Presenters

IGX 2015 will feature both workshop and lecture presenters from around the United States and Europe.

International Presenters

Keith Farrell For contributions to the historical fencing community, Keith received membership of HEMAC in 2011. He has authored “Scottish Broadsword and British Singlestick” and the “AHA German Longsword Study Guide”, and is one of the regular contributors to the Encased in Steel online blog. View profile
Reinier van Noort In 2011, Reinier won the “best fighting technique” award in the HEMAC Dijon Rapier tournament. Reinier also received a 2014 HEMA Scholar Award for Best Researcher. View profile
Maxime Chouinard Maxime currently heads the style of Antrim Bata and teaches 19th century martial arts at the Kingston Irish Fighting Arts and Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu at Kingston Niten Kai in Kingston Ontario. View profile
Cor Kronenburg He believes that HEMA is a puzzle that you cannot comprehend in one view. It has sides, which you need to build the structure, which support each other but are a the same time a different tradition or Art. View profile
Ingulf Kohlweiss He has a strong focus on movement, and being able to do complicated moves with ease and in a controlled way is important for him and his training. View profile
Axel Pettersson Always looking for beauty and the “flow” in fencing, the combination of heritage, artistry and efficiency is what draws Axel ever deeper into the world of Historical European Martial Arts. View profile
Arto Fama In the past five years Arto has presented workshops and weekend seminars in several countries throughout Europe and participated in different tournaments. IGX allowed him to expand this to the US. View profile

National Presenters

Bill Frisbee Bill is well known for his efforts to return Harnischfechten to HEMA and has already done several introductory classes on armoured fighting at various events around the East coast. View profile
Chris Thompson Christopher Scott Thompson founded the Cateran Society in 1998 and has published several books on the Highland broadsword and related topics. View profile
Keith Cotter-Reilly Keith is the head instructor for the Atlanta Freifechter group. They primarily study the works of Joachim Meyer, with other late 16th century sources for additional material, for their weapon training. View profile
Michael-Forest Meservy Since founding the Noble Science Academy, Michael-Forest has developed an efficient curriculum containing comprehensive systems for teaching and learning the longsword and rapier based on historical principles, terminology, and techniques, and has taught at events all over the country. View profile
David Rowe In addition to teaching and running Virginia Academy of Fencing, David regularly travels nationally and internationally to teach, compete and promote HEMA. View profile
Aaron Shober Aaron Shober is the owner and lead instructor at Sword Carolina in Fountain Inn, SC. View profile
Benjamin Hawkins He has placed 2nd in cutting at Longpoint 2012 and 2014, 2nd in cutting at Boston Sword Gathering 2012, and 2nd in cutting at Iron Gate Exhibition 2013 and 2014. View profile
Don Kindsvatter View profile
Jake Priddy His thesis, As Tufa to Sapphire: Gendering the Roles of Medieval Women in Combat is currently in publication and will be available at the end of July. View profile
John O’Connor Recently, John has been re-evaluating a number of Paulus Hector Mair's weapon form interpretations, and presented some of his findings at the Paulus Hector Mair Memorial Fechtschule, namely a class on Mair's Flail (complete with prototype O'Connor flails!). View profile
Jeremy Steflik When Jeremy doesn’t have a sword of some kind in his hands, Jeremy enjoys bladesmithing, using a hammer and a forge. View profile
Steven Hirsch Steven has a B.S. in Exercise & Health Sciences and is a USA Weightlifting certified Sports Performance Coach. He is currently working on a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. View profile
William Jost del Solar View profile
Andrew Kilgore An experienced fighter, Andrew has won Best All-Around Fighter at multiple events. View profile

Lecturers

Keith Farrell For contributions to the historical fencing community, Keith received membership of HEMAC in 2011. He has authored “Scottish Broadsword and British Singlestick” and the “AHA German Longsword Study Guide”, and is one of the regular contributors to the Encased in Steel online blog. View profile
Maxime Chouinard Maxime currently heads the style of Antrim Bata and teaches 19th century martial arts at the Kingston Irish Fighting Arts and Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu at Kingston Niten Kai in Kingston Ontario. View profile
David Rowe In addition to teaching and running Virginia Academy of Fencing, David regularly travels nationally and internationally to teach, compete and promote HEMA. View profile
Matt Galas Matt Galas has taught and lectured in 15 countries, focusing on the German and Iberian longsword traditions. View profile