...has opened registration at 4wseattle.com

At 4W, Academia della Spada brings some of the finest HEMA instructors to Seattle on Feb 15-17th, 2008, for three days of intensive instruction. We would like to invite all scholars of the sword to join us at 4W for a weekend of education and camaraderie.

Main Tracks:

* "Northern Italian Duelling Sabre" with Maestro Ramón Martínez
* "Application of Principles in Master Liechtenauer's Art" with Christian Tobler
* "The Backsword System of George Silver" with Nathan Barnett
* "French Smallsword" with Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martínez
* "Bolognese Swordsmanship with Steven Reich
* "Sword and Dagger" with Cecil Longino, Maestro Ramón Martínez, and Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martínez
* "Principles of Baroque Sword" with Tom Leoni
* "The Fundamental and Universal Principles of Fiore's Martial Arts System" with Robert Charron
* "The German Dusack/Messer" with Jared Kirby
* "I.33 Sword & Buckler - Tactics, Strategy, and Technique" with Maestro Sean Hayes


Electives:

* "Offensive Positioning in Spanish Duelling Knife" with Antone Blair
* "Medieval Mounted Combat Presentation" with Kristina Charron
* "19th Century Dueling Sword & Dueling Codes" with Maestro Ramón Martínez
* "Seventeenth Century Civilian Combatives" with Tim Ruzicki
* "Renaissance Historiography" with Professor Ivan Peterson
* "Motions of the Renaissance Pike Square" with William Elder


See 4wseattle.com for more details.