2025 LEARNING THROUGH COMPARISONS “BIG BLADES” WINTER CAMP
“BIG BLADES” WINTER CAMP:
March 1st & 2nd, 2025. Orlando, FL. U.S.A.
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Train with six top instructors, including:
Tuhon Bill McGrath, from Pekiti-Tirsia International.
Punong Guro Marc Denny, from Dog Brothers Martial Arts.
Coach Russ Mitchell, from the Winged Sabre School.
Guro Bryan Cannata, from Kalis Americano.
Dr. John Lennox, from the School of Two Swords.
Sayaji David Daniel, from the American Bando Association.
SAMPLE VIDEOS: Showing the curriculum for the camp.
VIDEO 1: Hungarian Hussar Saber: Basic Guard Stance, with Coach Russ Mitchell.
VIDEO 2: Thai long sword & Kicks. Dog Brothers Los Triques, with Punong Guro. Marc Denny: (Los Triques Dog Brothers Part 1)
VIDEO 3: Filipino short sword warm up from Pekiti-Tirsia, with Tuhon Bill McGrath.
VIDEO 4: Mountainman Bowie. An uniquely American style of Bowie knife combat with Guro Bryan Cannata.
VIDEO 5: Tomahawk & Knife. School of Two Swords, with Dr. John Lennox.
VIDEO 6: Basic Defensive Khukuri Drill, with Sayaji David Daniel.
Full seminar details below:
LOCATION:
American Martial Arts Academy
9318 E Colonial Dr # B17
Orlando, FL 32817
407-208-9700
Inst: Eric Gianni Email: spartanamaa@gmail.com
SCHEDULE:
Saturday: 3/1/2025
1. Hungarian military saber. Winged Sabre Historical Fencing. Inst. Russ Mitchell
2. Thai long sword & Kicks. Dog Brothers Los Triques: Inst. Marc Denny
3. Filipino short sword/Machete. Pekiti-Tirsia. Inst. Bill McGrath
Sunday: 3/2/2025
1. Bowie knife. Kalis Americano. Inst. Bryan Cannata.
2. Tomahawk. School of Two Swords. Inst. John Lennox.
3. Kukri. Bando Khukuri, Inst. David Daniel
Each day’s training will begin at 10am sharp and have 6 hours of training: two hours with each instructor, with short breaks in-between classes.
Cost:
$125 per day until December 31, 2024
$150 per day starting January 1, 2025
If you are attending both days, then choose 2 in the Quantity box on your cart page.
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: Purchase both days of camp by December 31st and you will receive the following training gear at the camp:
One Rattan stick approximately 36” long. (This will be used as long sword trainers for the Hungarian Saber and Thai Long Sword classes. Then cut down to approximately 24” long for the Filipino Short Sword class).
One of each of the following Cold Steel rubber/polymer trainers:
CS Laredo Bowie Trainer, CS Trench Hawk trainer, CS Kukri trainer.
To register, visit: https://pekiti.com/collections/seminars/products/2025-learning-through-comparisons-winter-camp
INSTRUCTOR INFO:
Punong Guro Marc Denny: Thai Long Sword and Kicking, from Dog Brothers M.A. Los Triques. Marc is the founder and head instructor of the Dog Brothers Martial Arts organization. For more info on DBMA, visit: https://dogbrothers.com/
Tuhon Bill McGrath: Filipino Short Sword, from the Pekiti-Tirsia system.
Bill started his training in Pekiti-Tirsia in 1975 at the age of 14. In 1994 Bill was promoted to the rank of Tuhon Guro (Chief Instructor) by Grandmaster Leo Gaje and founded Pekiti-Tirsia International in 1995 and has been teaching this system since 1979. His website: https://pekiti.com/
Guro Bryan Cannata, Bowie Knife, from Kalis Americano. Bryan is a US Army veteran, a classically trained saber fencer and has trained in several styles of FMA, along with traditional American Bowie fighting. He is the founder of Kalis Americano (a blend of HEMA and FMA) and the South Eastern Director for Medusa Edged weapon Systems as well as the Southern Representative for Western Piper Methods.
Contact Bryan through his Facebook group "Atlanta Monthly Meet Up."
Dr. John Lennox, Tomahawk, from the School of Two Swords.
John has trained in various forms of swordplay for over 40 years. Beginning with the katana, he later moved into the western weapon styles. He is a black belt in Kenpo, an instructor with the Historical Martial Study Society, and an expert level knife and tomahawk instructor for the School of Two Swords. Over the past few years he has focused on unarmed combat theory. His recent research includes Aztec, Mayan and Inca combat systems. Since 2006 he has been teaching at workshops all over the world, including the The Shenandoah Project, the Symposium on the Western Arts of Swordsmanship through History (S.W.A.S.H.) in Leeds, England, and numerous workshops in Scotland, England, Finland, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Mexico and Canada.
He is the author of Combat Theory: The Foundations of the Fight, and is the editor for the posthumous work of Colonel Dwight C. McLemore, The Dagger/Counter-Dagger Concepts of Joachim Meyer.
He is routinely called in to colleges and universities for workshops on historical combat and stage combat. John holds a PhD in Theatre with cognate studies in historical fencing from Wayne State University.
Website: https://schooloftwoswords.com/
Sayaji David Daniel, Kukri/Khukuri, from the American Bando Association. David is a direct student of Mahasayaji Dr. Maung Gyi in the American Bando Association and National Bando Association of America. He has over 45 years of experience in martial arts with additional experience as a Sifu of Hsing-I and Ba-Gua under Allen Pittman and Tibetan Lion's Roar under Charles Daniel. For more info on David Daniel, join the Facebook group: The American Bando Association and Friends.