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AlexRoberson
Historical Fencing · Longsword · Rapier
Top-50 World Ranked
The Story
Historical sword work that holds up under pressure
Alex Roberson was a foundational member of Sword Fighter, the Gold Coast historical fencing club, when it started back in 2013. He'd already earned a black belt in a school of Korean swordsmanship — but he wanted a system he could actually spar with, and pressure-test everything he'd learned against a resisting opponent.
That instinct paid off. Alex has racked up over 300 competitive victories and more than 40 podium finishes, sits inside the world's top 50 for Longsword, Rapier, and Rapier & Dagger, and took the Queensland State Championship in 2025. He specialises in the German longsword traditions of Johannes Liechtenauer and Joachim Meyer, but it's his holistic read of fencing, physiology and tactics that has made him as effective a coach as he is a competitor.
He has trained multiple national champions, taught historical fencing to actors and stunt professionals, and directs the Australian Historical Fencing League. For Fight Creative, he brought that same grounding to the Longsword Fundamentals workshop — real 14th-century sword work, built to hold up on camera.
Credentials
Top 50 in the World
Longsword, Rapier, and Rapier & Dagger · HEMA Ratings
Queensland State Champion — 2025
Historical fencing competition
300+ Competitive Victories · 40+ Podiums
State, national and international level across multiple weapon systems
Director & Secretary
Australian Historical Fencing League · Historical Fencing Australia
Foundational Member & Coach, Sword Fighter
Est. 2013 · has trained national champions, actors and stunt professionals
Fight Creative Academy
Longsword Fundamentals
Alex's workshop teaches the working game of a 14th-century common fencer — grips, guards, the four cuts, binding and winding — aimed squarely at the screen. Twelve short modules, now part of the Fight Creative membership.
Longsword Fundamentals · Modules 1–3
Foundations
The longsword itself, how to hold it, and the guards, steps and strikes everything else is built on.
Longsword Fundamentals · Modules 4–6
The Cutting Game
The four master cuts and the Zwerchau, the thrust, and how cuts and parries answer one another.
Longsword Fundamentals · Modules 7–8
Range & Tactics
Controlling distance, seizing the initiative and countering — plus Meyer's square, feints and cuts.
Longsword Fundamentals · Modules 9–12
The Bind & Close Range
When the blades meet: binding and winding, the three woundings, armoured opponents and the close-range counter sequence.
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