Workshops

Intermediate rolls & breakfalls including shoulder rolls, dive rolls & some wrestling moves (horse mare & clothesline).

Advanced rolls & breakfalls including stair fall techniques, car hit techniques & some wrestling moves (body slam & Irish whip).

Basic unarmed fighting covers different types of kicks and punches, basic fight choreography, numbering systems, acting the fight, vocalization, etc.

Intermediate unarmed nasty and funny fights – hair/ear/nose pulling, eye poking, biting, slapping, chops to the throat and back of the neck, head butts, groin kicks, rabbit punch kidney hits, slamming head into wall, strangling/choking, nerve pinching, etc.

Advanced unarmed fighting covers different martial arts styles, complex choreography, 1 vs 2, 1 vs 3, 2 vs 2, fast & furious fighting.

Basic medieval sword fighting – covers attacks, blocks, ducks and evasions, basic fight choreography, numbering systems, acting the fight, vocalization & 1 vs 1 fights.

Intermediate medieval sword & shield – I supply wooden training swords and shields plus a few soft foam ones. Choreography, more attacks, blocks, etc. including 1 vs 2 fights.

Advanced medieval sword fighting – spins/flourishes, throws/passes, disarms, trips/takedowns, half swording, nasty tactics such as pommel & guard attacks, complex 1 vs 2 & 1 vs 3 fights.

Gun disarms – various styles of holding, tactics & disarms/takedowns using non-functioning soft and hard rubber prop guns.

Knife fights – various styles of holding/fighting, tactics & disarms/takedowns using prop knives and daggers (made of rubber, plastic, etc.).

Basic staff & spear fighting – techniques including spinning and 1 vs 1 fights. I supply all the weapons.

Intermediate staff & spear/spear & shield fighting – techniques/tactics including 1 vs 2 & 1 vs 3 fights.

Soft prop weapon fights – use of prop chains, hammers, sledgehammers, metal bars, crowbars, axes, baseball bats, etc. I supply all the prop weapons (made of rubber, foam, plastic & wood).

Stage acting specific skills – basic punching and kicking, different slapping techniques (including making multiple types of knaps), stage fainting technique, and carrying/dragging unconscious/dead people off stage.

Basic rapier fighting – rapier stage combat techniques.

Intermediate rapier fighting – rapier & dagger, rapier & lantern, rapier & cloak techniques.

Mixed Bag Of Mayhem – cane/walking stick/umbrella combat (bartitsu style), nunchakus plus found & improvised weapons (books, magazines, phones, ties, etc.),

Bar brawls & pub punchups – mass fights e.g. bar room brawling with breakaway props and furniture. Everybody also gets to be smashed over the head with a breakaway bottle! NOTE: extra cost due to the breakaway props & you must bring your own elbow & knee pads).

Battle scenes – moving in formation & the tactics/practicalities of two mass groups battling with weapons.

Slapstick – Slips, trips, chair falls, running into doors & walls, etc.

Axes, tomahawks, etc. NEW IN 2026!

Polearms (various types of European & medieval) NEW IN 2026!

Light sabres – fight like a Jedi! COMING IN 2027!

Bullwhip – fight like Indiana Jones & Catwoman! COMING IN 2027!

Juggling – cascade & columns with 3 balls, ball tricks, basic clubs.

Odd skills – coin toss catch, cane & walking stick spinning & tricks, card throwing, old school skateboard tricks plus ramming a straw through a potato!