Angel Chernaev is one of the Balkan’s top competitors and instructor of Bulgaria’s biggest HEMA club - aptly named “Historical fencing - Angel Chernaev“. A key mastermind of the tourney logistics, a big part of the entire thing hangs on him. Which won’t stop him from curbstomping you in the pools.

Top Balkan HEMA competitor, international instructor, judge and leader of the Fechtschule Sofia club for free fencing, and HEMA educator (meaning he likes to tell people they are dumb on social media). Bobo is the loud presence that brings HEMA people to Bulgaria since before CrossSwords.

A high level HEMA competitor, instructor of “Historical fencing - Stara Zagora“, Nikola deals with everything from sponsor communications to keeping up the extra medical supplies in check. He does an amazing amount of the work while being a few hundred kilometers away from Sofia most of the time.

A high level HEMA competitor and an instructor at the Freifechter Sofia HEMA club. Rado is the quiet presence that fixes everything else all others miss and then some. If something is working nice and Angel hasn’t planned it 6 months ago, it was probably fixed 15 minutes ago by Rado.