These are the confirmed trainers and lecturers for Dreynevent 2024!
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2025 – Dr. Eric Burkart – Lecture – HEMAcademia – Future collaborations between the HEMA community and academic institutions
Two major projects will be launched in 2025: a new codicological database of German fight books, and a collaboration with the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Nuremberg) to produce video interpretations of the famous manuscript 3227a as part of a crowd-sourced ‘Interpretathon’.
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2025 – Dr. Eric Burkart – Lecture – ‘Solving the Liechtenauer Puzzle’
Trust me, I am THAT kind of doctor…
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2025 – Gonzalo Martínez Cabrera – Dealing with the devil (Lefties…)
Dealing with left handed individuals in HEMA both in sparring and in teaching.
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2025 – Martin Enzi – Same same but different – Messer according to Codex Wallerstein
Not often seen, not often trained and a bit underestimated. Messer from the Codex Wallerstein
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2025 – Dierk Hagedorn – Lecture – Liechtenauer in full colour and HD
Johannes Liechtenauer’s legacy consists of nothing more than some obscure verses, the so-called Zedel. Serious gibberish. And yet, HEMA would be inconceivable without them. They differ from source to source, so let’s have a look at them, shall we?
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2025 – Christophe Le Millier – Lecture – Hugo Wittenwiler: Fencing Swiss Style
When Neutrality isn’t enough : Fencing Swiss style. Some insights on Hugo Wittenwiler.
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2025 – Christophe Le Millier – Hugo Wittenwiler: Fencing Swiss Style
When neutrality isn’t enough: Fencing Swiss style
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2025 – Christian Lee-Becker – “El Movimiento de Conclusión” – Disarms in La Verdadera Destreza
Disarming the opponent and giving her/him the chance to surrender is one of the universal techniques of La Verdadera Destreza, and one of the most complex techniques, which can be executed in different ways and tactical situations.
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2025 – Dr. Matyas Miskolczi – Verdadera DestreSable
The art of the Verdadera Destreza is strongly linked to the Spanish rapier but this relation is rather to be considered as a 1:n relation. According to this, we will have a look at an exaple when Destreza principleas are applied to the sabre. Main authors who allow this outlook are the Merelo brothers and De Frías.
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2025 – Michael Moritz – A Game of Pressure
One position to rule them all. One position to bind them.
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2025 – Jake Norwood – Lecture – Historical European Military Arts? The battlefield is HEMA, too!
Taking our study of medieval battlefield tactics beyond the reenactor’s shield wall
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2025 – Jake Norwood – Practical Experiments with Medieval Battlefield Tactics
Hands-on experimentation with formations and tactics from medieval classics of military strategy and tactics.
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2025 – Jerca Primc – Walking cane vs. Hooligans: a glimpse into Bartitsu
“Excellent! I cried. “Elementary,” said he.
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2025 – Wolfgang Putz – Lecture – Armor made from bloomery steel
Can armor nowadays be made from bloomery steel? – Experiments and results
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2025 – Esko Heikki Olavi Ronimus – Stretta di mezza spada – Fencing in the narrow measure of crossed swords in the Bolognese tradition
According to the Bolognese tradition masters, the narrow measure where swords are crossed from the middle – the stretta di mezza spada – is the most important fighting measure. It is the measure a Bolognese fencer tries to enter to deliver strikes that are meant to hit their opponent and it is the measure where the fencer’s virtú is proven. Despite the fact that the…
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2025 – Rob Runacres – Sword and Dagger from ‘The Book of Lessons’
Sword and Dagger from ‘The Book of Lessons’
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2025 – Julian Schrattenecker – Fix my Favourite Mistakes in Rapier: The Constrains Led Approach
“We will take advantage of self—organization and direct feedback and apply the Constrains Led Approach to rapier fencing to help you eliminate your nagging, persistent mistakes.”
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2025 – Dr. Sixt Wetzler – Malayu Sibat – Filipino Staff Fighting
Filipino methods for the use of the staff – striking power, angulation, tactics
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2025 – Kindred Willow – Scottish Broadsword: An Introduction and Comparison
We’ll have a look at some fundamentals of Scottish Broadsword as practiced in the early and mid 18th century, and see how it compares to other comtemporary styles and weapons.
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2025 – George Zacharopoulos – UNDER THE (opponent’s) BLADE!
How to gain advantage when your blade is subjected from above
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2023 – Adrian van Bronswijk – Winning the Superior Bind
A groundwork oriented workshop for developing your binding and Zufechten skills – knowledge that will easily translate to different weapons as well. Weapon: Longsword Source: Liechtenauer and related Over the course of numerous different HEMA workshops in the past years I realized a certain lack of understanding the basic rules of creating good Vor (and […]
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2023 – Thore Wilkens – Two beasts one scene
The fundamental differences between tournament fencing and source based fencing in HEMA. Lecture What are we adapting for in the last twenty years? The requirements of the historical combat systems or the systems we are training in? A look at HEMA and some of its core problems through the systemic lense. About the lecturer – […]
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2023 – Werner Ueberschär – Learning from Rast – understanding Liechtenauer
Using an exemplary sequence of techniques, we will show the common features of fencing between Rast and Liechtenauer in bloßfechten. Selected techniques from Rast’s harnischfechten show thrusts to the face or in the visor. Weapon: Longsword Source: Rast The widley unknown fencing treatise by Anthony Rast (d. 1549) belongs to the so-called “Nuremberg group” of […]
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2023 – Daniel Burger – Prove Right with the baston on the head: Judicial duels and chivalric duels in the middle ages.
The duel for justice and honour – besides war and sport, another reason to be good at fencing in the Middle Ages! Lecture In the illustrated fencing books, the judgement of God is often depicted as a duel in court, typically with sword or baston and a special “stechschild” (a big pointed shield). The wooden […]
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2023 – Alexander Kiermayer – “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” Theodore Roosevelt Weapon: Staff Fencing with the staff is the basis for the handling of all pole weapons in Joachim Meyer`s system. But apart from that it is also a great exercise to develop body mechanics. In this workshop we will start with guards […]
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2023 – Christoph Reinberger – The Straight Left And How To Cultivate It
Learn to defend yourself without a weapon and get a good attitude. Weapon: Your Fists Source: Pugilism manuals of the 19th century The old pugilism is practically sword fencingwithout a sword, and follows in all its movements, or rather, should follow, the same principles. This boxing style was used for hard bare-knuckle contests and for […]
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2023 – Herbert Schmidt – The Medieval and Renaissance Buckler
Everything you didn’t know about the buckler. What is there to know about the buckler? Lecture An overview of the buckler in regards of construction, usage and typology. About the lecturer – Herbert Schmidt Herbert Schmidt founded the Austrian Club Ars Gladii in 1999 and has been its trainer since.He began to reconstruct the art […]
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2023 – Thore Wilkens – Understanding Indes Through the Epicentre Concept
Understanding Indes through the epicentre concept, a way to systematically train one of the hardest parts of combat. How can you train Indes techniques and how do you prepare your subconscious mind to act in chaos of sparring and free fights? In this workshop, I will show you a possible way. Weapon: Any weapon (Longsword, […]
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2023 – Joeli Takala – Wrestling Drills
Presenting the tools for bringing techniques from the pages into your grappling repertoire. Weapon: unarmed Source: Talhoffer I will present the tools for bringing techniques from the pages into your grappling repertoire. This involves a progression of exercises aimed at building the ability to attack and defend with realistic timing and intention for setting up […]
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2023 – Roland Fuhrmann – How to pretend to fence like Liutger
How to pretend to fence like Liutger Weapon: Sword & Buckler Source: I.33 The class is aimed at Sword & Buckler newcomers. The basic idea is to develop the stance, footwork and the most essential bind after the „zufechten“. At the end of the class, the participants should be able to have an idea on […]
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2023 – Martin Enzi – Cutting throats and…
Get a Messer, join and have fun, whilst learning how and where to cut. Weapon: Messer Source: Leckuechner and others In every manuscript there is a lot of talk about the Strike/blow or the thrust. A lot of training time is spent on doing this with various techniques and versions. But there is also one […]
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2023 – Gerald Uhl – Why the lance is the weapon of choice in war.
Why the lance is the weapon of choice in war. Weapon: Lance/Spear and Shield Source: Interpretation of sources from 9th to 12th century using lance and shield In this Workshop you learn handling and fighting with a lance like an armed Warrior of 9th to 12th Century. Skill level of Participants: All levelsNeeded Equipment: Spear […]
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2023 – Karin Verelst – Working with the Female Body in HEMA (IV)
A field still relatively unknown and somewhat underrated in the community, but with appreciation and interest growing, I expect the quality of training methods and hence HEMA fencing overall (especially, but not only, for women) only to further increase over the coming years. HEMA both as a martial discipline and as a sport could become […]
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2023 – Olivier Dupuis – The lost manuscript of Peter Falkner
This lecture won’t answer all the questions you may have about Falkner’s lost manuscript, but it will try. LECTURE Peter Falkner is nowadays mostly known for his fencing treatise, unique in its own, conserved in Vienna. He apparently produced another one, probably not illustrated but much more bigger, but nowadays considered as lost. Fortunately, enough […]
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2023 – Torsten Schneyer – DO IT LIKE THE OLD MASTERS – Free Fencing with little or no protection gear
Sparring with low or no protection gear enforces another way of fencing which enables the contestants to practice fencing techniques more consciously and deliberately. It teaches your all-round perception and enables reflected training Weapon: Longsword Source: German school Modern HEMA-culture tries to emphasize a high level of “realism” by setting standards for equipment for free […]
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2023 – Roman Vučajnk – Deceitful Dussack
Deceiving your opponent and creating opportunities with the Dussack! Weapon: Dussack Deception is a vital component of a powerful engagement with dussack, especially when the opponent is used to managing the time and space in combat. The workshop focuses on upgrading the tactical capacities of the weapon with deception or in PC lingo: “creating opportunities”. […]
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2023 – Tobias Prüwer: From the Unterhau: It‘s going up!
»while coming into position with the hilt high above your head, and thus complete« Meyer Weapon: Longsword Source: german fencing school »while coming into position with the hilt high above your head, and thus complete« (Meyer): The Unterhau is part of the basic training in longsword, but it is rarely used in free combat. It […]
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2023 – Tobias Zimmermann – Gedecktes Hiebfechten – It´s Fehn-tastic!
August Fehn is part of a fencing lineage that has been around for a surprisingly long time. What defines Gedecktes Hiebfechten, i.e. “Covered-Cut Fencing”? What does Fehn in particular have to offer? Find out what makes this fencing style so Fehn-tastic! Weapon: Sabre Source: August Fehn “Die Fechtkunst mit Stoß- und Hiebwaffen” 1851 Gedecktes Hiebfechten, […]
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2023 – Lea Zavodnik – Dagger: Incorporating technique into sparring
How to incorporate technique into dagger sparring! Weapon: Dagger Dagger fighting is characterized by speed and close fighting distance, two factors which make it a difficult weapon to execute a clean technique with, in sparring. The workshop will provide a variety of exercises focusing on moving and recognizing the »opportune moment« that will help students […]
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2023 – Elias Flatscher – »das Ringen will haben dreyerlay» – Re-evaluating the wrestling sections of Cod.I.6.4º.2
Medieval fencing is based on wrestling. Change my mind. Lecture Source: Codex Wallerstein – Cod.I.6.4º.2 Codex Wallerstein /Baumann’s Fechtbuch / Cod.I.6.4º.2is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important, if not THE most important sources on combat wrestling in 15th century Germany. The older section (1420ies/30ies) is possibly unjustly often overlooked in comparison to […]
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2023 – Arne Koets – 15th century mounted soldiery
How does the reality of medieval warfare affect the necessities and priorities of the medieval warrior? Lecture As the numerous actual campaigns of the 15th century unfold, we see a plethora of actions that define the image of what a ‘man-at-arms’ need to be prepared for. About the lecturer – Arne Koets Arne Koets has […]
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2023 – Arne Koets – Pollaxe armoured vs unarmoured
Stab, strike, lever and throw… fun rowing through your enemies with style. Weapon: Pollaxe (Halbard/Bill/Goedendag) Source: Talhoffer (Falkner/Kal) Simple but effective use of the pollaxe is not exclusive to armoured combat, let’s see how the flow of the weapon can be a fun and interesting thing to play with. With a few simple rules you […]
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2023 – Arto Fama – How to train your Dragon Longsword
A structured approach to training Longsword, using building blocks to improve your way of moving. Weapon: Longsword Teaching online during the Pandemic showed me how important it is to describe movements clear and simple. In this workshop we will work through my approach to training Longsword. Growing as a swordfighter requires information, the chance to […]
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2023 – JJ Hösl – Longshield
Gelobt seý maria vnd ir kint vnd alle die pey in wonhafft sind (CGM1507 / 48v)Praised be Mary and her child and all who live with them Weapon: Longshield Source: Gladiatoria – MS Germ.Quart.16 / fol.49v ff In this workshop we will do the franconian pieces and counters just with the longshield and then the swabian […]
