Roman Vučajnk – Lecture – ‘Thousand Years of Warrior Monks’
Who were the knights, who were encouraged to fight on the battlefield, but forbidden to take part in duels of honour? How could a runaway murdering duellist be openly accepted and honoured among the ranks of the greatest heroes of Europe? Find out at Dreynevent.
Torsten Schneyer – Workshop – ‘DO IT LIKE THE OLD MASTERS’
Free Fencing with little or no protection gear!
Carlo Parisi – Workshop – ‘Bertolini’s duelling sword’
An elegant and simple fencing style, by a 75 years old master with a lot of experience, the class includes funny and unusual exercises.
Florian Fortner – Workshop – ‘Fabris’ Rapier & Cape – the Epitome of Elegance’
Wrap your cape around your arm, so you can elegantly harm – Rapier & Cape, the epitome of elegance.
Dierk Hagedorn – Lecture – ‘If I were a fightbook, I’d be the Ortenburg.’
The mysteries of a lost German manuscript from the 16th century.
Jake Norwood – Lecture – ‘More Than Playing for Touches: Swords as Cutting Instruments’
Move past sword‐tag! Explore how swords cut, and what modern fencers can do to learn to cut correctly and to enhance their swordplay with effective cutting technique.
Jake Norwood – Workshop – ‘Gemeynes Fechten: A Theoretical “Common Fencing”’
Liechtenauer tells us not to do what the “common fencers do”...but what did they do, and why was it common? Because it works!
Diana Matthes – Workshop – ‘Binden, Fühlen, Winden. Let’s get kinky with a blindfold’
How to exercise Fühlen in an effective and instinctive way.
Marcus Hampel – Workshop – ‘Make out the most of your training with HALAG rules and echelon!’
Increase the level of your training and employ HALAG rules and echelon! Different scenarios offer different challenges. Learn all about it!
Jack Gassmann – Workshop – ‘Becoming a Schirmmeister, advanced defensive skills’
Stop giving your opponent an easy time. Make your defence as offensive as Liechtenauer would have wanted.
Fabrice Cognot – Workshop – ‘Can you grant me the rank of Master now?’
Fiore’s Dagger Masters show us several aspects of fighting with (or against) a dagger. You must know them all.
Alex Kiermayr – Workshop – ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far’
Shephards strike and Brain blow – having fun with Meyer`s staff!
Tobias Zimmermann – Workshop – ‘Clubbing like it ́s 1855 ‐ Hugo Rothstein and fencing with the club’
Learn a short, rational 19th century method of using a heavy, two‐handed wooden club or similar object for self‐improvement, or just to bonk people on the head.
Tea Kew – Workshop – ‘Fencing from the Sweeps’
Could Ringeck’s plays from streychen be the key to understanding how Liechtenauer created the art?
Reinier van Noort – Workshop – ‘Let’s start with plan A.’
This rapier stuff is dumb. As making a lunge is a tempo, how can I attack my opponent if they are simply waiting for me to do that?
Peter Gspandl-Pataki – Workshop – ‘Stick it to them! Sabre vs Polearms in Context’
Learn to defend yourself with a sabre against polearms while looking absolutely dashing!
Oskar ter Mors – Workshop – ‘Dy rechten zeytt zu eynem ydlichen Stück’
Making choices is hard, especially when someone tries to hit you with a messer. In this workshop, Oskar will present a cross section of Lecküchner’s fight book, focussed on (eliminating) decision making.
Jay Maxwell – Workshop – ‘Ferocious Deconstruction: The “Billhook” in Action’
Second only to the spear in its widespread use on the battlefield, the use of a cut‐and‐thrust polearm, usually with a hook and an overall length of ca. 240 cm has numerous applications for laceration, trapping and hooking.
Inga Huismann – Workshop – ‘Nasty tricks with pointy sticks’
Experience the highlights of early renaissance dagger fighting. Be prepared to hit the ground!
Asante Lawla – Workshop – ‘Foundational Battlefield Combat’
In this session, we will explore foundational principles of battlefield combat, including close combat from knife fighting, skirmishing geometry, and spearwork mechanics for generating power.
Arne Koets – Lecture – ‘How mounted fencing changed my perspective on True Times and Tempo’
A little look through tactical decisionmaking, biomechanics, semantics, geometry and defense.