Melbourne Swordplay Guild and Die Fechtschule
Presents
Australian Historical Swordplay Conference 2007
German Medieval & Renaissance Martial Arts
Saturday 22nd to Monday 24th September

Greensbourough Secondary College, Greensbrough.

A variety of Local and International presenters across the range of Martial Arts including:

Stefan Dieke:

Stefan Dieke has since the early 1990s been dedicated to the research of fighting styles of the centuries past, with the main focus in German material from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. His focus is on the authenticity of the fighting techniques and their effective realization.
Stefan has made a thorough study of Joachim Meyer’s treatise of 1570, which is likely the most complex and precise source for the German school of rapier fence.
In working to reconstruct Liechtenauer’s system of the Long Sword in a historically valid and martially effective manner, Stefan includes the works of Peter von Danzig, Sigmund Ringeck, Lew the Jew, and Paulus Hector Mair as well as HS 3227a (Dobringer) in forming the core of his continuing longsword research.
Stefan also researches, studies and practices medieval and renaissance dagger, staff (’Halbe Stange’) and 19th century military saber as well as unarmed fighting styles of the 15th and 16th century.
In 2000, he was the leading force in the founding of the first official club for Historical Swordsmanship as a martial art in Germany, where he was the head instructor.
Now Stefan is running the first full-time school for Historical Swordsmanship in Germany, the Alte Kampfkunst. There, he teaches Sabre and Longsword three nights a week, offering regular seminars on a variety of other weapons.

Further information will be provided regularly on the Federation website and in the Australian Historical Swordplay Forums.

Please visit the Announcement thread on the Forums for up to date information.

Do you want to perform a presentation or run a workshop?
At the moment we have space in our timetables to include a selection of workshops and presentation.

If you have such a presentation that you would like to present, please email your proposal to convention@swordplay.org.au.

Please include the following:

• Name:
• Organisation that you belong.
• Title of Presentation
• Brief Description
• What is the goals of your presentation/workshop?
• Audience size, length of presentation.
• Recommended audience requirements (Numbers, knowledge, fitness, equipement).

All submissions must be received by May 16th.

Further information required will be provided to the successful applicants.