HERE…
✔ …everyone is welcome.
✔ …we actively reject discrimination.
✔ …we listen to each other.
✔ …we show each other understanding.
✔ …we exchange norms and values.
✔ …everyone is treated with equity and respect.
✔ …we can and dare to say what we think and feel.
✔ …everyone can sport carefree and with pleasure.
…WE WORK AT KEEPING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.
Our organizers and teachers follow workshops from the Nederlands Institute voor Vechtsport en Maatschappij to sustain an open and inclusive sport climate that focuses on the connecting the power of sport and openly taking a stand against discrimination and prejudice.
Together we make a Fist!
Historically always inclusive European Martial Arts
Historically the martial tradition in Europe has been an inclusive one; the ‘European’ in H.E.M.A. refers to the countries in which the techniques were practiced. It never was and never should be the basis for inclusion of or exclusion of those wishing to study. The evidence in the historical sources is replete with diversity.
The London Longsword Academy started F.A.R., Fighters Against Racism, a network of H.E.M.A. organizations working to keep our communities free from hate, which Steelbound is a part of.