Alexander Klenner – Workshop – “Pressure and distance management for Meyer’s staff techniques”
Pressure and distance management for Meyer's staff techniques & how to be able to use every part of the staff successfully in a fight.
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.
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.
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.
CANCELLED – 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?
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.