10-30-14 : We'd like to apologize to everyone for the lack of updates here, but we promise there's a good reason! We're actually working on a new website using a different template that we hope will be easier to nagivate and provide more useful information. Once the design is finalized, it will replace this one, but for now, you can access the new website at www.academyoftheblade.com. This new website is constantly updated and will have much more accurate information. Thanks for your patience!

6-1-14 : We're proud to announce that KAB is going to have a booth in the "Renaissance Faire Section" of the Polk Salad Festival in Harriman, TN on June 14. The Polk Salad Festival is a "celebration of Appalachian foods, arts, and nostalgic activities," (hit up their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/TennesseePolkSaladFestival for more imformation!) and we're very excited to be there. Our booths have been sponsored by the East Tennessee Renaissance Festival (https://www.facebook.com/easttennesseerenaissancefestival), who are hoping to garner enough support for a yearly Fair. Come on out and see us; we'll be fighting and fencing off and on all day!

1-18-14 : First off, Happy New Year! We hope this coming year is going to be a stellar one. Second, we wanted to post the new schedule here, as well as on the "schedule" page so that everyone could see the new classes and times. We hope to see you soon!

Monday

 6:00PM to 7:30PM Beginner/Intermediate Sport Fencing Class

6:00PM to 7:00PM KidFence!

6:00PM to 7:30PM Dueling Saber

7:00PM to 9:00PM Open Fencing

7:30PM to 9:00PM German Longsword

 

Tuesday

6:00PM to 7:30PM Beginner/Intermediate Sport Fencing Class

6:00PM to 7:00PM KidFence!

6:00PM to 7:30PM Renaissance Rapier

7:00PM to 9:00PM Open Fencing

7:30PM to 9:00PM German Longsword

 

Wednesday

7:00PM to 9:00PM Open Fencing

7:00PM to 9:00PM Advanced Sport Class

7:00PM to 9:00PM Open Historic Fencing

 

 

12-13-13 : We wanted to share some recent events. Recently we had fencers compete in two local tournaments, the "Vanderbilt Cumberland Open" (11-9-13, Nashville, TN) and "Fall Foilage w/Saber and Epee too!" (11-16-13, Knoxville, TN). We took five fencers to Vanderbilt and everyone made a good showing of their skills, with Caleb Goodson taking third place in the Open Foil and earning his "D13"  rating. Tom Farmer, our Historical Fencing Coach, was one of two fencers competing in "Fall Foilage" and took 4th in E & Under Saber and 7th in E & Under Foil at "Fall Foilage."

11-14-13 : Welcome to the new Knoxville Academy of the Blade homepage. Here you will find all of the information on our club and our coaches on the navigation menu above. Until further notice, sections of the site may be under construction, but we will endeavor to get everything up and running smoothly as soon as possible.