competitors, OR (2) have placed in the top 4 in an event with 10 or more competitors, then you will be placed in Tier A Longsword (32 competitors).

• Tier B: All other longsword competitors will be placed in Tier B (64 competitors).

• The Two-Swords tournament is an invitational event. Please do not register for this event unless you have been approved by the Tournament Manager. To request an invite to this tournament, please email raleighopentournament@gmail.com before registering.

• Unaccompanied Sidesword and Saber are open tournaments with a maximum of 64 competitors for Sidesword and 48 competitors for Saber.