What followed next were fencing classes that took place in a church basement. Once the number of students surpassed 20, Swift decided it was time to establish a school.

Steel City is part of the Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) club, which gleans information from old manuals written between 1300 and 1800 that ended up in museums or private collections.

Spada Kai specializes in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA). The HEMA sport is much like Olympic fencing but with many types of melee weapons in differing weight classes.