Thursday
9:30a – 10:00a
Welcome & Introductions
10:00a – 12:00p
Christian Tobler
From All Angles: Lignitzer’s Sword & Buckler
Devon Boorman
TBA
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
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
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
1:15p – 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 – 4:30p
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
5:15p – 6:45p
Armoured Deed of Arms
8:00p – 11:00p
Open Fencing
Saturday
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
TBA
Rob Brooks
TBA
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
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
All in mail, never clinking: Sea knights, Knight fish, and merfolk in and on armor
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
TBA
Charles Lin
Social Violence Scenarios
Dr. Bill Ernoehazy
Hungarian Fighting Arts: The Fokos, an EDC for a modern martial artist
4:45p – 5:15p
Farewells