FightCamp 2014 programme Classes are limited to 40 participants each, unless otherwise stated. Warm-ups might not always be included in classes. Arrive promptly for classes - ask permission if joining late. Bring appropriate equipment. All competitions are held in the gym hall, with the exception of the Pas d Armes and Team Tournament. Please read and comprehend the tournament and sparring rules, including equipment requirements. AREA: A B (Gym Hall) Thursday 14 August Registration opens from 6pm Please register as soon as you arrive on site DAY 1 - Friday 15 August 0800-0930 Breakfast C D E F G (Sparring Arena) 0945-1000 Opening speech at bar area 1000-1200 Modern self-protection James Marwood Management of distance in longsword Keith Farrell 1200-1330 Lunch Disarms and closing in 19th century military sabre (various sources, mostly British) - Martin Wilkinson ABC - Active Buckler Control - Manciolino's sword and buckler - Francesca and Piermarco Terminiello James Bowie and his knife - Allen Reed Melee games Mark Gilbert 1330-1430 Phil Walters (Wolfsead Western Martial Arts UK) Falconry Display on main field 1430-1630 Federschwert Tournament (Steel feder Private) Medieval and renaissance dagger - Predrag Nikolic French Napoleonic bayonet Ju Garry 1630-1830 Waite Sabre Challenge (Steel sabre Private) 1830-1930 Insights into medieval swords' physical characteristics - Maarten Kamphuis The longsword techniques of Andre Paurnfeindt Alex Bourdas Slipping and parrying with the broadsword and sabre - from Roworth Colin Fieldhouse Intro to Liechtenauer s 14thC longsword - Greg Richardson Straight parrying in Meyer's rappier (sidesword) - James Roberts French Rapier - Fabrice Cognot Tomahawk/knife reconstruction - Phil Walters
DAY 2 - Saturday 16 August 0830-0930 Breakfast 0945-1145 Medieval and renaissance wrestling - Predrag Nikolic 1145-1245 Lunch Longsword plays from the Kölner fechtbuch Keith Farrell - Introduction to the principles of central line in Polish Szabla - Jerzy Miklaszewski Italian rapier, English style: Swetnam's rapier and dagger - Allen Reed Basic Longsword (Liechtenauer) drills to improve fighting performance Scott Brown Melee games Mark Gilbert 1245-1445 Historical English pugilism Martin Austwick Longsword from Codex Wallerstein - Fabrice Cognot French 19th century infantry officers' sabre Ju Garry Rapier self-defence from Nicolletto Giganti's second book - Francesca and Piermarco Terminiello 17th-18thC English country backsword / singlestick - with sparring - Jed Pascoe 1445-1645 c.1900 Bartitsu with improvised weapons Michael Noel Jones Fiore longsword getting to and working from the cross - Mark Lancaster/Rob Lovett 1700-1830 Assault at Arms (Nylon backsword & sabre Public) Angelo c.1797-9 broadsword on foot - Reinis Rinka 17thC sword/rapier according to Cavendish Gordon Hamilton Stav polearm fundamentals - Graham Butcher. Final scoring 1830-1930 Rapier Tournament (Steel rapier & smallsword Public) DAY 3 - Sunday 17 August 0830-0930 Breakfast 0945-1145 Modern Catch Wrestling Martin Austwick 1145-1245 Lunch Sword and buckler (i.33) drills to improve fighting performance - Scott Brown Szabla Engangement: the method of proper exchange in Polish sabre - Jerzy Miklaszewski Using the tomahawk and Bowie knife together Allen Reed Meyer's rappier (sidesword) and dagger - James Roberts Team Tournament (Nylon weapons, teams of 3 - Public) 1245-1445 Traditional Bartitsu James Marwood Advanced Longsword drills to improve fighting performance 19thC Italian military sabre after Capitano Del Frate - Carlo Parisi Fiore dei Liberi s bastoncello (little stick) Allen Reed Thibault rapier v rapier and dagger - Reinis Rinka
Scott Brown 1500-1700 Eggleton Cup (Nylon mixed weapons) 1730 Official close and goodbyes at bar area. 1745 You are welcome to stay until Monday morning. Food and drink will continue to be available on Sunday night and Monday morning. onwards Mon 18 Aug - Leave the site by 12 noon. Martin Austwick (English Martial Arts Academy, UK) - Modern Catch Wrestling - Historical English pugilism Alex Bourdas (Academy of Historical Arts, UK) - The longsword techniques of Andre Paurnfeindt Scott Brown (Schwert am Schwert, USA) - Basic Longsword (Liechtenauer) drills to improve fighting performance - Advanced Longsword drills to improve fighting performance - Sword and buckler (i.33) drills to improve fighting performance Graham Butcher (Ice & Fire, UK) - Stav polearm fundamentals Fabrice Cognot (De Taille et d Estoc, France) - Longsword from Codex Wallerstein - French Rapier Keith Farrell (Academy of Historical Arts, UK) - Management of distance in longsword - Longsword plays from the Kölner fechtbuch Colin Fieldhouse (Schola Gladiatoria SG6, UK) - Slipping and parrying with the broadsword and sabre - from Roworth Ju Garry (De Taille et d Estoc, France) - French 19th century infantry officers' sabre - French Napoleonic bayonet
Mark Gilbert (Riddle of Steel, UK) - Melee games - Team tournament Gordon Hamilton (True Guard, UK) - 17thC sword/rapier according to Cavendish Michael Noel Jones (Basingstoke Bartitsu Irregulars, UK) - c.1900 Bartitsu with improvised weapons Mark Lancaster/Rob Lovett (The Exiles, UK) - Fiore longsword getting to and working from the cross James Marwood (Safe Self Protection, UK) - Traditional Bartitsu - Modern self-protection Jerzy Miklaszewski (Silk Fencing Team, Poland) - Introduction to the principles of central line in Polish Szabla - Szabla Engangement: the method of proper exchange in Polish sabre Predrag Nikolic (Zornhau, Germany) - Medieval and renaissance dagger - Medieval and renaissance wrestling Carlo Parisi (Independent, Italy) - 19thC Italian military sabre after Capitano Del Frate Jed Pascoe (Aisle O'Var Backswording Clubbe, UK) - 17th-18thC English country backsword/singlestick - with sparring Allen Reed (Gallowglass Academy, USA) - James Bowie and his knife - Italian rapier, English style: Swetnam's rapier and dagger - Using the tomahawk and Bowie knife together - Fiore dei Liberi s bastoncello (little stick) Reinis Rinka (Academy of Historical Arts, UK) - Angelo c.1797-9 broadsword on foot - 17thC Thibault rapier v rapier and dagger James Roberts (Medieval Armed Combat Society, South Africa) - Straight parrying in Meyer's rappier (sidesword) - Meyer's rappier (sidesword) and dagger
Greg Richardson (Schola Gladiatoria SG6, UK) - Intro to Liechtenauer s 14thC longsword Francesca and Piermarco Terminiello (School of the Sword, UK) - Rapier self-defence from Nicolletto Giganti's second book - ABC - Active Buckler Control - Manciolino's sword and buckler Phil Walters (Wolfhead Western Martial Arts, UK) - Tomahawk/knife reconstruction - Falconry display Martin Wilkinson (Schola Gladiatoria SG1, UK) - Disarms and closing in 19th century military sabre (various sources, mostly British) Talks Maarten Kamphuis (MBlades, Netherlands) - Insights into medieval swords' physical characteristics