Thursday Sept. 19th
9:30a – 10:00a
Welcome & Introductions
10:00a – 12:00p
Christian Tobler
From All Angles: Lignitzer’s Sword & Buckler
Devon Boorman
The Mechanics of Flow with Longsword
Da’mon Stith
A Bound Fist: Dambe Boxing and its Connection to Spear and Shield Fighting
12:00p – 1:00p
Lunch
1:00p – 3:00p
Loreen Mattis
A Practical Approach to Fighting with the Spear
Josh Furrate
Tag: I have the High Ground!
Eric Myers
Introduction to Classical Italian Saber
Kendra Brown
Special Event
Interpretation Workshop with Latin Lew
3:15p – 5:15p
James Reilly
Dussak of Joachim Meyer
Joshua Wiest
Nymphs and Satyrs: The Tactics and Strategies of Bolognese Swordsmanship
Kurt Holtfreter
Detailed Dagger: An intimate look into Fiore’s Dagger Process
Dr Bill Ernoehazy
Lecture
“God Save Them” Renaissance Medical Science and Bladed Weapon Combat
5:30p – 7:30p
Christian Cameron
Draw plays from Fiore to Monte, soup to nuts; learn the basics and how to include an Iaido of Armizare in your training
Puck Curtis
“In the Manner Of” – Polyfunctional Actions in Destreza
Justin Aucoin
Death from Below: Rapier for Short(er) Fencers
Adam Franti
Lecture
Bringing a Sword to a Gunfight – Fencing in the 18th and 19th Centuries
8:45p
Open Fencing
Friday Sept. 20th
8:00a – 9:30a
Warm Ups & Refreshments
8:30a – 9:30a
James Reilly
Special Event
Children of the Sun: Renaissance Physical Culture and the Alchemy of Martial Movement
9:45a – 11:45a
Loreen Mattis
Deadly Transitions
John O’Meara
Moving in Tempo: A Weapon Agnostic Look at Dancing with the Enemy
Dr. Bill Ernoehazy
Hungarian Fighting Arts: Exploring the Early Saber
Kendra Brown
Lecture
How to Get Hooked on Manuscripts
11:45a – 12:45p
Lunch
12:45p – 2:45p
Christian Tobler
Wrenching, Thrusting Through, and the Scissors: Advanced Armoured Swordplay
Dori Coblenz
Antagonistic Collaboration: Thwarting the Student for Transfer
Ralf Gutzeit
“Halbe Stange” Half pole by Joachim Meyer 1570
Joshua Wiest
Lecture
Sega! The Legacy of the Bentivoglio
3:00p – 5:00p
Davis Vader
Peering Through the Window Darkly: An Illumination of Posta di Finestra della Lanza
John O’Meara
Rapier Essential: Mastering the Cavazione
Da’mon Stith
‘Threading the Needle’: Decoding Mamluk Swordplay
Adam Franti
Lecture
The Five Words: Warfare as Fencing on a Grand Scale
5:30p – 7:00p
Armoured Deed of Arms
8:30p – 11:00p
Open Fencing
Saturday Sept. 21st
8:30a – 9:00a
Warm Ups & Refreshments
8:30a – 9:30a
James Reilly
Special Event
Children of the Sun: Renaissance Physical Culture and the Alchemy of Martial Movement
9:45a – 12:45p
Ralf Gutzeit
Die Kunst des Verführens: The art of seduction in the Long sword of Joachim Meyer
Devon Boorman
Wideplay: Keeping the Center Clear and the Opponent Off Balance
Rob Brooks
“Haust du Mich so Stich Ich Dich” (“If you cut me, I’ll stab you”): Ethical Considerations in a 15th Century Messer Fight
Special Event
The Mini-Deed
11:00a – 12:45p
Dori Coblenz
Lecture
“Preposterous Philosophic Masters of the Sixteenth Century”: Lessons from Part I of Viggiani’s Lo Schermo
12:45a – 1:45p
Lunch
1:45p – 3:45p
Christian Cameron
‘Never step back’: Sprezzatura, Armizare and the public performance of chivalry
Joshua Wiest
Antonio Manciolino’s Two Sword Assalti: The Minutiae of Provocation
Eric Myers
Stop Cuts and Point in Line: Underused Saber Techniques
Dori Coblenz
Lecture
A Rhetorical Approach to Italian Fencing
4:00p – 6:00p
Kurt Holtfreter
Armizare Sword Algorithm: From Observation, to Entry, to Control
Davis Vader
La Picca Senza The Party – Polearm Dueling For Those Who Are Serious About Social Distancing
Charles Lin
Huntsfeld’s Unterhalten – Armored Ground Fighting
Joshua Wiest
Lecture
Who are we? Understanding the Renaissance Mind as Modern People
Sunday Sept. 22nd
8:30a – 9:30a
Warm Ups & Refreshments
Ralf Gutzeit
Rapier of Gerard Thibault: An Introduction
Justin Aucoin
Know Your Enemy: Approaching the Reckless, Timid, Choleric & Phlegmatic Opponent (for Rapier)
Adam Franti
Special Event
Train Like a Landsknecht
Kendra Brown
Lecture
(1 hour)
All in mail, never clinking: Sea knights, Knight fish, and merfolk in and on armor
10:30a – 11:30a
Rob Brooks
Lecture
(1 hour)
Immortalised in Bronze: Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Combat
11:30p – 1:00p
Lunch & Closing Comments and Address from Greg Mele: “Upon 25 Years of WMAW”
Joshua Furrate
Everything Is A Krump
Justin Aucoin
Two Heads are Better Than One: Introduction to Pascha’s Jägerstock (Double-headed Spear)
Puck Curtis
Apropiado – When life gives you dispositive movements, make wounds
Charles Lin
Lecture
Lessons from Feldlager
Rob Brooks
The Forgotten Spear of Hans Talhoffer
Charles Lin
Social Violence Scenarios
Dr. Bill Ernoehazy
Hungarian Fighting Arts: The Fokos, an EDC for a modern martial artist