Classes
Friday
| 6:30 |
Open Rapier List (Weather Permitting Outside Play) |
|---|---|
| 7:00 | |
| 7:30 | |
| 9:00 |
(21 Years Old and Over ONLY)
Gambling Hall! Bring your favorite period games, your gambling purse, and your favorite spirits to add to the lineup! |
| 9:30 | |
| 10:00 | |
| 10:30 |
Saturday
For a more up-to-date class schedule, see this document.
| Time | Melee and Fundamentals Classroom A |
Theory and Practice Classroom B |
Historic Combat Classroom C |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Footwork Fundamentals Master Christian Fournier, OBR | RBG Melee Tactics - Let's Develop Some! Warder Damien Nihthauk | |
| 10:00 | Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Warder Kai Tseng | Structure and Leverage, Line and Cover Master Christian Fournier, OBR | |
| 11:00 | Fun and Games Lord Rurik the Red | Obedience of the Sword Baron Anton du Marais, OBR | |
| 12:00 | Lunch and Keynote Marshaling Large Melees, a Round Table Discussion With KRM Warder Colin MacNish and Constellation Regional Marshal Mael Duin | ||
| 1:00 | The Fencing Mindset Lady Mirabai Sitt al-Sirr | Stay Alive, and Maybe Even Kill the Other Guy Lady Azriel le Fey, Fairie of Death | Destreza Lady Constanza de Sevilla |
| 2:00 | Melee Awareness Lord Darius Lowen | The Mental Game Warder Kai Tseng | Introductory Course on the Swordsmanship of Salvatore Fabris Lord Liu Kuaici |
| 3:00 | Sun Tzu -- Melee Run & Gun and The Art of War Warder Cecil du Pont | The Ten Commandments (of the Italian Fencing Masters) Lord Gerard Montegue | Choosing a Style to Fit Your Persona Lord Ze'ev ben Ami |
| 4:00 | Tournaments including the Constellation Region Champions' Team Tourney and the OBR Fundraiser for Doc Jock | ||
| 7:00 | FEAST Delicious, delicious feast | ||
Classes List
For a more up-to-date class list, see this document.
| Instructor | Title | Description | Length | Track |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warder Kai Tseng | Feets don't fail me now! | "Move beyond Advance, Retreat, and Lunge and talk about how to use your feet and legs to control space and therefore the pacing of a fight. No armor is needed. Bring whatever weapons you like to fight with, or simulators if you want. Youth are welcome. We will do some cooperative drills but we won't be doing any free fighting. " | 1 hour | Fundamentals |
| Master Christian Fournier, CBR | Footwork Fundamentals | We'll put the FUN in fundamentals, learning drills and techniques that will help you establish your best fight, through your feet. Full rapier equipment preferred, but can be done with just a sword. Open to any level, but particularly suited to novice and intermediate fencers. | 1 hour | Fundamentals |
| Lord Rurik the Red | Fun and Games | Learn to play instead of drill! Two games for focused skill building. | 1 hour | Fundamentals |
| Master Christian Fournier, CBR | Structure and Leverage, Line and Cover | Drawn from fundamentals of German martial arts, this class will examine in detail how to build solid defensive techniques within a variety of martial systems (both historical and modern). Open to all skill levels, bring full rapier equipment. | 1 hour | Historic |
| Lord Liu Kuaici | Introductory Course on the Swordsmanship of Salvatore Fabris | The four basic single sword guards, basic steps, two lunges and two parries. Full rapier gear required. | 1 hour | Historic |
| Sir Cecil de Turleonne and Sgt. Cedric Adolphus | I.33 Sword and Buckler: Option Points and Flow | Required gear: Steel, wooden, plastic or rattan wasters representing a striking sword (not a rapier); Buckler or small Center Grip Shield | 2 hours | Historic |
| Sir Cecil de Turleonne and Sgt. Cedric Adolphus | Basics of the German Longsword | Required gear: Two handed steel, wooden, plastic or rattan waster | 1 hour | Historic |
| Lady Constanza de Sevilla | Destreza | Learn basic footwork, atajo, guard of the right angle and movement of conclusion. Full Rapier Gear. Youth welcome. Handout provided. | 1 hour | Historic |
| Warder Damian Nihthauk | RBG Melee Tactics (Let's Develop Some) | RBG's have been used informally in the Midrealm for over 10 years, yet the most common melee tactic employed is "Get Em". The time has come to develop and formalize some field tactics that can be employed by anyone with an RBG. Bring your guns, muskets and experiences and let's sit and hash out things that work and don't work on the field with RBG's in various situations. | 1 hour | Melee |
| Warder Cecil du Pont | Sun Tzu - Melee Run and Gun and The Art of War | 1 hour | Melee | |
| Warder Kai Tseng, Lady Gwynneth verch Ieuan, CCK | Practical Applications for the Impractical Game--Self-defense in the Modern World | 1 hour | Theory and Practice | |
| Lady Mirabai Sitt al-Sirr | The Fencing Mindset: Getting Your Mind in the Game | To be a great combatant, you must hone no just your physical prowess but also your mental game. Find out how to prepare your mind for combat, calm frustrations and breach plateaus in thes class on The Fencing Mindset. | 1 hour | Fundamentals |
| Warder Anton du Marais | Obedience of the Sword | 1 hour | Theory and Practice | |
| Lady Azriel Le Fey, Faerie of Death | Stay Alive Longer, and Maybe Even Kill the Other Guy | Full rapier gear required. Youth combat appropriate. | 1 hour | Theory and Practice |
| Lord Gerard Montigue | ? | ? | 1 hour | |
| Master Philippe de Lyon | How to Survive a Duel in 30 Days, or, an Introduction to Cut & Thrust | Single sword Cut & Thrust combat, from the perspective of an Italian of the 1570's. This style will complement any sword and buckler style, as well. | 1 hour | Historic |
| Warder Colin MacNish | Marshals Round-table: Marshalling in Large Melees | Lunch 1 | Theory and Practice |