24-28 August 2022
Madison, WI
Classes & Fechtschul are held at the Goodman Gym at 214 Waubesa St
Evening Socials & Sunday Brunch are held at 2434 E Johnson St
| TIME | EVENT | INSTRUCTOR | DESCRIPTION |
| WEDNESDAY 24AUG22 | |||
| 7-9 pm | Registration Open | ||
| 6-11 pm | Meet & Greet & Chez VanZimmerman | BYOB Campfire / Hangout | |
| THURSDAY 25AUG22 | |||
| 9-10 am | Warm ups | ||
| 10 am – noon | The Duel & the Fechtschul | Chris VanSlambrouck | An intimate physical understanding of the differing types of 16th century duels will be gained by systematic drilling and intense ‘ruled dueling‘ as taken from all of Meyer’s known works. |
| noon – 1 pm | Lunch provided onsite | ||
| 1-3 pm | Fighting from the Straight Parry | Adam Franti | Meyer’s section on the Gerade Versatsung in the rapier chapter gives a curated selection of techniques and tactics that can be used to defend against any attack, and as a basis for your own attacks. This class can be done with any weapon. |
| 3-5 pm | Lessons in Proportion: An Intuition in Quartstaff Combat | James Reilly | Survey of the underlying principles of Joachim Meyer’s combat system, as it relates to timing, structure and proportionality, explored through the lens of (big) stick fighting. |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner TBA | ||
| FRIDAY 26AUG22 | |||
| 9-10 am | Warm ups | ||
| 10 am – noon | Temperament & Sentiment | Chris VanSlambrouck | How to stay in Measure with bravado according to Meyer’s Rules & Fencer Types. This class violently informs and instructs fencers on how to remain boldly engaged. |
| noon – 1pm | Lunch provided onsite | ||
| 1-3 pm | Make Them Angry: Provokers with the Dusack | Adam Franti | The dusack’s peculiar feature is that its size and quickness doesn’t allow for middle work, but instead relies on making strong attacks that give immediate advantages that must be immediately acted upon. This forces fencers to think in more complex ways, to ensure that their action – never without risk – will bring them to an advantage. Meyer stresses the use of prokers to take these advantages. This class will focus on using provoking actions in the approach to gain fencers their advantage. |
| 3-5 pm | Rapier & Dagger | Robert Rutherfoord | Explore how the principles of Meyer’s art can be applied to this combination of weapons. With two weapons in hand, we can dedicate one to offense and the other to defense – using both to offend and defend simultaneously. In essence, we form two guards, using qualities of both to control the fight. |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner TBA | ||
| SATURDAY 27AUG22 | |||
| 9 am – 11 am | Sword Yoga | Victor Rodriguez | |
| 11 am – noon | Fechtschul Rules and our 16th century Social Contract | Chris VanSlambrouck | |
| noon – 1 pm | Lunch provided onsite | ||
| 1-6 pm | Fechtschul | ||
| 7-11 pm | BBQ @ Chez VanZimmerman | ||
| SUNDAY 28AUG22 | |||
| 10 am – 2 pm | Brunch @ Chez VanZimmerman | ||
$200 Ticket price includes these meals: lunch on Thursday, Friday, & Saturday; Saturday dinner; and Sunday brunch.
Protective Gear requirements include: Feder Style Longsword, Fencing Mask with back of the head protection, Padded Fencing Jacket, Rigid Gorget that covers collarbone, and Protective Gloves. This is an unarmored fencing event, so steel helmets and gauntlets are discouraged.
Email heidzer@gmail.com to schedule a Longsword Fechter Evaluation if you would like to be evaluated during this event.
Accommodations
We do not have a block of hotels reserved anywhere, but we can make a few suggestions:
Local rooms from Air BnB
Comfortable Hotel with Local Flavor: Hotel Ruby Marie
Budget Hotel: Motel 6 & Rodeway Inn
Entrance fee is a donation to cover the expenses of this event.