Swords Long & Small
Schedule
Sat Jan 21 2023 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm
Location
First Presbyterian Church in Kensington | Philadelphia, PA
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Swords Long & SmallJessica Finley an expert in the field of Historical Martial Arts and published author & Ian Rose, fight director of 30 years experience work together to meld the historical applications of Longsword & Smallsword to train to a greater understanding of the intent of these beautiful weapons and to better enhance the theatrical experience.
Jess Finley has had a sword in her hand for more than twenty years. Her initial interest was in stage combat, but not too long after beginning that pursuit began to ask "... but how did they really fight" and from that question branched out to German Medieval Martial Arts. She is the head instructor at Ritterkunst Turhalle in Lawrence, Kansas. Jess has trained Medieval Swordsmanship under the mentorship of Christian Tobler of Selohaar Fechtschule since 2003. She also has a background studying Judo under the tutelage of Arden Cowherd of Topeka Judo Club. She has taught and competed internationally at events like the Western Martial Arts Workshop in Chicago, USA; Paddy Crean International Workshop in Banff, Canada; Swordfish in Gothenburg, Sweden; and Longpoint in Baltimore, USA and has taught intensives at various events and schools, as well as weekend private intensives at her home. Jess is a published author, having written a book entitled "Medieval Wrestling" on the fifteenth century Master Ott's wrestling treatise of German wrestling techniques. She has authored a number of articles on medieval martial arts, which have been included in many different anthologies. She also researches medieval clothing construction and fabric armor, and has presented her findings at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo and published an article in Medieval Clothing and Textiles (Boydell and Brewer) on her study of a 15th century quilted armor.
IAN ROSE
Ian has arranged fights for commercials, film and stage, and been working in the New York and Philadelphia areas for over twenty-five years. Ian is a Fight Master with Fight Directors Canada and The Society of American Fight Directors. Ian has worked on Broadway (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Liev Schrieber and Janet McTeer at the Booth), the Bridewell Theatre in London, MTM Studios in Rome, Riverside Shakespeare and Interborough Repertory Theatre in New York City, the Whole Theatre in New Jersey, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Theatre Company (Adrift in Macao, Chris Durang premiere) the Wilma Theatre, most recently James Ijames' FatHam ( This production was one of the New York Times top ten shows of 2021, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama). Ian did fights and created the roles of La Böessiere and Picard in Curio Theatre Company’s recent Symphony for St. Georges. Ian's fights were featured in the documentary Philadelphia: The Great Experiment –Disorder, and Ian was a Technical Advisor on the film A Winter’s Tale. Ian has been a student of Historical Martial Arts and Martial Arts for many years earning his 4th Degree Black Belt in Karate in 2015.
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Where is it happening?
First Presbyterian Church in Kensington, 418 E Girard Ave,Philadelphia,PA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: