KNIGHT SCHOOL A full day/weekend

Become a medieval knight and learn how to fight with a broadsword, shield and lance. Have a go at Jousting at the tilt! This course is suitable for riding novices and includes over night B&B.

FILM FIGHTS A full day/weekend

Pick the movie theme of your choice for your day of action adventure, from James Bond to Pirates of The Caribbean.

You name it and we will show you how to be it! Day one: scene choice, choreography. Day two: filming your heroic action sequence

FOOLING ABOUT A full day or 2hrs

A chance to explore the physical tricks and turns of being a Clown!

Emulate the greats such as Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy or the more modern comics such as Lee Evans and Jim Carey. As we start off small with a stumble and gradually escalate throughout the day into full Slapstick and knockabout routines. You can have as many trips, falls, eye pokes and custard pies as you like! Controlled supervision and crash mats will be provided.

SWASHBUCKLING  A full day or 2hrs

Learn how to ‘Swash your Buckle’ without being ‘cut down to size! In true Errol Flynn style, from Robin Hood to Highway Men. Broadswords and Quarterstaffs.

First learn the basic of Swordsmanship and then create your own fight scene to be performed at the end of the day.

S’BLOOD & GUTS! 2hrs

Blood bags, Blood knives, Knives through arms, Blood capsules and brains! Messy but fun Blood FX. Get to grips with the gorier side of fights and mock injuries. Ever wondered how they get the right amount of blood to the right place at the right time? Now is your chance to get stuck in! Remember to bring a change of clothes because you will get messy.

GUN HO A full day or 2hrs

Learn Gun Fu (fantasy martial arts with a replica gun) inspired from the film Equilibrium. Then move on to the movies favorite: Blank firing guns.

Learn the does and don’ts, Inc UK Law and have a go firing of a Wild West Peacemaker Revolver and Modern Semi Auto, Police style, Glock. Replica and Blank firing pistols.

UNARMED FIGHTS A full day or 2hrs

Learn the basic illusions and skilful tricks that make Unarmed Stage Combat fighting safe but convincing. From barroom brawls (with breakables) to Matrix fights. Explore a number of techniques used from slaps and punches to hair pulls and falls. The workshop is taught through a mixture of games and practical techniques.

BREAKABLES 2hrs

Create your own scene: either a Barroom Brawl or Domestic Violence Soap Opera scene. Learn how to punch like Hollywood Heroes John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Or slap like a Fowler. Surprisingly, it’s much harder than you think being hit over the head with a fake bottle and it hurts too! But the hardest thing is making the break look realistic without everything just shattering into smithereens!

FIGHTING FIT A full day or 2hrs

Train with a fully qualified Personal trainer who is used to working with all abilities and fitness levels. Learn how to warm up and cool down properly and then create a general fitness routine to take away with you, and one that can be done in the office or at home (no Gym required!) Improve balance, core stability, cardio vascular work, muscular strength, endurance and stamina.

FANTASY FIGHTS 2hrs

Creating your own fully rounded Fantasy Creature, the universe it inhabits and then its own fight sequence. Characters can be from well known literature, film, computer game or graphic novel or completely unique and inspired by your own imagination.

NASTY GROUP BRAWLS 2hrs

How do you build up into a full on, no holds barred nasty and realistic looking fight.

How to messy up your choreography and keep several fighters interacting convincingly.

From street fight to extreme fight.

WRESTLING 2hrs

OTT fights, rolls, hooks and slams! Learn how to ride the Hook and sell the pain! Have a go at some of the fun theatrical techniques to make the fight look spontaneous but remain totally within your control. Close contact work involved.

BARTITSU 2hrs

Have a go at the secret Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes and the forerunner to martial arts, particularly Jujitsu, becoming popular in this country.

Learn to fight with walking sticks, boaters and penny farthings!

CUTTHROATS & CUTLASSES A full day or 2hrs

Adrift, amidst a sea adventure: Clever acts of ‘Daring do’ with a generous helping of down right dirty tricks. Pirateering and ‘Slitting of Gizzards’ a must. Cutlasses and Cavalry Saber’s.

First learn how to act and talk like a pirate, then how to look like one and then how to fight like one!