Our Provosts (Instructors)
Michael Barton
Michael teaches English and Scottish fencing systems, covering from the 16th to 19th Centuries. He specialises in teaching basket hilted broadsword, alongside a range of accompanying offhand weaponry, though he has a keen interest in broadsword and alehouse dagger
Richard Cullinan
Richard teaches Italian fencing systems, covering from the 15th – 20th Centuries. The systems he teaches includes abrazare, bastone, dagger, duelling sabre, duelling sword, longsword, partisan, pollaxe, rapier, sidesword, spear, and two-handed sword.
Stuart McDermid
Stuart teaches longsword, rapier, sidesword, and messer according to 15th and 16th century sources, as well as smallsword according to the 18th century sources.
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Peter Radvan
Peter teaches English fencing systems from the 16th -17th centuries. The systems he teaches includes basket-hilted swords, along with their accompanying offhand weapons. He also teaches Dark Ages spear and shield combat based on interpolation from historical fencing texts.
Our Ushers (Assistant Instructors)
Daniel teaches longsword and sidesword.
Gavin teaches Italian fencing systems from the 16th – 17th Century. The systems he teaches includes partisan, sidesword and two-handed sword.
Michael teaches longsword and basket-hilted sword in the British traditions.
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