Back in mid-March, David McCormick lamented the loss of opportunities for stage combat in his piece ‘Theatrical Combat without Theatre’. However, he did give a nod to the fact that “Filmmaking will go on” and thus – the stage-&-safety trained Western Martial Artist will have a place to display his/her craft and add to the…
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Mounted Combat Program to Include Elephant Combat
An exciting announcement was made at today's Mounted Combat workshop. Academie Duello in cooperation with the Botswana's Chobe National Park Association and Red Colt Equestrian Co-op is going to be housing two displaced African Grey Elephants in Richmond, BC. Wildlife experts who were looking for space for two displaced elephants, originally intended for the Greater Vancouver Zoo,…
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Photos from today's mounted combat workshop
See the full gallery on Posterous A couple group photos from the end of today's fantastic and sunny mounted combat workshop in beautiful Richmond, BC. It was a glorious sunny day for sword fighting and riding.
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This month in classes at Academie Duello
We have an exciting month ahead of us at Academie Duello and on Duello.TV. In the Mastery Program we'll be moving back toward the rapier, in the Warrior Fitness program defensive conditioning will be the name of the game, and our focus programs will continue to look at guards, now with a focus on how to defeat them.…
Playing With Knives and Other Hobbies
"So long as you use a knife, there's some love left." - Norman Mailer Fiore vs. Modern Knife Workshop Saturday, April 7, 2012 3pm-7pm Vancouver Film School Explore how to apply the principals and techniques of Armizare to a modern knife, covering applicable postures vs modern knives, maintaining control of the knife, conducting safe disarms,…
[Photo] A packed house at Duello this last Tuesday.
It was a very full night this last Tuesday. The combined salute in and salute out at 8pm shows a health compliment of students in SwordFit and Warrior Fundamentals as well as Taste of the Renaissance, Mastery Class, and Stage Combat. Don't forget we have a 5:30pm Mastery Class on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well…
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Academie Duello in Monte Cristo magazine
Monte Cristo Magazine, "the lifestyle quarterly for discerning, cultured Vancouverites", has written a superb article about Academie Duello in their most recent issue. One part of our interview that I felt Amanda Jun (the reporter) captured well, was our place in the modern world: While a room adorned with swords and armour and…
International Sword and other Pointed Press
This week We have offerings from two distinct disciplines. But before you make up your mind as to the relative merits of the two, let Us take just a moment to remind you about which of the two is the ‘Master’. Cheers, Wes (http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/02/18/the-abandoned-an%E2%80%99... Swords in Action KYIV POST (Ukraine) 22 March 12 …
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Photos from Game of Thrones season 2 premiere
See the full gallery on Posterous Two demos, 12 hours in armour, a sneak peak of season 2, a ton of fighting and a regal throne. Good day.
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Academie Duello @ Game of Thrones Season 2 Premiere
If you're a fan of HBO's Game of Thrones you are lucky to be living in Vancouver! This Friday Movie Central and HBO will be holding an all day premiere event in advance of the April 1st premiere of Season 2 on HBO Canada. The event will feature an all day marathon of Season 1…
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Some photos from last Saturday's Longsword Workshop
Last Saturday (March 17th) I taught a workshop on Applied Combatives for the Longsword. The focus of this workshop was on taking skills learned and practiced in technical classes and put them into the context of sparring. Exercises followed Fiore's four combative aspects Prudence, Courage, Fortitude, and Speed and put techniques under various kinds of…
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Near-indecipherable International Sword Press
It’s spring and a young duellist’s thoughts turn to … Europe! Apparently, they have lots of castle’s there, lots of blades lying around waiting to be discovered and lots of WMA/HEMA-aficionado company to share! I wonder if they have beer in Europe too? Lots of Competition! ОРЕНБУРГСКИЕ НОВОСТИ (Orenberg, Russia) 13 March 12…
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Four Hours of Knight Camp for Grown-ups!
"I'm your knight in shining armour. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park." - Rufus Wainwright Intro to the Knightly Arts Saturday, March 24, 2012 3pm-7pm Over the course of four hours you will learn the fundamentals of Armizare; a martial system first taught by Italian Knight Fiore dei Liberi in the 14th century. You will…
Somewhat Related to Sword Press
Sometimes when things are quiet in the WMA world, trying to find sword-related press is akin to banging your head against a stone wall … a very tall, thick stone … hey, wait a minute! … Taking a Castle – the Hard Way THE PROVINCE (Vancouver, BC) 08 March 12 Fresh take on medieval castles…
Arte, Ardore, Onore documentary wins Women in Film Award
The 10 minute documentary by Tatiana Balashova about Academie Duello has won the Distribution Award from the Women in Film festival happening this weekend in Vancouver. In fact the film will be premiering today at 3:30pm! You can read more about it at the festival here. Congratulations to Tatiana for her accolade!
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The triumvirate of Rapier, Sidesword, and Longsword - This month in Mastery at Academie Duello
As you may or may not know our curriculum at Academie Duello in the Mastery Program runs on a scheduled calendar based on what level you are at. Each month there is a different focus in class, perhaps a different weapon or a change in strategic or technical theme. This is one of the rare…
Forteza Fitness in Chicago is doing some cool stuff!
My friends Greg Mele and Keith Jennings as well as associated others, including Tony Wolf, have setup a new salle of swordsmanship, Bartitsu and much more in Chicago. The centre is called Forteza Fitness and it is the new home of the Chicago Swordplay Guild and the Bartitsu Club of Chicago. They recently got some…
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Past, Present and Future (?) Sword Press
Nicci looked up at Kahlan . "Knives are not my talent." "It's not hard," Kahlan said as she pressed the handle into Nicci's hand. "When the time is right, just stick the pointed end somewhere important in someone you really don't like." Quotes from the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, courtesy of Wikiquote.…