Join us for a weekend-long intensive dedicated to the art of historical swordplay. This year’s event offers three focused training tracks–Two-Handed Weapons, Single-Handed Cutting Swords, and Dueling Swords–each designed to challenge and elevate your practice. Attend one or both of these 9-hour duelling sword intensives:
Marli Vlok — The Last Rapier: 18th Century Duelling Sword
Travel to 18th-century southern Italy, where the rapier held its ground against the rising smallsword. Working from the 1803 treatise of Rosaroll-Scorza and Grisetti, Marli will guide you through this elegant and deadly system including offensive and defensive actions, contraries, blade grapples, and tactical thinking in the duel.
Matthew Howden — From Diagram to Duel: Thibault in Practice
Published posthumously in 1630, Gerard Thibault’s “Academie de l’Espée” or “Academy of the Sword” stands as one of the most thorough and lavish rapier treatises of its age. Matthew will lead students through a practical approach to understanding and using Thibault’s method of swordplay. Beginning with body structure, movement, and core principles, we will flesh out a method for defending ourselves while at the same time deconstructing our opponents’ methods.
Will you take up the Rapier in the Pursuit of Mastery?
Registration opens October 15, 2025
Space in intensives is limited so reserve your space early!