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START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️ review

START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️ is listed on Skool. It charges $7 a month.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️, and nothing below is a verdict.

START SWORDFIGHTING is a Skool community for beginners who want to take up swordfighting, or HEMA, safely and without needing extreme fitness or costly gear.[1] It is run by a swordfighter named Michael, who gives members 1:1 advice and reviews of their training and sparring.[1] Members join an international community of motivated beginners and get a course called The Start Swordfighting Protocol.[1] Guides cover fundamentals, insight and repetition, and the listing says they offer no magic gimmick for winning fights.[1] Annual members unlock every future guide as soon as it is released.[1] The group is pitched at people new to swordfighting who want to start well and keep at it.[1] The group was created in April 2025.[1]

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Members
321
Published price
$7
per month
Members, last 32 days
-2
1 Oct 2026 to 2 Nov 2026
Rank by members
#4,454
of 6,076 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#260
of 387 sellers listed in personal development, by published members
Price rank in niche
#97
of 120 priced in Personal development listed here, highest first
Niche
Personal development
394 listed here
Created
16 Apr 2025
Skool publishes this date
Readings
17
since 24 Aug 2026

About START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/from-gamer-to-swordsman-9650, retrieved 19 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NichePersonal developmentFormatCourseAccessFree trial mentioned

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
36
Courses
7
Posts, all time
291
People running it
1

Counts published by START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️ on its own page, read on 19 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by michael-k-1970.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 2 Nov 2026 from Skool source page archived copy b7077a030d70.
Observable monthly ceiling
$7
monthly price
321
published members
$2,247
theoretical ceiling per month

This is not revenue, earnings or income. It assumes every listed member pays the headline price, which is never the case in practice, and it does not account for free members, trials, discounts, churn, refunds, platform fees or tax.

Against the personal development niche

Percentile among the other 393 personal development listings here.

Price · further right is cheaper81st
most expensivecheapest

Price changes between our readings

Since we began tracking on 24 Aug 2026. We see the price only when we read the listing, so each change is dated by the readings either side of it. A change is listed only where both readings were taken the same way, in the same currency and billing period.

  • Between 17 Oct 2026 and 21 Oct 2026: $47 per month to $7 per month

Evidence and signals

Listed on 321 members.

Evidence: measured.

Following elsewhere
13,700 at its largest13,700 on YouTube. Followers on another platform, not members here.
First recorded
24 August 2026our first reading, not its launch
Elsewhere
YouTube

Tracked over time

Member change
No changeover 3 days-2-0.6%over 32 days
Price change
Changed between 17 Oct 2026 and 21 Oct 2026

17 observations over 70 days.

Member count
32132232232332332432432124 Aug 20262 Nov 2026change
Monthly price
$10$20$30$40$724 Aug 20262 Nov 2026

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
2 Nov 20263210$7 per month$2,247
30 Oct 20263210$7 per month$2,247
29 Oct 20263210$7 per month$2,247
26 Oct 20263210$7 per month$2,247
25 Oct 20263210$7 per month$2,247
22 Oct 20263210$7 per month$2,247
21 Oct 20263210$7 per month$2,247
17 Oct 20263210$47 per month$15,087
13 Oct 2026321-1$47 per month$15,087
9 Oct 2026322-1$47 per month$15,134
5 Oct 20263230$47 per month$15,181
1 Oct 2026323+1$47 per month$15,181
24 Sept 2026322-2$47 per month$15,134
8 Sept 20263240$47 per month$15,228
5 Sept 20263240$47 per month$15,228
2 Sept 20263240$47 per month$15,228
24 Aug 2026324$47 per month$15,228
Average per week, last 32 days1 Oct 2026 to 2 Nov 20260
Average per week, since first reading24 Aug 2026 to 2 Nov 20260

Seller’s followers on other platforms

Seller’s followers on other platforms
Read, about monthlyYouTubeTikTok
19 Oct 202613,700+300
19 Sept 202613,400

Common questions about START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️

What is START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️?
START SWORDFIGHTING is a Skool community for beginners who want to take up swordfighting, or HEMA, safely and without needing extreme fitness or costly gear. It is run by a swordfighter named Michael, who gives members 1:1 advice and reviews of their training and sparring.
How much does START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️ cost?
START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️ charges $7 per month on Skool, read 2 Nov 2026. That is cheaper than 81% of the other priced personal development listings here.
How many members does START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️ have?
START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️ lists 321 members, read 2 Nov 2026.
How has START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️'s membership changed?
From 324 members on 24 Aug 2026, our first reading, to 321 on 2 Nov 2026: within 1%.
How does START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️ compare with other personal development communities?
At $7 a month, START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️ sits below the $22 median of the 119 priced personal development listings here. The niche median is 445 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️?
START SWORDFIGHTING⚔️ publishes 36 course modules, 7 courses, 291 posts, 1 admin. Communities with the most course content.

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