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Davenriche European Martial Artes School

Study techniques that were used from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance for personal protection and survival. Classes include Dagger, Sabre, Dusack and Side Sword.as taught by the ancient masters with Steaphen Fick, Jared Kirby, Maestro John Sullins

Each day classes will go from 10 - 12pm with a lunch break from 12 - 1pm and classes resuming from 1 - 3pm. From 3 - 4pm we will have a demonstration of different weapons and unarmed techniques by the instructors. This hour will be demonstration and information only, open to the observation of everyone on the site. From 4 - 5pm there will be a supervised open forum for the students to ask questions and practice techniques learned during the day’s class.

Friday: Italian and German Dagger
Saturday: German Dusack
Sunday: Side Sword (cut and thrust)
Monday: Sabre

(Schedule subject to change)
Steaphen Fick www.knight2day.com
650Nuttman St., Ste. 108 408-857-0120 ph
Santa Clara, CA 95054 davenriche@knight2day.com

Steaphen Fick

Bringing history alive is the passion of Steaphen Fick, founder of the Davenriche Martial Artes School (DEMAS), located in San Jose and Gilroy. Based on an ancient European style of self-defence (old English spelling), students from age six to seventy-six learn how to safely swing swords, fight with long sticks, daggers and rapiers, and learn other techniques that were part of the tradition of knights from centuries ago.

Fascinated by the “days of yore,” Steaphen began sword fighting in full armor for a tournament company in 1989. Initially, he learned how to compete through what might literally be called the school of hard knocks. Subsequently, while on his honeymoon in Europe, he had the good fortune to spend some time in Edinburgh, Scotland meeting with Maestro Paul Macdonald, and on a return trip was able to spend six months studying 11 different weapons and unarmoured styles, as well as age-old wrestling techniques. Learning from historical manuals obtained from libraries, museums and collectors, Steaphen studied and currently teaches:

14th-16th Century Long Sword – like Lord of the Rings and Braveheart
15th Century Dagger – similar to our modern day dagger
15th Century Self Defence – based on a martial arts style from Italy
16th Century Side Sword – cut and thrust sword
16th -17th Century Rapier – Three Musketeers’ style
19th Century Sabre – Napoleonic War style sword

Steaphen teaches adults and children at his schools in San Jose, Gilroy and Morgan Hill.

Jared Kirby

Jared Kirby has been involved in Western Martial Arts for nearly eleven years. He co-founded The New Dawn Duelists Society in Minneapolis, MN in order to generate interest in the study of Historical European Martial Arts. After several years of recreating western swordfighting from the historical treatises, he moved to Scotland and studied with Maestro Paul Macdonald and the Dawn Duelists Society.

During this time he fell passionately in love with the dusack and hasn’t stopped his study, research and teaching of it since. After returning to the U.S., he moved to New York City in order to learn the Spanish Rapier from Maestro Ramon Martinez. Jared has studied and trained there for over 6 years and is currently an instructor of Spanish and Italian Rapier at Martinez Academy of Arms.

Jared is also the editor of “Italian Rapier Combat”, the first complete, professional translation of Capo Ferro which is available from Greenhill Books.

For more information, see http://www.martinez-destreza.com/capoferro.htm He is also co-coordinator of the International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Convention held annually in Lansing, MI. For more information, see http://artofcombat.org/public/thespis/index01.htm

Dr. John Sullins

John P. Sullins is a Military Master at Arms, certified by the Masters Fencing Program at San Jose State University (1994). He teaches: foil, epee, sabre, and various historical arms. Dr. Sullins has trained in fencing pedagogy under many skilled fencing masters including: Maestro William Gaugler and Military Master at Arms Ralph Sahm (1986 to 1994); Maître Daniel Revenu (1988); Maestro Ferenc Marki (1988); Maestro Niccolo Perno (1988); Maestro Enzo Musumeci Gerco (1988); and Maestro Lucio Nugnes (1989).

John has taught at numerous fencing schools and programs since the mid 1980's and was a cofounder and manager of the Tri Cities Academy of the Sword in Binghamton New York 1998-2002. In addition to directing the SSU Fencing Master's Certificate Program, Dr. Sullins is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at SSU.

John is also the head instructor at Sonoma State University’s Fencing Master Certificate Program. The program is intended for experienced fencers wanting to earn credentials that qualify them to coach and teach fencing. http://www.sonoma.edu/users/s/sullinsj/FMCP.html