Overview of women's fighting

Women's fighting has been a hot-button topic in the game for decades. This page exists to summarize the discussion and showcase resources.

Resources for women: There are a number of resources for women who want to join in the fighting aspects of Amtgard, and for those who support the community:

House Lionesse is the leading household to support women in Amtgard combat, with resources, questions and community-building events.

In June 2018, House Lionesse held a panel discussion posted here

Several classes at SKBC have focused on skills and questions that are of especial interest to many women fighters.

• Women Warriors, 2018
• Women's Fighting, 2017
• Sir Shadow's youtube channel has good basic videos on body mechanics:

Recent results and best practices for women's tournaments are here.

Other pages:

The Valkyries are a women-only fighting company based out of Dragonspine.

The Amazons are a longstanding, women-only household.

About Female Fighters, an in-their-own-words page by Anna of the Emerald Hills