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"JARED KIRBY has been involved in Western Martial Arts and Combat for Screen & Stage for over 20 years. He teaches in New York City, and has choreographed fights Off-Broadway, Nationally, in London and Sydney. He is the president of Combat Con, past president of Art of Combat, and teaches fencing at SUNY Purchase, Sarah Lawrence College, and is a Master of Arms (Maestro d'Armi) through the Martinez Academy of Arms. Jared is the editor and one of the translators of ""Italian Rapier Combat"", the first complete, professional translation of Capo Ferro. He is the editor and wrote the introduction for Domenico Angelo's ""The School of Fencing"", annotated by Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Mart�nez. He recently released ""The Gentleman's Guide to Duelling"" (2014) and Donald McBane's classic martial arts treatise, ""The Expert Swordsman's Companion"" (2017). PAUL MACDONALD was raised in the West Highland village of Glenuig, Moidart, Scotland. He is the founder and past president of the Dawn Duellists Society and the British Federation for Historical Swordplay (BFHS). Since 1994, Maestro Macdonald has dedicated his path to European arms and martial arts, reviving the methods and techniques of several lost systems, such as the duelling shield, spada in arme, dusack and backsword. In 1998 he established Macdonald Armouries, where he continues to make hand-crafted swords and knives. He received his Master-at-Arms certification from the Italian Federation for Ancient and Historical Fencing (FISAS) in 1999 and established the Macdonald Academy of Arms in 2001. During the last decade, he founded the Commando D Living History Group, and established the Conflicts of Interest battlefield archaeology group. He also continues to serve as a British Army Reservist. BEN MILLER is an American filmmaker and author. For the last thirteen years, Miller has studied fencing at the Martinez Academy of Arms, one of the last places in the world still teaching an authentic living tradition of classical fencing, where he has served as the Academy's chef de salle. He is the author of ""Irish Swordsmanship: Fencing and Dueling in Eighteenth Century Ireland"" (New York: Hudson Society Press, 2017), the editor of Colonel Thomas Monstery's ""Self-Defense for Gentlemen and Ladies: A Nineteenth-Century Treatise on Boxing, Kicking, Grappling, and Fencing with the Cane and Quarterstaff"" (2015), and wrote the foreword to the republication of Donald McBane's ""The Expert Sword-Man's Companion"" (2017). Jared Kirby has been involved in Western Martial Arts and Combat for Screen & Stage for over 20 years. He teaches in New York City (and the metro area) and has choreographed fights Off-Broadway, Nationally, in London and Sydney. As a Fight Coordinator, Jared has worked with stars such as Peter Sarsgaard, Steve Guttenberg, Cameron Douglas and has trained performers who are working on hit shows. Jared is a member of Actor's Equity and SAG/AFTRA. He is the president of Combat Con in Las Vegas, past president of Art of Combat, and served for six years on the board of the International Order of the Sword & Pen. Jared currently teaches fencing at SUNY Purchase, Sarah Lawrence College and is a Master of Arms (Maestro d'Armi) through the Martinez Academy of Arms. Jared has an ongoing Combat for Screen & Stage class in New York City and teaches at the prestigious Tom Todoroff Conservatory as well as the NY Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. He teaches a variety of workshops across the US and around the world including Canada, England, Scotland, Finland, Italy and Australia. He has taught at the Paddy Crean International Art of the Sword Workshop, the International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Convention (ISMAC), Rapier Camp and the Western Washington WMA Workshop just to name a few. Jared is the editor and one of the translators of Italian Rapier Combat, the first complete, professional translation of Capo Ferro. He is also the editor and wrote the introduction for The School of Fencing by Domenico Angelo and annotated by Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Mart�nez. Most recently The Gentleman's Guide to Duelling was released in February 2014 and a reprint of Donald McBane's The Expert Swordsman's Companion was released in January 2017. For more information, see Amazon.com. Maestro Paul Macdonald was born in 1972, and raised in the West Highland village of Glenuig, Moidart, Scotland. He began his study of fencing in 1992 at Napier University, Edinburgh, there founding and running the University club as President and principal instructor for two and a half years. With an ever-growing interest in historical swordsmanship, he founded the Dawn Duellists Society in 1994, and ran the DDS as President until 2006. Since 1994, Maestro Macdonald has dedicated his path to European arms and martial arts, travelling throughout the UK, Europe, Canada and the US to research, study, practice, present seminars, demonstrations and teach. He has studied many styles of historical European combat and revived the methods and techniques of several lost systems, such as the medieval duelling shield, spada in arme, dusack and backsword. In 1998, Maestro Macdonald founded the British Federation for Historical Swordplay (BFHS), serving as its President from 1998-2004. He also in 1998 established Macdonald Armouries, where he continues to make hand-crafted swords and knives. Maestro Macdonald received his Master-at-Arms certification from the Italian Federation for Ancient and Historical Fencing (FISAS) in 1999 and established the Macdonald Academy of Arms in 2001. In early 2008, he founded the Commando D Living History Group, specialising in World War II combatives. Maestro Macdonald established the Conflicts of Interest battlefield archaeology group in 2015 and also continues to serve as a British Army Reservist."
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