Nov 8th: Top Hats and Tater Tots
I had the honor and privilege to work with the American Youth Shakespeare Company and choreograph the fights for their production of Henry IV Part 1. They were a great cast to work with, and their show was very popular.
We have the date of November 8 set aside for Top Hats and Tater Tots. We will be showing a film of their production at our school in Santa Clara. This is Free Admission, and we will have a tater tot bar. Join us for an evening of Red Carpets, Tiaras and Top Hats along with tater tots
Dress in your best Top Hat and Tails and evening gowns and join us for an evening at the THEATER.
Wear your best clothes and dress up for a great evening with great people
Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: 3266 De La Cruz
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cost: FREE
Nov 9th: Four-Hour Longsword Workshop
Looking for a gift for that special someone? This is perfect! Give the gift of sword fighting to them. You can send him or her to the class, or you can attend with him! If you know of anyone that you think would enjoy this class, please pass the information onto them or give me a call for more information.
This is a four hour intensive class for the students of the sword that would like to attend class at the school but lives out of the area or just don't have the time to commit each week to class.
Every month we gather for four hours to study the long sword. The first three hours are spent on the curriculum of the school and the final hour is spent working on a specific technique from Fior dei Battaglia (Flos Duellatorum written in 1409).
DEMAS has loaner equipment for the students that do not have their own swords or helmets, all you need to bring are gloves. If you have your own wasters and helmet, please bring them with you.
Dress of the day is sweats, a t-shirt, and comfortable shoes.
Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: 3266 De La Cruz
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cost: $80 in advance
$90 at the door
Nov 10th: Sword and Shield Workshop
In the sword and shield class we will look at the use of the round and the heater shield along with the single handed sword. We do have some loaner shields that can be used in the class, but if you have a round or heater shaped shield I encourage you to bring it to the class.
We will study defensive and offensive use of the shield for fighting as well as the use of the sword. There are no known surviving manuscripts detailing the use of the large shield for combat, however there are the Nordic Sagas as well as artwork and architecture reliefs showing the shield as a fighting tool. The earliest manuscript that we know of using a small shield, called a buckler, written in the 1290s, and it is called the I.33 for its catalog number in the Tower of London library.
The techniques we will be studying in this class were learned from years of practice and study fighting with, and against, the sword and shield. We will look at the types of techniques used by the Viking and Saxon shield techniques of the 8th-10th centuries, the battle field shield techniques of the Knights of the 14th century and the Scottish Highlanders of the 18th century.
Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: 3266 De La Cruz
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cost: $80 in advance
$90 at the door
Nov 16 – Pugilism:
Before the Marquis of Queensbury Ruined Boxing
When you think of old-world pugilism what is your first thought? Most people think of two men, shirtless, wildly flailing at one another till one drops in a bloody and bruised mess. At least some of this comes from the Marquis of Queensbury in his attempt to make pugilism(boxing more gentlemanly. What he did do was remove vast portions of the old pugilism's curriculum and added gloves making it less bloody and far more concentrated art. What will be taught is the pre-Marquis rules and techniques which will cover not only the punches and counter but also the infighting and grappling used by those pugilists before it was stripped of a good portion of it's techniques.
Join us at DEMAS as our own Michael Kirkley teaches the art of pugilism.
Pugilism isn't about two guys trying to beat the snot out of each other. There is a lot of science and technique behind the art of pugilism.
Come learn the Sweet Science and toe the line.
Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Where: 3266 De La Cruz
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cost: $80.00 in advance $90.00 at the door
Dec 14th: Four-Hour Longsword Workshop
Looking for a gift for that special someone? This is perfect! Give the gift of sword fighting to them. You can send him or her to the class, or you can attend with him! If you know of anyone that you think would enjoy this class, please pass the information onto them or give me a call for more information.
This is a four hour intensive class for the students of the sword that would like to attend class at the school but lives out of the area or just don't have the time to commit each week to class.
Every month we gather for four hours to study the long sword. The first three hours are spent on the curriculum of the school and the final hour is spent working on a specific technique from Fior dei Battaglia (Flos Duellatorum written in 1409).
DEMAS has loaner equipment for the students that do not have their own swords or helmets, all you need to bring are gloves. If you have your own wasters and helmet, please bring them with you.
Dress of the day is sweats, a t-shirt, and comfortable shoes.
Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: 3266 De La Cruz
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cost: $80 in advance
$90 at the door
Dec 15th: Sword and Shield Workshop
In the sword and shield class we will look at the use of the round and the heater shield along with the single handed sword. We do have some loaner shields that can be used in the class, but if you have a round or heater shaped shield I encourage you to bring it to the class.
We will study defensive and offensive use of the shield for fighting as well as the use of the sword. There are no known surviving manuscripts detailing the use of the large shield for combat, however there are the Nordic Sagas as well as artwork and architecture reliefs showing the shield as a fighting tool. The earliest manuscript that we know of using a small shield, called a buckler, written in the 1290s, and it is called the I.33 for its catalog number in the Tower of London library.
The techniques we will be studying in this class were learned from years of practice and study fighting with, and against, the sword and shield. We will look at the types of techniques used by the Viking and Saxon shield techniques of the 8th-10th centuries, the battle field shield techniques of the Knights of the 14th century and the Scottish Highlanders of the 18th century.
Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: 3266 De La Cruz
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cost: $80 in advance
$90 at the door
Jan 11th: Four-Hour Longsword Workshop
Looking for a gift for that special someone? This is perfect! Give the gift of sword fighting to them. You can send him or her to the class, or you can attend with him! If you know of anyone that you think would enjoy this class, please pass the information onto them or give me a call for more information.
This is a four hour intensive class for the students of the sword that would like to attend class at the school but lives out of the area or just don't have the time to commit each week to class.
Every month we gather for four hours to study the long sword. The first three hours are spent on the curriculum of the school and the final hour is spent working on a specific technique from Fior dei Battaglia (Flos Duellatorum written in 1409).
DEMAS has loaner equipment for the students that do not have their own swords or helmets, all you need to bring are gloves. If you have your own wasters and helmet, please bring them with you.
Dress of the day is sweats, a t-shirt, and comfortable shoes.
Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: 3266 De La Cruz
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cost: $80 in advance
$90 at the door
Jan 12th: Medieval Knife work
In this class we will be looking at a combination of using the dagger in the forehand grip and the icepick grip. We will be looking at the similarities in different manuscripts such as Fiore dei Liberi, Joachim Meyer and Paulus Hector Mair and the practical changes from one grip to the other.
In this class we will focus on the movements and use of the dagger in the high and low line attacks and shifting between the two grips in the fight.
Dress of the day is sweats, a t-shirt and comfortable shoes.
Time: 12: 00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: 3266 De La Cruz
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cost: $80.00 in advance
$90.00 at the door
