Joseph Colistro

Club	Indes Ferox Gladio
Nationality	United States

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Joseph Colistro has competed in 6 different divisions across a total of 18 events since debuting on HEMA Ratings in September 2016.

In their competitive career, Joseph Colistro has competed in 8 states against a total of 126 opponents from 6 nationalities.

Countries visited

Country	Events	Fights	Opponents	Win rate
United States	18	187	126	71%
- California	6	44	41	80%
- Michigan	1	10	10	50%
- Minnesota	1	11	10	100%
- Missouri	1	7	6	86%
- Nevada	1	8	8	75%
- Oregon	3	61	33	62%
- Texas	2	25	10	56%
- Washington	3	21	19	81%

Nationalities competed against

Nationality	Events	Fights	Opponents	Win rate
Canada	8	19	15	68%
China	1	1	1	100%
Mexico	1	1	1	0%
Sweden	1	1	1	0%
United Kingdom	1	1	1	0%
United States	18	164	107	72%

Repeat opponents

Opponent	Earliest match	Latest match	Events	Fights	Win rate
Frank Torkel	May 2026	May 2026	1	6	33%
Cameron Blair	March 2025	May 2026	2	5	60%
Kyle Toelle	April 2018	January 2024	2	4	75%
Anthony Buonomo	February 2022	January 2024	2	4	25%
Jonathan Clyde Ying	February 2020	January 2024	2	4	50%
Ryan Sherman	May 2026	May 2026	1	4	100%
Henry Orsagh	May 2026	May 2026	1	4	75%
Logan Ray	May 2026	May 2026	1	4	50%
Connor Wood	January 2024	January 2024	1	3	33%
Katina Dunham	January 2024	January 2024	1	3	33%

Highest-rated opponents defeated

Event	Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
SoCal Swordfight 2025 (March 2025)	Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pools	Jieyu Wu	WIN	1695.75	66%
SoCal Swordfight 2020 (February 2020)	Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Pool Set 1	Kyle Griswold	WIN	1694.61	45%
Running the Gauntlet: The Indes Strikes Back 2026 (May 2026)	Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Cameron Blair	WIN	1670.93	69%
Running the Gauntlet: The Indes Strikes Back 2026 (May 2026)	Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Cameron Blair	WIN	1670.93	69%
Swordsquatch 2019 (September 2019)	Mixed Steel Longsword	Round of 16	Dashiell Harrison	WIN	1623.20	42%
SoCal Swordfight 2026 (March 2026)	Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pools	Jason Smith	WIN	1615.94	71%
AG Open 2024 (September 2024)	Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pool Set 1	Christopher Yang	WIN	1600.21	78%
SoCal Swordfight 2023 (February 2023)	Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Eighth-Finals	Shane Gibson	WIN	1587.45	59%
Swordsquatch 2023 (September 2023)	Mixed Steel Longsword	Quarterfinals	Joshua Ames	WIN	1568.95	52%
SoCal Swordfight 2020 (February 2020)	Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Pool Set 1	Jack Stewart	WIN	1564.58	62%

Biggest upsets

Event	Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Swordsquatch 2019 (September 2019)	Mixed Steel Longsword	Round of 16	Dashiell Harrison	WIN	1623.20	42%
SoCal Swordfight 2026 (March 2026)	Mixed Steel Sabre (Tier B)	Gold Medal Match	Thomas Rich	WIN	1280.10	44%
SoCal Swordfight 2020 (February 2020)	Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Pool Set 1	Kyle Griswold	WIN	1694.61	45%
SoCal Swordfight 2026 (March 2026)	Mixed Steel Sabre (Tier B)	Top 16	Ronin Richards	WIN	1324.04	46%
SoCal Swordfight 2026 (March 2026)	Mixed Steel Sabre (Tier B)	Top 32	Patrick Stahl	WIN	1268.54	50%

Ratings

Category	Last competed	Rank (current)	Weighted Rating (current)	Rank (best)	Weighted Rating (best)
Longsword
- Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword	August 2026	109 (top 1.3%)	1736.3	45 (2 months)	1766.7 (March 2026)
Sabre
- Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre	March 2026	494 (top 13.3%)	1448.9	103 (February 2017)	1455.9 (March 2026)
Singlestick
- Mixed & Men's Singlestick	November 2017	Inactive	846.4	58 (3 months)	895.3 (November 2017)

Record

Division	Total	Win	Loss	Draw	Other
Mixed Steel Longsword	134	102	24	4	4
Mixed Synthetic Longsword	6	3	2	1	0
Mixed Steel Sabre	19	13	6	0	0
Mixed Singlestick	3	1	2	0	0
Mixed Steel Any Weapon	21	12	6	0	3
Mixed Steel Messer	4	1	1	2	0
Sum	187	132	41	7	7

Full rating histories

Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword

The fighter has been on an island, I.E. has no direct link to most fighters, in 13 out of 117 months

Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre

The fighter has been on an island, I.E. has no direct link to most fighters, in 24 out of 117 months

Missing sections mean that the fighter was inactive, I.E. had not competed in 24 months or more.

Mixed & Men's Singlestick

Missing sections mean that the fighter was inactive, I.E. had not competed in 24 months or more.

The fighter last competed in November 2017 and became inactive after October 2019

Match results

Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword - 134 fights

August 2026 - Donnybrook 2026

Donnybrook 2026

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1)	Pools	Craig Hosey	WIN	1250.90	91%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1)	Pools	Kevin Farthing	WIN	1293.74	94%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1)	Pools	Bryan Lee	WIN	1128.11	78%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1)	Pools	Mac Siruta	WIN	1320.02	96%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1)	Top 16	Joseph Martinez	WIN	1481.57	78%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1)	Top 32	Bryan Lee	WIN	1128.11	78%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier 1)	Top 8	Gavin Page	LOSS	1873.27	26%

May 2026 - Running the Gauntlet: The Indes Strikes Back 2026

Running the Gauntlet: The Indes Strikes Back 2026

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Cameron Blair	LOSS	1670.93	69%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Frank Torkel	WIN	1553.58	79%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Ryan Sherman	WIN	1246.26	91%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Henry Orsagh	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Brandon Burt	DOUBLE LOSS	1432.67	83%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Logan Ray	WIN	1369.03	94%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Geoffrey Campbell	WIN	1562.32	78%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Cameron Blair	WIN	1670.93	69%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Frank Torkel	WIN	1553.58	79%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Ryan Sherman	WIN	1246.26	91%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Henry Orsagh	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Brandon Burt	WIN	1432.67	83%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Logan Ray	DRAW	1369.03	94%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Eliminations	Geoffrey Campbell	LOSS	1562.32	78%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Finals	Frank Torkel	LOSS	1553.58	79%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Finals	Ryan Sherman	WIN	1246.26	91%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Finals	Henry Orsagh	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Finals	Frank Torkel	LOSS	1553.58	79%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Finals	Ryan Sherman	WIN	1246.26	91%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Finals	Henry Orsagh	DOUBLE LOSS	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Noah Olson	WIN	1303.00	90%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Cody Shepherd	LOSS	1401.76	90%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Cameron Blair	DRAW	1670.93	69%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Logan Ray	DOUBLE LOSS	1369.03	94%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Jay Harris	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	William Knudson	WIN	1178.84	97%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Frank Torkel	LOSS	1553.58	79%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Goose La Fetra	WIN	1257.65	92%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Scott Nyquist	WIN	1228.20	96%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Noah Olson	WIN	1303.00	90%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Cody Shepherd	WIN	1401.76	90%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Cameron Blair	WIN	1670.93	69%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Logan Ray	WIN	1369.03	94%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Jay Harris	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	William Knudson	LOSS	1178.84	97%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Frank Torkel	DRAW	1553.58	79%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Goose La Fetra	WIN	1257.65	92%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Open)	Pool 1	Scott Nyquist	WIN	1228.20	96%

March 2026 - SoCal Swordfight 2026

SoCal Swordfight 2026

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pools	Louie Zhong	WIN	1543.64	80%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pools	Lu Yang	WIN	1552.48	73%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pools	Michael DeSimone	WIN	1473.12	79%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pools	Jason Smith	WIN	1615.94	71%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Top 16	Duncan McLaren	LOSS	1712.42	66%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Top 32	Alessandro Vera	WIN	1495.10	83%

March 2025 - SoCal Swordfight 2025

SoCal Swordfight 2025

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pools	Cameron Blair	WIN	1527.85	68%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pools	Michael Nordby	DOUBLE LOSS	1556.63	73%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pools	Ashley Hearn	WIN	1451.65	87%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pools	Jieyu Wu	WIN	1695.75	66%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Top 32	Derek Wise	LOSS	1667.69	68%

September 2024 - AG Open 2024

AG Open 2024

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Eighth-Finals	Michael Nordby	WIN	1514.77	76%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pool Set 1	Jeffrey Will	LOSS	1618.70	75%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pool Set 1	Stevi Parker	WIN	1488.88	84%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pool Set 1	Christopher Yang	WIN	1600.21	78%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pool Set 1	Daniel Rauens	WIN	1503.23	83%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Quarterfinals	Stephen Cheney	LOSS	1956.48	24%

April 2024 - Wine Country Sword Crush 2024

Wine Country Sword Crush 2024

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword	Eighth-Finals	Louie Zhong	WIN	1377.79	62%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Gold Medal Match	Yanwen Xu	WIN	1476.99	78%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool Set 1	Arthur Henry	WIN	1527.11	73%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool Set 1	Lucas Carr	WIN	979.33	89%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool Set 1	Jenna Johnson	WIN	931.61	95%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool Set 2	Carl Weneger	WIN	978.94	94%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool Set 2	Mark Olsen	WIN	1159.25	96%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool Set 2	Justin Beck	WIN	1384.31	83%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Quarterfinals	Elliot Robinson	WIN	1372.28	88%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Semifinals	Arthur Henry	WIN	1527.11	73%

September 2023 - Swordsquatch 2023

Swordsquatch 2023

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword	Eighth-Finals	Eric Christensen	WIN	1073.87	83%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Gold Medal Match	Justin Reimer	LOSS	1597.05	58%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 4	Chad Marsellis	WIN	730.68	89%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 4	Geoffrey Campbell	WIN	1208.88	72%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 4	Jon Chouinard	WIN	1411.17	67%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Quarterfinals	Joshua Ames	WIN	1568.95	52%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Semifinals	Richard Chelminski	WIN	1515.07	60%

February 2023 - SoCal Swordfight 2023

SoCal Swordfight 2023

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Eighth-Finals	Shane Gibson	WIN	1587.45	59%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Elimination Bracket	Paul Barolet	WIN	1374.01	83%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pool Set 1	Richard Chelminski	WIN	1400.56	56%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pool Set 1	Michael Miller	WIN	1547.86	65%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Pool Set 1	Chandler Brown	LOSS	1649.36	54%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Tier A)	Quarterfinals	Myles Cupp	LOSS	1600.48	62%

April 2022 - Icebreaker Open 2022

Icebreaker Open 2022

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword	Elimination	Zachary Brown	WIN	1378.06	58%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Gold Medal	Josias Arcadia	WIN	1515.92	57%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool E	Josias Arcadia	WIN	1515.92	57%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool E	Joe van Ert	WIN	998.27	90%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool E	Jereme Griesel	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool E	John Keizer	WIN	1277.22	77%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool E	Matthew Currey	WIN	1361.22	71%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool E	Derek Swart	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool E	Crystal Ives Tallman	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword	Qtr Final	Nathan Scalone	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword	Semi Final	Casey Kopp	WIN	1265.67	64%

February 2022 - SoCal Swordfight 2022

SoCal Swordfight 2022

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Pool Set 1	Brittany Reeves	WIN	1233.12	86%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Pool Set 1	Allan Sherlock	WIN	1367.67	75%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Pool Set 1	Josh Furrate	LOSS	1440.74	77%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Quarterfinals	Anthony Buonomo	LOSS	1550.55	62%

February 2020 - SoCal Swordfight 2020

SoCal Swordfight 2020

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Pool Set 1	Tracy Mellow	WIN	1272.83	78%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Pool Set 1	Jack Stewart	WIN	1564.58	62%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Pool Set 1	Kyle Griswold	WIN	1694.61	45%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Advanced)	Quarterfinals	Jonathan Clyde Ying	LOSS	1590.71	59%

September 2019 - Swordsquatch 2019

Swordsquatch 2019

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword	Finals - Gold	Sander Dijk	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 6	Ryan Kolick	WIN	1163.90	71%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 6	Sander Dijk	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 6	Klaus McGlinchey	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 6	Joseph Ingrao	WIN	1099.84	79%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Quarterfinals	Jon Chouinard	WIN	1306.86	61%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Round of 16	Dashiell Harrison	WIN	1623.20	42%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Semifinals	Shiyi Yu	WIN	Unrated

August 2019 - Combat Con 2019

Combat Con 2019

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword	Bronze Medal Match	Tyler Janzen	LOSS	1154.07	70%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Eighth-Finals	Gary Ledford	WIN	1482.42	51%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Elimination Bracket	Rachel Van Dyke	WIN	930.69	84%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool Set 1	Angel Uribe	WIN	1230.47	69%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool Set 1	Joshua Gardner	WIN	1035.54	74%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool Set 1	Synde Tarasenko	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword	Quarterfinals	Logan Black	WIN	1499.98	54%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Semifinals	Jack Stewart	LOSS	1484.10	54%

April 2018 - Purpleheart Open 2018

Purpleheart Open 2018

Division	Stage	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 5	Kyle Toelle	LOSS	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 5	Paul Pleasant	WIN	931.83	80%
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 5	Charles Lee	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword	Pool 5	Jesper Christiansen	DRAW	1675.73	39%

November 2017 - Rose City Classic: 2017

Rose City Classic: 2017

Division	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating	Win chance
Mixed Steel Longsword (Intermediate)	Mark Smead	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Intermediate)	Lianna Teeter	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Intermediate)	Tony Huang	LOSS	1277.83	61%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Intermediate)	Allan Sherlock	WIN	1191.18	68%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Intermediate)	Brittany Reeves	WIN	Unrated
Mixed Steel Longsword (Intermediate)	Dashiell Harrison	WIN	1122.65	67%
Mixed Steel Longsword (Intermediate)	Tony Huang	LOSS	1277.83	61%

February 2017 - Winter's End 2017

Winter's End 2017

Division	Opponent	Outcome	Opponent rating
Mixed Steel Longsword	Julian Schuetze	WIN	1465.98
Mixed Steel Longsword	Caleb Switzer	LOSS	1533.30
Mixed Steel Longsword	Preston Weller	WIN	780.74

Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre - 19 fights