UWSP Campus Club Practicing SCA combat, and studying pre-17th century arts & sciences.
Falcon's Gate is an on-campus club at UWSP, devoted to the study of pre-seventeenth-century culture, members work to recreate the arts and skills of the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance and demonstrate to all who would watch and learn what life would have been like during the Age of Chivalry.
We practice Rapier fighting as well as Heavy Armored fighting, we do combat against one other person, as well as melee combat once you are more experienced.
Along with our fighting practices we do art and sciences, where we recreate different arts and skills that were done during medieval times, such as rope making, bookbinding, armor making, and more.
Our group also travels to SCA events, where there is the opportunity to fight in different Rapier and Heavy Armor tournaments, meet new people and see different types of arts and sciences.
Falcon's Gate, while not an SCA club is affiliated with the SCA, and we participate in SCA combat & activities. We remain as a campus club and not an SCA club so we can continue to operate at the university and continue to have university students run Falcon's Gate.
That being said, what is the SCA?
The SCA stands for the Society for Creative Anachronism, and it is a global non-profit organization. An anachronism is something that is out of its time.
The SCA breaks different geographical areas into Kingdoms, there are currently 20 kingdoms in the SCA "known world" Further areas of the kingdoms are broken into groups, larger groups are called Baronys and smaller groups are called Shires.
Falcon's Gate is located within the Kingdom of Northshield, which encompasses a large part of the Midwest, including Wisconsin, Minnesota & South Dakota, as well as part of Canada. Falcon's Gate resides inside the Shire of Falcon's Keep, marshals from the Shire of Falcon's Keep come to our fighters practices and we are lent gear by the Shire.
Social Media Links:
SPIN Page: Falcon's Gate - UW - Stevens Point Involvement Network(S.P.I.N.) (uwsp.edu)
Instagram: Falcon's Gate (@falcons_gate) • Instagram photos and videos
Discord: https://discord.gg/MydZEykYf
TikTok: Falcon's Gate (@falcons_gate) | TikTok
Youtube: Falcon's Gate - YouTube
Facebook: UWSP Falcon's Gate | Facebook
Office Hours; Office 70E Located in the DUC at UWSP
Weekly Office Hours-Weekly Office Hours-
Monday: 9am-11am
Tuesday: 9am-12pm
Wednesday: 9am-11am
Tuesday: 9am-10:30am, 5pm-8pm
Friday: N/A
Weekly Fighter's Practice Schedule Fall 2025:
Tuesdays 7pm Skyward Fieldhouse UWSP
Fridays 7pm Room 110 Champions Hall UWSP, Armored Combat and Rapier Combat.