Baer Kenney is the founder, CEO and lead instructor at Baer Swords. The school he built in Kansas City is the visible half of a career that has been about a single question - how do you teach people to fight with swords in a way that leaves them uplifted, safer and better connected than when they walked in? Baer's answer, expressed in every class and every page of his book, is a school built around inclusiveness, respect, safety and joy.
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Under Baer's guidance, Baer Swords is now one of the most visible HEMA programs in the region - while staying, in his own words, "much more relaxed and open to all kinds of people" than the win-at-all-costs schools. That mix of legitimate competitive presence and a deliberately warmer training culture is unusual, and it shows up in the students the school attracts.
A bestselling book
Baer is also the author of The Joy of Sword Fighting - a book that reached #2 on Amazon's bestseller list in both paperback and ebook. The book distills what he teaches on the floor and reaches an audience far larger than any single class roster.
The founder and lead instructor of Baer Swords, author of the bestselling The Joy of Sword Fighting, and the person behind the school's uplifting, community-first take on HEMA.