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Santa Clara, CA.: Steaphen Fick, Davenriche European Martial Artes School
http://www.davenriche.com
In
1998 I joined a company of people touring
through California
performing in fully armoured tournaments.
While in armour I have competed in full
contact tournaments, as well as
demonstrating the use and mobility of the
armour.
After
the tournament company disbanded, I began
training with the lighter weapons. I
trained with the Rapier and Dagger, the
Single Rapier and the Spada di Lato. I
traveled to the UK to study with Maestro
Paul Macdonald in Edinburgh, Scotland, in
1999. I have also competed in tournaments
at various reenactments around the UK. I
began studying the Rapier and Dagger and
became a recognized authority on the
system of Joseph Swetnam (1617).
I
started Davenriche European Martial Artes
School
in June of 2000. I teach children as young
as 9 and adults the historic use of:
·
the 14th-16th
Century Long Sword
·
the 16th -17th
Century Rapier – Three Musketeer’s style
·
the 16th Century
Side Sword – cut and thrust
·
the 15th Century
Dagger – similar to our modern day dagger
·
the 19th Century
Sabre – US Civil War style sword
I
currently have a school in
Santa Clara and Morgan Hill, California.
I
began the Renaissance Fencing
Camp in 2000 to provide four days of
instruction to the enthusiasts of
California. This camp is designed to give
the novice an in depth introduction to a
variety of weapons. In the camp we introduce
the students to one weapon per day. For the
last two years I have flown other
instructors in so I could expand the camp.
I
also offer a special class in
street safety for women called, “Be
S.A.F.E.”(Secure, Aware, Free, and
Empowered), in which women are taught how to
best avoid potential harm, as well as simple
maneuvers to escape from an attacker.
Always
one to share my passion, I give
demonstrations in schools, participate in
international fencing tournaments, and teach
at international seminars.
While
playing with swords is “fun,” for the
children, teens and adults who attend my
classes,I am quick to emphasize that the
techniques one learns can be used in
situations where one needs to defend oneself
in everyday life.
In
addition, I am a member of the Association
of Historical Fencing, and the Dawn Duelists
Society of Edinburgh, Scotland
Tony's fight direction and action design
have been featured in over two
hundred feature film, television, theatre,
opera and ballet productions.
Between 1998-2000 he served as the Fighting
Styles Designer for Peter
Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy,
creating a series of fantasy martial
arts and fighting systems for the eight
major character types featured in
the movies. In 2002 he toured Japan
performing fights for the Washington
Opera Company's production of Otello,
starring Placido Domingo.
Tony regularly teaches a range of
master-classes and seminars for martial
arts associations, universities, stunt
teams, acting academies and
performance conferences throughout New
Zealand, Australia, the USA, Canada
and Europe. He serves as the editor for the
EJMAS Journal of Manly Arts, a
scholarly online journal focusing on the
martial arts and combat sports of
the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and in
2005 he edited the Bartitsu
Compendium, a complete history of E.W.
Barton-Wright's "New Art of Self
Defence".
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