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Schedule

The WMAW 2009 schedule consists of four days.

Thursday, September 10, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009

11:30am-12:00 pm	Welcome and Introductions
12:00pm-2:00pm	Fundamentals:: An Introduction to the Sword & Buckler of MS I.33: Half Shield vs. Underarm ::Roland Warzecha	Fundamentals:: Introduction to Italian Rapier ::Bill_Grandy	Fundamentals:: Combat Biomechanics: The Art of Tactical Movement ::Tony Wolf	Pedagogical Classes:: Classical Italian Pedagogy for Rapier and Broadsword, Part One ::Maestro Sean Hayes, Maestro John Sullins, Maestro Puck Curtis, and Maestro Eric Myers
2:00pm-2:15pm	Passing Period
2:15pm-4:15pm	Medieval Martial Arts:: Introducing Fiore's Art via the Sword in One Hand ::Rob Lovett	Fundamentals:: The Essential Elements of Bolognese Sword and Buckler ::Steve Reich	Close-Quarter Combat:: Ott's Ringen ::Jessica Finley	Pedagogical Classes:: Classical Italian Pedagogy for Rapier and Broadsword, Part Two ::Maestro Sean Hayes, Maestro John Sullins, Maestro Puck Curtis, and Maestro Eric Myers
4:15pm-4:30pm	Passing Period
4:30pm-6:30pm	Lectures and Presentations:: Test Cutting for the Western Martial Artist ::Roger Siggs	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: The Fundamentals of Marozzo's Spadone —learning how to "think" the weapon ::Tom Leoni	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Your Sword is Your Shield: Defensive Use of the Point in Italian Rapier ::John O'Meara	Pedagogical Classes:: Decision Making for the Instructor ::Guy Windsor
6:30pm-8:00pm	Dinner Break
8:00pm-12:00am	Open Fencing and Free Play

Friday, September 11, 2009

8:30am-9:00am	Warm-Ups and Refreshments
9:00am-10:30am	Pedagogical Classes:: Developing, Training with and Understanding the role of Solo Forms in Western Martial Arts ::Guy Windsor	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Ettenhard's Destreza Fundamentals — Using Geometry to Smite your Enemies ::Puck Curtis	Close-Quarter Combat:: American Instinctive Knife-Throwing ::Pete Kautz
10:30am-12:00pm				Lectures and Presentations:: Mounted Combat: Just a Continuation of the System ::Theresa Wendland	Lectures and Presentations:: Combat Manuals in Context ::Keith Alderson
12:00pm-1:15pm	Lunch Break. Demo: Mounted Combat: A Continuation of the System - Theresa Wendland
1:15pm-2:45pm	Medieval Martial Arts:: Fighting from the Nebenhut: Longsword Plays from the Ringeck Fechtbuch ::Christian Tobler	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Safely Attacking: A Practical Guide to Understanding Tempo, Measure and Angle in Italian Rapier ::Bill Grandy	Close-Quarter Combat:: Fiore's Abrazare and Daga, Part 1: The Ideal ::Roger Siggs	Lectures and Presentations:: Cool and Unusual Weapons of the Western Martial Arts ::Craig Johnson
2:45pm-3:15pm	Passing Period
3:15pm-4:45pm	Medieval Martial Arts:: Understanding the Role of Wide Play, Close Play and the Half-Sword in dei Liberi's Art of the Sword ::Greg Mele	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Meyer's Halbe Stange - a devastating length of wood ::Stefan Dieke	Close-Quarter Combat:: Flow Drills as a Teaching Tool for Medieval and Renaissance Dagger Combat ::Jörg Bellinghausen
4:45pm-5:15pm	Passing Period
5:15pm-6:45pm	Medieval Martial Arts:: The Safe and Scientific Progression of the Fight with the Sword in Two Hands ::Bob Charron	Fundamentals:: Foundational Plays of the Iberian Montante (Two-Handed Sword) ::Steve Hicks and Eric Myers	Close-Quarter Combat:: The Pugnale Bolognese of Achille Marozzo ::Ilkka Hartikainen	Lectures and Presentations:: The German Fightbook: Working with 3227a, Sigmund Ringeck, Peter von Danzig, and progressing to Joachim Meyer ::Keith Alderson
6:45pm-8:00pm	Dinner Break
8:00pm-12:00am	Open Fencing and Free Play

Saturday, September 12, 2009

8:30am-9:00am	Warm-Ups and Refreshments
9:00am-10:15am	Medieval Martial Arts:: Understanding the I.33 System through its Core Plays ::Roland Warzecha	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Drill to Fight: Bridging the gap between practice and freeplay with early 17^th Century rapier ::Tom Leoni	Close-Quarter Combat:: American Catch Wrestling ::Dr. Les Moore	Lectures and Presentations:: The Medieval Sword Blade ::Craig Johnson
10:30am-12:00pm				Lectures and Presentations:: New Old Spain — Lost and Found, Found Again, or Lost in Plain Sight ::Steve Hick
12:00pm-1:00pm	Lunch Break
1:00pm-2:30pm	Medieval Martial Arts:: A German Spearman's Primer ::Christian Tobler	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Spanish Sidesword Fundamentals — Using Destreza Theory to Smite the Italians ::Puck Curtis	Close-Quarter Combat:: Fiore's Abrazare and Daga, Part 2: The Real ::Roger Siggs	Lectures and Presentations:: Class Notes: Running a Successful Practice Session ::Bill Grandy
2:30pm-3:00pm	Passing Period
3:00pm-4:30pm	Medieval Martial Arts:: A Conceptual look at the 24 Winden of Johannes Liechtenauers Art ::Jörg Bellinghausen	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Provocations for the Sword and Buckler —Initiating Effective Attacks ::Steve Reich	Medieval Martial Arts:: Fiore's Sword in Armour: Techniques of Entry ::Sean Hayes
4:30pm-5:00pm	Passing Period
5:00pm-6:00pm	Medieval Martial Arts:: The Spear Fighting of Fiore dei Liberi ::Greg Mele	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Highland Broadsword and Targe ::Paul Wagner	Close-Quarter Combat:: An Introduction to the Dagger of Joachim Meyer ::Jörg Bellinghausen
6:15pm-7:00pm	Pre-Dinner Clean-Up
7:00pm-12:00am	WMAW 2009 Celebratory Feast and Entertainment

Sunday, September 13, 2009

9:30am-10:00am	Warm-Ups and Refreshments
10:00am-11:15am	Medieval Martial Arts:: Fiore's System through Spada ::Rob Lovett	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Meyer's Rappier - 16th c. cut & thrust fencing with a relaxed wrist ::Stefan Dieke	Close-Quarter Combat:: Bartitsu: The Gentlemanly Art of Self Defence ::Tony Wolf	Fundamentals:: Conditioning and Gymnastics the Old Way ::Ilkka Hartikainen
11:30am-1:00pm				Lectures and Presentations:: The Judicial Duel: an important context of how our arts were used ::Tom Leoni
1:00pm-2:15pm	Lunch Break. Mounted Combat Demo - Kristi Charron
2:15pm-3:45pm	Medieval Martial Arts:: Flow Drills for Fiore's Sword: A Primer for Tactical Drilling & Sparring ::Sean Hayes	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Italian Broadsword: Actions on the Blade ::Dr. John Sullins	Close-Quarter Combat:: The Drei Ringen: Why Three? ::Dr. Bill Ernoehazy	Lectures and Presentations:: Measure, Holding the Buckler, Guardia d'Intrare and other Puzzles of Bolognese Swordsmanship ::Steve Reich
3:45pm-4:15pm	Passing Period
4:15pm-5:45pm	Medieval Martial Arts:: A Menyd Tour of English Longsword ::Paul Wagner	Renaissance and Early Modern Martial Arts:: Mixed Weapon Techniques: Use of the Iberian Montante (Two-Handed Sword) Against Polearms ::Eric Myers	Close-Quarter Combat:: American Bare-Knuckle Boxing & Purring ::Dr. Les Moore	Lectures and Presentations:: The Fechtbuch of Peter Falkner ::Christian Tobler
5:45pm-6:15pm	Farewell

9th Annual Western Martial Arts Workshop on September 10-13, 2009 DeKoven Center in Racine, Wisconsin, USA Presented by the Chicago Swordplay Guild