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 C D E F G (Gym Hall) (Field) (Field) (Field) (Field) (Field) (Sparring Arena) Thursday 14 August Registration opens from 6pm – Please register as soon as you arrive on site DAY 1 - Friday 15 August 0800-0930 Breakfast

0945-1000 Opening speech at bar area 1000-1200 Modern self-protection Management of Disarms and closing in ABC - Active Buckler James Bowie and his Melee games – Mark Barriers (sparring arena) under Paul Bennett – James Marwood distance in longsword – 19th century military Control - knife - Allen Reed Gilbert Keith Farrell (various Manciolino's sources, mostly and buckler - British) - Martin Francesca and Wilkinson Piermarco Terminiello 1200-1330 Lunch

1330-1430 Phil Walters (Wolfsead Western – UK) – Falconry Display on main field Barriers (sparring arena) under Paul Bennett 1430-1630 Federschwert Medieval and Slipping and parrying Straight parrying in French Napoleonic Tournament (Steel renaissance dagger - with the broadsword Meyer's rappier bayonet – Ju Garry feder – Private) Predrag Nikolic and sabre - from (sidesword) - James Roworth – Colin Roberts Fieldhouse 1630-1830 Waite Sabre Challenge The longsword Intro to French Rapier - Tomahawk/knife (Steel sabre – Private) techniques of Andre Liechtenauer’s 14thC Fabrice Cognot reconstruction - Phil Paurnfeindt – Alex longsword - Greg Walters Bourdas Richardson 1830-1930 Insights into medieval ' physical characteristics - Maarten Kamphuis

DAY 2 - Saturday 16 August 0830-0930 Breakfast

0945-1145 Medieval and Longsword plays from - Introduction to the Italian rapier, Basic Longsword Melee games – Mark Barriers (sparring arena) under Paul Bennett renaissance - the Kölner fechtbuch – principles of central English style: (Liechtenauer) drills Gilbert Predrag Nikolic Keith Farrell line in Polish Szabla - Swetnam's rapier to improve fighting Jerzy Miklaszewski and dagger - Allen performance – Scott Reed Brown 1145-1245 Lunch

1245-1445 Historical English Longsword from Codex French 19th century Rapier self-defence 17th-18thC English Barriers (sparring arena) under Paul Bennett pugilism – Martin Wallerstein - Fabrice infantry officers' from Nicolletto country backsword / Austwick Cognot sabre – Ju Garry Giganti's second singlestick - with book - Francesca sparring - Jed Pascoe and Piermarco Terminiello

1445-1645 c.1900 with Fiore longsword – Angelo c.1797-9 17thC sword/rapier Stav polearm Barriers (sparring arena) under Paul Bennett. improvised weapons – getting to and working broadsword on foot - according to fundamentals - Final scoring Michael Noel Jones from the cross - Mark Reinis Rinka Cavendish – Gordon Graham Butcher Lancaster/Rob Lovett Hamilton 1700-1830 Assault at Arms (Nylon backsword & sabre – Public)

1830-1930 Rapier Tournament (Steel rapier & smallsword – Public)

DAY 3 - Sunday 17 August 0830-0930 Breakfast

0945-1145 Modern Catch Sword and buckler (i.33) Szabla Engangement: Using the Meyer's rappier Team Tournament (Nylon weapons, teams of 3 - Wrestling – Martin drills to improve the method of proper tomahawk and (sidesword) and Public) Austwick fighting performance - exchange in Polish Bowie knife dagger - James Scott Brown sabre - Jerzy together – Allen Roberts Miklaszewski Reed 1145-1245 Lunch

1245-1445 Traditional Bartitsu – Advanced Longsword 19thC Italian military Fiore dei Liberi’s Thibault rapier v James Marwood drills to improve sabre after Capitano bastoncello (little rapier and dagger - fighting performance – Del Frate - Carlo Parisi stick) – Allen Reed 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, ) - 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 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