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Schedule of Events for:

The 5th Annual International Swordfighting & Martial Arts Convention


- August 6-8, 2004 -





This year's convention is brought to you by:

Art of Combat, inc.
On-Site Host & Co-Sponsor
New Dawn Duellists Society
Co-Sponsor
Lansing Community College - Theatre Program
Site Sponsor



With kind assistance from:


Radisson Hotel of Lansing
Hotel Sponsor




And very special thanks to:

Association for Historical Fencing
Rapier Tournament Director
Macdonald Academy of Arms
Single Stick Tournament Director
Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
Longsword Freeplay



Schedule of Events

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Friday, August 5th
Time Period
Event
Room/Area

10 am

Registration & Check-In
Lobby of Dart Auditorium

10:30 – 11:15 am

Introduction of Teachers, Synopses of Classes, Seminar Basics,
Review of Schedule
Dart Auditorium

11:15 – 11:45 am

Tour of L.C.C. & Where Classes Are
Begins at lobby of Dart Auditorium

11:45 – 12:30 pm

Timeline of Weapons & Historical Masters
Dart Auditorium

12:30 – 1 pm

Lunch Break
Special Presentation: Symbolism in WMA Treatises
Dart Auditorium

After this point on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,
Private Instruction Rooms can be reserved in the usual manner.

Classes Begin
Time Period
Open Class A
Open Class B
Master Class
Other

1 – 2:20 pm

Fundamental Principles of Longsword
Instructor:
Guy Windsor

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Fundamental Principles of Knife Combat
Instructors:
Pete Kautz,
Dwight McLemore

ROOM:
A&S Cafe


2:30 – 3:50 pm

Fundamental Principles of Sidesword
Instructor:
William Wilson

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Fundamental Principles of Unarmed Combat
Instructors:
Ken Pfrenger,
Tim Ruzicki

ROOM:
GVT 2830


4 – 5:20 pm

Fundamental Principles of the Rapier
Instructor:
M. Ramón Martínez

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Introduction to Marozzo Prezzas
Instructor:
Brad Waller

ROOM:
GVT 2830
Advanced Bowie Knife
Instructor:
Dwight McLemore
CLOSED
ROOM:
GVT 2810

5:30 – 7 pm

Fundamental Principles of the Small Sword
Instructor:
M. Jeannette Acosta-Martínez

ROOM:
GVT Gymnasium
Meyer's Rappier
Instructor:
Stefan Dieke

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
Advanced Bowie Knife
CLOSED
(cont.)
AEMMA Longsword Freeplay

ROOM:
O.C. 232

7:20 pm

Coached-Bout Rapier Free Fencing
ROOM: O.C. 232


Saturday, August 6th
Time Period
Open Class A
Open Class B
Master Class
Maestro Class
Other

8:30 – 9 am

Warm-ups: Physical Culture, Folk Games and Traditional Conditioning Drills for the Western Martial Artist
Instructor: Pete Kautz
ROOM: GVT 2830

9 – 10:20 am

Tempo
Instructor:
M. Paul Macdonald

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
The Trace of the Tomahawk
Instructor:
Dwight McLemore

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
The Comtech Drawpoint Knife Method:
A Defensive Quick-Draw Knife Art
Instructor:
Pete Kautz
CLOSED
ROOM:
O.C. 232
Spanish Small Sword
Instructor:
M. Ramón Martínez

ROOM:
GVT 2810

10:30 – 11:50 am

Fencing Measure: Principles and Practice
Instructor:
M. Sean Hayes

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Dusack
Instructor:
Jared Kirby

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
The Comtech Drawpoint Knife Method:
A Defensive Quick-Draw Knife Art
CLOSED
(cont.)
Spanish Small Sword

(cont.)

11:50 am – 12:30 pm

Lunch Break
Special Presentation: Manly Arts Demo -- Pugilism
Presenters: Ken Pfrenger & Tim Ruzicki
Room / Area: Dart Auditorium

12:30 – 1:50 pm

Foundations and Principles of Fiore dei Liberi's Arming Sword
Instructor:
Brian McIlmoyle

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Italian Rapier
of Nicoletto Giganti (1606)
Instructors:
Gary Chelak

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
German Longsword
Instructor:
Stefan Dieke

ROOM:
O.C. 232
Spanish Small Sword

(cont.)

2 – 3:20 pm

Escrima Sticks
Instructor:
JJ Pido

ROOM:
GVT 2830
Italian Rapier & Dagger
of Nicoletto Giganti (1606)
Instructors:
Gary Chelak

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
German Longsword

(cont.)
Late 17th Century Italian Rapier
Instructor:
M. Sean Hayes

ROOM:
GVT 2810

3:30 – 4:50 pm

Military Sabre
Instructor:
John Lennox

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Passchen Wrestling
Instructor:
Roger Siggs

ROOM:
GVT 2830
Capo Ferro's Rapier
Instructor:
M. Jeannette Acosta-Martínez,
M. Ramón Martínez,
Jared Kirby

ROOM:
O.C. 232
Late 17th Century Italian Rapier

(cont.)
Master Class:
Fundamentals of the Navaja Sevillana
Instructor:
M. James Loriega
CLOSED
ROOM:
GVT 3900

5 – 6:30 pm

Filipino Martial Arts
Instructor:
JJ Pido

ROOM:
GVT 2830
The Dardi System, Part I
Instructor:
William Wilson

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
Capo Ferro's Rapier

(cont.)
Late 17th Century Italian Rapier

(cont.)
Master Class:
Fundamentals of the Navaja Sevillana
CLOSED
(cont.)

6:50 pm

Rapier Tournament
(directed by Association for Historical Fencing)
ROOM: O.C. 232

Sunday, August 7th

Time Period

Open Class A
Open Class B
Master Class
Maestro Class

8:30 – 9 am

Warm-ups: Physical Culture, Folk Games and Traditional Conditioning Drills for the Western Martial Artist
Instructor: Pete Kautz
ROOM: GVT 2830

9 – 10:20 am

Longsword, Part I
Instructor:
Guy Windsor

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Backsword / Single Stick
Instructor:
M. Paul Macdonald

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
Fundamentals of the Navaja Sevillana
Instructor:
M. James Loriega
CLOSED
ROOM:
O.C. 232
La Verdadera Destreza: The Art, Science and Philosophy of Spanish Swordsmanship
Instructor:
M. Jeannette Acosta-Martínez

ROOM:
GVT 2810

10:30 – 11:50 am


Petter's Wrestling
Instructor:
Tim Ruzicki

ROOM:
GVT 2830
Fundamentals of the Navaja Sevillana
CLOSED
(cont.)
La Verdadera Destreza: The Art, Science and Philosophy of Spanish Swordsmanship

(cont.)

11:50 am – 12:30 pm

Lunch Break
Special Presentation: Manly Arts Demo -- Single Stick
Presenter: M. Paul Macdonald
Room / Area: Dart Auditorium

12:30 – 1:50 pm

The Dardi System, Part II
Instructor:
William Wilson

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Silver
Instructor:
Roger Siggs

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
15th Century Hand-to-Hand Combat:
The Presas of Fiore dei Liberi's Abrazare
Instructor:
Bob Charron
CLOSED
ROOM:
GVT 2830
La Verdadera Destreza: The Art, Science and Philosophy of Spanish Swordsmanship

(cont.)

2 – 3:20 pm

Pugilism
Instructor:
Tim Ruzicki

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Doyle's Small Sword
Instructors:
M. Jeannette Acosta-Martínez,
John Lennox

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
15th Century Hand-to-Hand Combat:
The Presas of Fiore dei Liberi's Abrazare
CLOSED
(cont.)
To the Point, and on the Edge:
The Art and Science of Cut & Thrust
Instructor:
M. Paul Macdonald

ROOM:
GVT 2810

3:30 – 4:50 pm

Longsword, Part II
Instructor:
Guy Windsor

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Early French Smallsword
Instructor:
M. Jeannette Acosta-Martínez

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
Advanced Marozzo Prezzas
Instructor:
Brad Waller

ROOM:
GVT 2830
To the Point, and on the Edge:
The Art and Science of Cut & Thrust

(cont.)

5 – 6:30 pm

Cutlass Theory
Instructor:
Gareth Thomas

ROOM:
Dart Auditorium
Jack Dempsey's Pugilism
Instructor:
Ken Pfrenger

ROOM:
A&S Cafe
Advanced Marozzo Prezzas

(cont.)
To the Point, and on the Edge:
The Art and Science of Cut & Thrust

(cont.)

6:50 pm

Single Stick Tournament
(directed by Macdonald Academy of Arms)
ROOM: O.C. 232

ISMAC 2004 Schedule: Arrangement and Organization: Jared Kirby

ISMAC 2004 Schedule: Design and Publication: Chris J. Franklin