Go-Now Championships

We have been organising championships since 2008. Below you can read about the Go-Now weapon championships and also tournaments:

Championships:

VII th POLAND’S GO-NOW WEAPON HISTORICAL FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS

VIIth Poland’s Go-Now Weapon Historical Fencing Championships brought us many unforgetable sensations. We has wonderful guests, like Zbigniew Skrudlik, a former Olimpian and Marcin Żmudzki founder of Akademia Broni F3. The prizes presented by SPES, Leon Paul oraz Nicol Sport were impressing.

On Saturday, on 17th of January started the elimination phase. About 100 contestants took part in sabre and about 80 in longsword, they all represented 20 different fencing clubs. The youngest competitor was 5,5 years old and the oldest over 70. This time the fencers were divided into 5 age categories, not 4 like before.

On Sunday, on 18 th of January during finals for the first time we presented champioships to a wider range of audience in a shopping passage in Manufaktura Łódź. Finalists’s duels were highly emotional and gathered a crowd of public.

The finals were enriched by stage shows: rehabilitative fencing by Dariusz Wadowski and Stowarzyszenie Rodziców i Opiekunów Osób z Zespołem Downa, sabre demonstrated by PGF Salut, longsword displayed by Akademia Broni i Akademia Szermierzy and stage fencing by Wszechnica Szermiercza.

Carrying out the championships was possible thanks to hard work of many volonteers – wonderful people among the judges, scouts and competitors. Once again thank you!

More information on the championship’s website: HERE

I OPEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TRADITIONAL FENCING

VIth GO-NOW CHAMPIONSHIPS

On 9-10 November 2013 I Open European Championships in Traditional Fencing were held in Fortress Modlin in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. The championships were organised by local autorities of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki and were patronaged by the Polish Fencing Federation PZS, Polish Association of Medieval Combat PSWR and Polish Federation of Historical European Matial Arts FEDER. Patronage was also provided by the Defence Dapartment.

Saturday was a day of eliminations in a competition brought to these championships for the first time – that is a longsword and a competition that duels were played during other championships and tournaments – sabre. Sports and traditional fencers met in four different age categories among clubs: Akademia Szermierzy, Ludowy Uczniowski Klub Sportowy “POL” Czersk, Poznańska Grupa Fechtunku “Salut”, Go-Now Maciejów, Go-Now Łódź, Poznańska Akademia Karate, Akademia Broni, Krabela, Fenix NOSiR, Uczniowski Klub Sportowy Gocław, Klub Oręża Dawnego “Klinga”, Chorągiew Zaciężna Trzy Miecze Poczet Abdank, Towarzystwo Szablistów, Arma PL – Olsztyn, Silkfencing, Toruńska Szkoła Fechtunku “Budowlani”, Bractwo Szermiercze, Arma PL Kraków, Arma PL.

The atmosphere was very fiendly among the fencers and the judges, who bravely and durably judged the contestants. The longsword competition gathered 47 contestants, while in sabre 104 fencers took part. Thank you all for coming and joining the event, most of all we thank the judges, some of them were as volonteers.

On Sunday apart for the finals, shows were held. Wszechnica Szermiercza displayed a choreography sword fight. Towarzystwo Szablistów, dressed up in clothes from a historical period showed a saber fight. Go-Now Foundation showed rehabilitational fencing. Our disabled students presented their progress and eagerness with which they train with. Also Go-Now Foundation presented team fencing. Championships were hosted by Piotr Pawłowski, Ryszard Rogowski and Rafał Kalus.

Wonderful prizes sponsored by Leon Paul, SPES, Sparring Gloves, Nicol Sport.

Ranking and more information in English HERE

Beside the championships there were also workshops on foil basics, sabre, longsword and team fencing, organised on Friday the 8th.

Vth POLAND’S CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GO-NOW

SABER CUP OF THE DEFENDERS OF THE FORTRESS MODLIN 2012

We’ve met in Fortress Modlin on 10-11th of November 2012 to spend some terrific time together. Championships were hosted by Piotr Pawłowski – Jerzy Pawłowski’s ( saber fencer of whole times) son, Ryszard Rogowski – both representatives of Sport Club Fenix and Dariusz Wadowski (creator of the idea and Go-Now fencing system). The whole competition evolved into a very big event patronaged by Polish Fencing Associetion. The guest of honour was Jan Pośnik – advisor of the Minister of Sport in the Departament of Professional Sports. We were honoured with the presence of well-known professor Czajkowski – the authority of fencing theory and its teaching. As usual our metors were present: Zbigniew Skrudlik (the Olympic and World Championships medalist and a coach of the team gold medalists) and Wojciech Zabłocki (the Olympic and World Championships medalist). Among the great names of fencing society we were also showed up Marek Poznański (the famous Polish team coach), Ryszard Czaja (current coach of Polish saber fencers) and Adam Skrodzki (our former saber fencing Olympian). We were also joined by other fencers.
The guests and what’s even more important, also contestants, congratulated us on the event and the participants said they can’t wait till the next year’s meeting.
Plenty of bouts, judged by professional sport fencing referees, successfully ended for:
– adults – I st place Konrad Kramarz (Go-Now Łódź team), II nd place – Aleksander Frydrych (Salut), III rd place Rafał Kalus (Akademia Szermierzy), IV th place Szczepan Łakomy (PGE Salut)
– age category 14 – 18 years old – Michał Różycki, Aleksander Kamiński, Bartłomiej Maliszewski, Jakub Maliszewski
– age category 10 -14 years old – Emanuela Kołodziej, Nadia Kłos, Jan Ogiński, Hubert Stochowski
– age category up to 10 years old- Filip Majewski, Antoni Rudowski, Jan Gessel, Alicja Godlewska
During the games we relieved the tension through team contests.
Not only have we dueled from morning till evening, we also had some time for uniting the crews of different fencing groups 🙂
Thanks to 13th Regiment of Vilinius Ulans we could witness some fantastic horse and man skills show. But the most amazing was the show conducted by Dariusz Wadowski with his students with disfunctions. It drew full attention of the audience, surprised how joyful and full of therapeutic effects can be fencing for such people. Best competitors in Go-Now saber and in classic sport saber agreed to bout with our students with Down syndrome. It was very important event in lives of the last ones, as after all, they fought with masters among whom there was also a present Olympian! And for the contestants it was an enormous experience bordering with a shock.
We think these championships were a threshold moment and we want to invite everyone who’s keen on fencing to the next ones, which are going to be international.
Here are some moments caught in a brief coverage:
NOWODWORSKA TV
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IVth GO-NOW SABER CHAMPIONSHIPS

IV th Go-Now Saber Championships took place in Łódź in 2011 and were entitled Familty Picnic with Fencing. We hosted well-known Olympians: Wojciech Zabłocki and Zbigniew Skrudlik and also the city’s official – Main Doctor of the City Office – Maciej Prochowski. We were media patronaged by Radio Żak. Sponsors: UM Łódź, restaurant network “Ganesh” and a company “Danak”.

IIIrd GO-NOW CHAMPIONSHIPS

Third Championships in Go-Now Fencing were held in Wrocław in 2010 thanks to Marek Jeziorski the founder and president of Aramis.

IInd GO-NOW CHAMPIONSHIPS

First two championships were held thanks to kindness and courtessy of dr Tadeusz Nowicki in Warsaw in connection with Sadyba Cup – a sports fencing tournament.

Second championships took place in June 2009 with more competitors than in the first ones, from different fencing clubs, with Antony Watts from Australia among others.

Ist GO-NOW CHAMPIONSHIPS

First championships took place in June 2008 in connection with Sadyba Cup. We had the opportunity to meet Marcin Żmudzki there and also fencers from his club – Akademia Broni F3. This acquaintance turned out very favorable for us. The duels were watched by our mentor prof. Wojciech Zabłocki (multiple Olimpian and world’s medalist).

Tournaments:

IVth TOURNAMENT “HEART OF BORY” CUP

On 23rd May 2015 clubs: Akademia Broni F3, Akademia Szermierzy, Go-Now Łódź, Grudziądz nr 5, Luks-Pol Czersk and PGF Salut met to compete in longsword and sabre. The tournament gathered participants from 8 to 70 years old in four age categories. The was also a category for woman, who apart of taking part in their category joined duels with men.

The tournament was patronaged by Gavernor of Chojnice and Mayor of Czersk. Highschool W.Pol in Czersk and fencing club LUKS-Pol Czersk were the hosts of the tournament.

More on the tournament’s website HERE or media HERE

IIIrd TOURNAMENT “HEART OF BORY” CUP

On 14 th of June 2014 in Czersk a Tournament took place – “Heart of Bory” Cup. In the tournament participated: Akademia Broni F3 (Warszawa), Akademia Szermierki (Pruszków-Warszawa), Go-Now Łódź, Go-Now Maciejów, Haribon (Koszalin), Karabela (Warszawa), Luks-Pol Czersk, Poznańska Akademia Karate (Poznań). Strenuously contestants from five age categories from 5 to over 60 years old fought from morning till late evening. They competed in sabre and long sword.

The tournament was patronaged by Gavernor of Chojnice and Mayor of Czersk. Highschool W.Pol in Czersk and fencing club LUKS-Pol Czersk were the hosts of the tournament.

More information HERE and photos HERE