The University of Wyoming Stage Combat Workshop

11/09/2021

It feels like a lifetime ago I was offering the theatrical fi****ms safety workshop at the University of Wyoming. I'm no longer based there, but there are a number of us around the country who can offer this training. Coming out of this account's retirement to help spread this message.
For other resources, you can find the actual books and/or facebook accounts for The Theatrical Fi****ms Handbook or The Screen Combat Handbook, both by UWYO Stage Combat Workshop creator Kevin Inouye.

The Society of American Fight Directors would like to address the recent attention surrounding the discharge of a live round from a firearm on the set of "Rust" which led to the injury of Joel Souza and the death of Halyna Hutchins.

The primary focus of the SAFD is to provide the theatrical industry with training for the real-time safety of the working artist. This is why we have, since 1977, offered an extensive curriculum to train theatre artists in safe and effective techniques and protocols to create illusions of violence. The SAFD has spent more than a decade developing a Theatrical Fi****ms Safety course to better support and educate the professional theatrical community about fi****ms used in the entertainment industry. Whether a performer, crew member, designer, director, or producer, we believe everyone deserves access to the protocols for the handling of theatrical fi****ms so that everyone involved in a production can act in an informed way when there is a firearm present in the work.

There are many reputable organizations — national and local — that provide training in the safe handling of fi****ms. For those interested in more in-depth training, The SAFD Theatrical Fi****ms Safety Course has been offered routinely since 2010. It is a fourteen hour, two-day course with a balance of hands-on and classroom instruction, led by carefully-vetted Theatrical Fi****ms Safety Instructors (http://ow.ly/CvAT50GJKfV). These courses are offered nationwide on a continuing basis.

We will soon make available a list of some of our protocols for proper handling of theatrical fi****ms. If you find this useful, have questions, or would simply like more information about the safe use of theatrical fi****ms, contact [email protected].

We hope that understanding some of the basic safety tenets of handling fi****ms in a theatrical production can continue to keep each other safe, while engaging in effective storytelling.

08/22/2018

Missing the UWYO Stage Combat Workshop? Come up to the Canadian Rockies and say hi this Winter!
Really excited by the instructor list that just went up, and by the fact I'll be returning (jumping back on the Intern boat this year). This workshop has been the touchstone for my career as a stage combat and movement artist for 20 years now, and it's my Brigadoon-like magical village I can go back to every couple years to be reinspired, to see my mentors, peers, and students, and to really see what the leaders all over the world are doing in our fields today. If you've seen the video montage I made, you know it's fun, and there's another video coming (which I wish I'd had more time to edit, but I lost my work computer that could do video editing as I switched jobs) that really hammers home how much this experience means to everyone who goes. Trust me, it's worth it.

Join the International Order of the Sword and the Pen for the Paddy Crean International Workshop’s 20th year at Banff Centre. This workshop focuses on theories and practices as applied to combat for stage, screen, and the martial arts.

05/07/2018

For those who were in the Q&A and couldn't write down links fast enough... www.safd.org is your go-to for directory and training information within stage combat anywhere in the US, and https://www.teamidi.org/ will take you to Intimacy Directors International, where you can learn more about the pillars FM K. Jenny Jones was talking about. If I missed any, just give me a holler!

The Society of American Fight Directors

05/05/2018

Day one is in the bag! We've got another full day of classes tomorrow, so don't go to crazy with the Cinco de Mayo festivities tonight!

05/05/2018

Workshop is in full swing, with about 20 attendees today! Glad to see Abram and Vincent (from the banner picture above) came back to play with us this year. Morning was unarmed for beginners or tomahawk and knife. This afternoon, Core Power longsword, K. Jenny's patented Scrappy Fighting, armed and unarmed ninja tricks with Tim, and by request, we're adding a Rapier & Dagger class at 3!

05/04/2018

Heads-up Workshop Attendees! There's a kids' 5k event at the fieldhouse (right next door to us) also starting at 9am tomorrow, so drive safe and maybe give yourself a little extra time to find parking!

05/03/2018

Picking up Fight Master K. Jenny Jones tomorrow for the workshop... who's excited for this weekend?

04/25/2018

Good news for workshop attendees: While supplies last, every workshop attendee will get a free workshop T-Shirt!

04/24/2018

Mostly stabbings, two baked in pies, and one smothered by a pillow. Do you recognize all of these Shakespeare deaths?



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04/23/2018

NOTICE: If you are 15-18 years old, you are still welcome to join us, but will need approval and a separate set of paperwork, including parental signatures. Email [email protected] for details!

04/18/2018

Just a reminder; the student rate applies to ALL Wyoming students, not just UWYO students. We're funded in part by the Wyoming Arts Council, and none by student fees.