Schedule

Friday Schedule

8:00 am

Registration Opens (Reg Desk)

9:00 am

24 Hour Charity Fencing Event Begins. (Room B)

Come help raise money for the Michael J Fox Foundation!

9:00 am Friday to 9:00 am Saturday.

9:00 am to 2:50 pm

Backsword Intensive with Maestro Paul Macdonald. (Classroom E)

Note: There is a separate charge for this class. For more details Click Here.

10:00 am

Free Fencing Begins. (Room B)

10:00 am Friday to 9:00 am Saturday.

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Jedi Fighting Masterclass with Nick Gillard! (Classroom G)

Note: There is a separate charge for this class. More details soon.

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Lifecasting Masterclass with Samanta Cobb! (Classroom E)

Note: There is a separate charge for this class. More details soon.

Jedi Fighting Masterclass with Nick Gillard! (Classroom G)

Note: There is a separate charge for this class. More details soon.

7:00 pm

Registration Desk Closes

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Unarmored Longsword Tournament

hosted by the Medieval Tournament Association (Room B)

7:30 pm to 11:30 pm

Official Convention Kick-off! Meet, mingle and grab a drink (Room E).
Plus, a special demonstration by the Viper Vixens at 10:45!

Saturday Schedule

Tuscany

(Panel Room)

Siena

(Panel Room)

Showcase Activities (Room E)

Demo Ring

Classroom A

Classroom B

Classroom F

Steampunk Room

7:00 am

Registration Opens (Reg Desk)

9:00 am to 10:00 am

Closed for Setup

Closed for Setup

Closed for Setup

Closed for Setup

Fiore Survived Six Armed Combats, Would You?

Messer & Dusack

French Smallsword: Scarier than it Looks!

Closed for Setup

Closed for Setup

10:00 am to 11:00 am

Closed for Setup

The Mongoliad Experience

Accessory Build

10:00 – 10:25

(Roger Ma Presents)

Boarding Actions I

Choice Reactions

10:35 – 11:00

(Classical Fencing)

11:15 am to 12:15 pm

Closed for Setup

Abney Park:
Meet the Band! – a non musical appearance

Whips & Knives

11:15 – 11:40

(Fights of Fantasy)

Leveraging Your Assets: Principles of Leverage in Armed
and Unarmed Combat

Manly Arts of Self-Defense

Jedi Fighting

N/A

11:50 – 12:15

(Cutlass vs Bayonet)

12:15 pm to 1:15 pm

Lunch Break

12:25 – 12:50

(Armored Combat)

Garrote Larense stick and Machete fighting art of Venezuela

Photo OP with Abney Park

1:00 – 1:25

(Bullwhip)

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Where History and Fantasy Meet

Roll the Dice: Combat in Gaming

Sword Handling Session

1:30 – 1:55

(Judicial Duel)

The Sword of Spain – The Theory and Practice of La
Verdadera Destreza

German Medieval Martial Arts

Have Fun Storming the Castle

N/A

2:05 – 2:30

(Sword Feats)

2:45 pm to 3:45 pm

Roger Ma Presents “The Zombie Combat Manual”

Boarding Tactics & Techniques for the Golden Age
of Sail

Ready for Battle: Armor from Head to Toe

2:45 – 3:10

(Shock Knives)

Bartitsu: The Martial Art of Sherlock

The Evolution of the Sky Leviathan

3:20 – 3:45

(Manly Arts)

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

History of Film Fight Directors

Shoot for the Stars

Surviving the Outbreak: Zombie Tools

4:00 – 4:25

(Longsword Flow Drill)

Rapier & Dagger: English,
Italian or Spanish

How to Start a Fight

Fighting the Horde: Tactics and
Techniques For Fighting Multiple Opponents

Jogo do Pau Class 1

4:35 – 5:00

(Cutting Swords)

5:15 pm to 6:15 pm

The Hunted: Sword Slingin’ and Vampire Slayin’

Geek Girls Rock!

Dressing for the Apocalypse: Monster Makeup Makeovers

5:15 – 5:40

(Cold Steel Cutting)

Alley Attack!

Steam Powered War Machines and Weapons

5:50 – 6:15

(19th C. Defence)

6:15 pm to 7:30 pm

Dinner Break and Registration Desk Closes (7:00 pm)

7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Film Expo

Film Expo

Armored Tournament

hosted by the Medieval Tournament Association

Costume Contest

Closed for Setup

Film Expo

N/A

9:30 pm to 11:30 pm

N/A

N/A

Free Fencing

N/A

Time Traveler’s Ball

N/A

N/A

Sunday Schedule

Tuscany

(Panel Room)

Siena

(Panel Room)

Showcase Activities (Room E)

Demo Ring

Classroom A

Classroom B

Classroom F

Steampunk Room

7:00 am

Registration Opens (Reg Desk)

9:00 am to 10:00 am

Closed for Setup

Closed for Setup

Closed for Setup

Closed for Setup

When does a Big Knife become a Short Sword?

Spanish Rapier vs Italian Rapier

Longsword Flow Drills

Closed for Setup

Closed for Setup

10:00 am to 11:00 am

History in Hollywood: Bringing Pirates of the
Carribean to life

Meet the Experts: Armor & Sword Making

Knives & Axes

10:00 – 10:25 (Longsword into Knife into…)

Radaellian Saber

N/A

10:35 – 11:00

(Catch-as-Catch-Can)

11:15 am to 12:15 pm

Making a Cultural Icon: The Fights of Star Wars

Violence in Storytelling

Steampunk Leather

11:15 – 11:40

(Cold Steel Cutting)

Italian Swordsmanship: From Longsword to Rapier

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick

Boarding Actions II

1904 Singlestick: the fourth Fencing weapon of the
Olympic Games

11:50 – 12:15

(Cool & Unusual Weapons)

12:15 pm to 1:15 pm

Lunch Break

12:25 – 12:50

(The Hunted Shoots)

Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villainy: Surviving A Canteena
Fight

Saviolo Rapier

1:00 – 1:25

(The Hunted Shoots)

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Weapons and Wounds

Creating your Steampunk Universe

Choreographing a Pirate Fight

1:30 – 1:55

(Spear vs Smallsword)

The Cutting Edge

Grappling & Wrestling

Theory and Practice of the Navaja

Repelling Boarders Against Sky Pirates

2:05 – 2:30

(Fighting Man vs Gentleman)

2:45 pm to 3:45 pm

The State of Music Within the Steampunk Movement

Fighting’s for Girls: Warrior Women of the Western
Martial Arts

2:45 – 3:10

(Spartacus)

Against All Odds: Using Improvised Weapons To Win The Day

Jogo do Pau Class 2

3:20 – 3:45

(Jedi Fight Demo)

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Weapons Make the Man: the Signatures of Heroes
& Villains

Interview with an Ubervamp

Cool and Unusual Weapons of the Western Martial Arts

4:00 – 4:25

(Femme Fatale)

Get Medieval on Your @?!

Freakin’ Crazy

Deconstructing The Duel: Princess Bride Done Right

Cloak and dagger

4:35 – 5:00

(Knife Throwing)

5:15 pm to 6:15 pm

Makeup with the Pros

Deadliest Warrior: Behind the Scenes

5:15 – 5:40

(Secret Kills of Assassins Creed)

Victorian Cane

N/A

5:50 – 6:15

(Spanish & Italian Rapier)

6:15 pm to 7:30 pm

Film Expo

Film Expo

Dinner Break and Registration Desk Closes (7:00 pm)

7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Film Expo

Film Expo

Stage Combat Competition

Closed for Vendor Break Down

Closed

Rapier And Smallsword Tournament

hosted by the Association for Historical Fencing

Singlestick Tournament

hosted by Botta Secreta Productions

9:30 pm to 11:30 pm

Film Expo

Film Expo