Old News
New Year, and new locationThe new term (and year) for Angloceltia and Fechtschule Sankt Peter started on February 1. Please note that for Angloceltia the location has changed - classes are now held at Chester St Uniting Church, Chester St, Epping. Newcomers are welcome at both schools.
New TermThe new term for Angloceltia and Fechtschule Sankt Peter started on May 4. Newcomers are welcome at both schools - see you there.
Bill Carew Joachim Meyer Seminar in SydneyA one-day seminar on 2 May in Renaissance Longsword, after the sixteenth-century teachings of Joachim Meyer of Strasbourg, will be offered by Bill Carew, founder of Collegium in Armis in Brisbane.
See details and registration
here.
Historical Swordplay Convention 2008UPDATE
The conference will not now be held in August, but later in the year, perhaps in November. Firmer information will be shown here in the next few days.
Annual General MeetingThe Stoccata AGM was held on 11 February 2008
The new committee is:
President: Stephen Hand
Vice President: Chris Morgan
Secretary: Paul Wagner
Treasurer: Rick Watkins
General Members:
Andrew Brew
Peter Radvan
Mariusz Rybak
Prize FightOn Sunday 2 December 2007 four students of the Fechtschule Sankt Peter presented public demonstrations of prowess.
Congratulations to the successful candidates-
for the rank of scholar (Schüler):
Chris Barnes
Corey Rankin
Rick Watkins
Each of these played six sequential three-minute assaults with the long sword
for the rank of free scholar (Freifechter):
Chris Morgan.
Chris presented four assaults with the long sword, followed by another four with his weapon of choice, the Polish sabre.
Paul Wagner Teaching TourPaul Wagner conducted a series of seminars across the northern hemisphere as follows
English Longsword seminar Sept 15-16 at The School of European Swordsmanship, Helsinki, Finland.
Highland Broadsword seminar Sept 22-23 in Malmo, Sweden.
English Longsword and Highland Broadsword classes at Western Martial Arts Workshop in Chicago, USA, Sept 27-30.
Highland Broadsword seminar Oct 6-7 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
Prize FightsWe are pleased to announce that a number of students at the Hobart branch have successfully fought public prizes to be recognised as scholars of the school. They are:
Graeme Anderson
Nita Kitto
Fred Stein
Hayden Peck
Jamie Harwood
Mariusz Rybak
Highland Broadsword in BrisbanePaul Wagner gave a 2 day seminar on the use of the Highland Broadsword according to Thomas Page (1746) in Brisbane on the weekend of the 19th and 20th of May.
Stoccata Sydney Resumed Teaching...on Monday January 29, at both Eastwood and Pymble. See individual school sites for planned classes
Introductory GrapplingMonday (Jan 22) there was held an introductory grappling & wrestling class at the Denistone East Uniting Church Hall, Acacia Ave, Eastwood at 7.45pm, taught by guest instructor Stuart McDermid. This was a "casual" class, so the cost was $5 for members, $10 for non members, to pay for the hall.
8th Australasian Historical Swordplay ConventionPrima Spada School of Fence will be hosting this years convention in Brisbane on the first weekend of October. For further details, see Prima Spada's website,
here
New CoursesFechtschule Sankt Peter taught new material this term (Polish sabre and German wrestling), and we intend that this will be repeated at various times in the future. See the FSP home page for details
English Swordsmanship ReleasedStephen Hand's latest book, English Swordsmanship: The True Fight of George Silver has been released and is available from Stephen, or from his publishers at
Chivalry Bookshelf
"English Swordsmanship" Volume IIVolume II of English Swordsmanship: The True Fight of George Silver will buld on the foundation laid in Volume I, covering George Silver's system of combat with all weapons other than the single sword. It is due for release later this year. See
Chivalry Bookshelf for more details.
"English Swordsmanship" PublicationEnglish Swordsmanship went to to the printers on February 3rd 2006.
Volume I of English Swordsmanship: The True Fight of George Silver is Stephen Hand's comprehensive analysis of Silver's system of combat with the sword. It is due for release at the end of March 2006. See
Chivalry Bookshelf for more details.
Stoccata Sydney Resumes Teaching...on Monday January 30, at both Eastwood and Pymble. See individual school sites for planned classes (coming soon!)
Stoccata Tasmania Resumes Teaching...on Wednesday January 11th, at the usual time and place.
Stoccata Sydney New TermThe new term for Sydney schools started on Monday 10th October. Eastwood (Angloceltia) students will be studying George Silver's short sword, and Ledall's long sword, while Pymble students will study Liechtenauer's long sword.
Beginners are welcome at both schools - please contact us if you intend to come along
7th Australasian Historical Swordplay ConventionFinesse Academie of Fence hosted this convention in Canberra on the first weekend of October. For further details, see Finesse's website,
here
Stoccata AGMAll members are invited to the Annual General Meeting of the Stoccata School of Defence, to be held on September 28 in the restaurant of the Ranch Hotel, Epping, at 8:00 pm. The restaurant will be booked from 7:00 for dinner.
Stephen Hand: Silver in SeattleSeptember 24th-25th Stephen Hand taught a two day seminar on George Silver in Seattle, Washington
Stephen Hand: Silver and I.33 in OklahomaSeptember 17th-18th Stephen Hand taught a two day seminar on George Silver and I.33 sword and buckler in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Andrew Brew: Liechtenauer in BrisbaneOn the weekend of the 17-18 September 2005,
Collegium in Armis hosted a two-day seminar on the use of the long sword in the Liechtenauer tradition, led by Andrew Brew.
Stephen Hand confirmed to teach at RacineConfirmation that Stephen Hand taught at Western Martial Arts workshop in Racine Wisconsin 9-11 September. See
http://www.wmaw2005.com for more details.
Spada II ReleasedSpada II: An Anthology of swordsmanship, edited by Stephen Hand and containing papers by Stephen and Paul Wagner of Stoccata, has been released. It may be ordered from
Chivalry Bookshelf
Stephen Hand featured in Tourist PublicationLeatherwood Online features things of interest in the state of Tasmania - this month...
Steve Hand, Living by the Sword
Spada II Goes to the PrintersJuly 11th 2005 saw Spada II go to the printers. Spada II: An Anthology of swordsmanship, is an anthology of papers on various swordmanship topics, edited by Stephen Hand and containing papers by Stephen and Paul Wagner of Stoccata. It is expected to be back from the printers in early September. See
Chivalry Bookshelf for more details
Stephen Hand: Silver in MelbourneOn 9-10 July, Stephen Hand presented a two-day seminar on the single sword of George Silver in Melbourne.
Andrew Brew: Introduction to LiechtenauerOn 2 July, Andrew Brew presented a one-day seminar in Sydney introducing the principles of Liechtenauer's fighting system for the long sword. Further information may be found
here.
Paul Wagner in AnchorageOn June 25 & 26 Paul Wagner taught Highland Broadsword in Anchorage, Alaska
Elizabethan Swordplay in HobartStephen Hand's Adult Education course, Elizabethan Swordplay finished on 24 May. A new course started on Tuesday 21 June.
Paul Wagner in ColoradoJune 20 & 21- 2 nights of English Longsword with Paul Wagner, hosted by the Rocky Mountains Historical Combat Guild in Colorado
Sydney Morning Herald column on StoccataSee The Herald (weekend of June 18-19), page 32 of Spectrum, for a short article on "Sword Fighting" featuring Stoccata, and in particular Fechtschule Sankt Peter.
click here
Paul Wagner at Cumann BhataPaul Wagner taught English quarterstaff, longsword and Short Sword according to George Silver at the
Cumann Bhata
Western Martial Arts Seminar in Philadelphia
Paul Wagner in LondonJune 11 - A seminar with Paul Wagner in Gunnersbury Park, London
Paul Wagner in MalmöJune 4 & 5 Paul Wagner taught I33 sword and buckler in Malmö, Sweden
Stoccata before the Governor of TasmaniaMay 21st 2005 Stoccata Hobart performed a display fight in front of Governor William Cox at the Architects Association Award Dinner in Hobart
Stephen Hand I.33 sword and bucklerMay 14th-15th 2005 Stephen Hand of Stoccata Hobart taught a seminar on I.33 sword and buckler at Kyneton, Victoria
Fechtschule Sankt Peter openedThe Fechtschule Sankt Peter opened its doors on 2nd May 2005, specialising in German historical fencing material. This is the third branch of Stoccata to be operating independently in Australia.