The Academy has a wide variety of training options. Academy swordmasters often train actors, stunt doubles, and stunt performers on set as part of the fight design and coordination of a project, but you can also bring your cast in to the Academy for a crash course in historical or modern weaponry customized to the style of your production.
The Academy offers its professional program for industry stunt performers and actors who wish to maintain theatrical combat as a skill, and private lessons are available upon request.
Academy swordmasters can offer their expertise in a plethora of combat disciplines, including but not limited to:
Swordmaster Dan Speaker trains Santiago Cabrera on the television miniseries Empire
- Cutlass
- Broadsword (hand and a half style)
- Quarterstaff
- Sword and Buckler
- Rapier and Dagger (Single Rapier, Rapier and Cloak, etc.)
- Classical Smallword
- Hollywood Swashbuckling (Vaudeville Sabre)
- Hand to Hand Fighting (Unarmed Combat, Rolls and Falls)
The swordmasters also teach variations on these as well as other weapons and styles used in film and stage production, such as double rapier, whip cracking, knife fighting, and much more. All training emphasizes selling the action for the camera or audience.
If the Academy does not regularly teach a weapon or style you are looking for, just ask, as the swordmasters may be able to direct you to someone who does.