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COMBATCON 2025 Instructor List


Jeannette Acosta-Martínez

Jeannette Acosta-Martínez is a traditional master of arms, teaching classical and historical fencing. She began her training in 1982 under the tute...

Morgana Alba

Morgana Alba is a world-champion circus performer and the owner of Circus Siren Entertainment. With a background in martial arts she has trained st...

Thomas Amoroso

Bringing over 32yrs of martial training, Tom teaches weekly classes in fencing, self-defense, and conditioning at Columbus Saber Academy. Tom star...

Timothy Anderson

Owner and Operator of School of Two Swords Infiniti, Timothy Anderson continued his training in Tomahawk and Bowie under the guidance and tutelage ...

Sean Baker

From early on, my passion for martial arts was ignited through karate classes. Despite a setback caused by a broken arm, I persisted and attained a...

Anna Lee Beard

Anna first started dancing somewhere about age four in her Wonder Woman underoos and that, as they say, was that. She began pursuing dance in earn...

Antone Blair

Antone Blair began fencing in 1995 while studying Anthropology and Classical Mediterranean Civilization at Beloit College in Wisconsin. Finding tha...

Kathryn Blanche

In addition to writing, Kathryn can be found traveling around the world, working in the theatre, teaching, and indulging her love of martial arts. ...

Robert Brooks

ROB BROOKS has been a pioneer in the revival of Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) since 1994 and is currently one of only a handful of profes...

Anthony Buonomo

Anthony Buonomo is the founder of Historical Weapons Guild From its humble beginnings as a park meet up it has grown under his direction to a thriv...

Anthony De Longis

Anthony has been a performer, teacher / trainer and student of bladed arts from around the world for over 45 years and counting and has created mem...

Dr. Mary De Longis

A bio for Mary De Longis reads like a book on ADHD. A Ph.D. in Cell Biology and Anatomy, Mary spent 16 years in biomedical research before she met ...

Carmine Downey

Carmine Downey has over 40 years in the Martial Arts and formerly served 12 years of active/reserve service in the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green ...

Steaphen Fick

Bringing history alive is the passion of Steaphen Fick, founder of the Davenriche European Martial Artes School (DEMAS), located in Santa Clara and...

Jordan Hinckley

Jordan Hinckley took his first sword class in January of 1999 and has been studying heavily the 15th century Italian Master Fiore di Liberi for the...

Steve Huff

School of Two Swords – Los Angeles Founder and Head Instructor Steven Huff has had a fascination with weapons and martial arts since childhood and ...

Fred Kaye

Sifu Fred Kaye’s martial career spans over 47 years. Mr. Kaye’s martial foundation is in the Asian Japanese and Chinese martial traditions, startin...

Stephen Kilbane

Stephen Kilbane started his journey into historical fencing when Macdonald Academy of Arms first opened its doors in 2002, serving for many years a...

Jared Kirby

Jared Kirby has been involved in Combat for Screen & Stage and Western Martial Arts for over 25 years. He teaches in New York City (and the met...

John Lennox

Dr. John Lennox has trained in various forms of combat for over 34 years. He is an instructor with the Historical Martial Study Society, as well as...

Ron Lew

Ron R. Lew Sr. Grand Master, 11th Grade BlackBelt under Cacoy Cañete Doce Pares Worldwide Cebu, Philippines – Eskrima / Eskrido Ron teaches SGM Cir...

Cecil Longino

In 2003, Mr. Longino was accepted as a formal student of Maestro Ramón Martínez and Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martínez, training in both classical a...

Richard Marsden

Richard Marsden is the founder, along with John Patterson, of the Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship. He has HEMA Alliance Instructor Cer...

Ramon Martinez

Maestro Ramón Martínez is a traditional master of arms, teaching classical and historical fencing. He studied with the late Maître d’Armes Frederic...

Roberto Martinez-Loyo

Roberto Martinez-Loyo has studied Western Martial Arts since 2003. As a youngster, he studied Tae Kwon Do for many years, both in Mexico and in Ups...

Frank Perrin

Frank Perrin is a New England based Historian, Historical Martial Artist and Stunt Performer. He has been involved in all three fields professional...

Robin John Price

Studied various forms of Martial arts for over fifty years Force Instructor for Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 35 years. Krav Maga for...

Robert Redfeather

Robert Redfeather is an Actor and Producer of Native American descent. He is a grandmaster in Martial Arts, specializing as a Combat Knife Advisor ...

Aaron Rieley

I began the study of my chosen traditional Japanese martial art in 1994. Since then I have achieved my 2nd level instructor certificate (out of 5 p...

Kyle Rowling

TIm Ruzicki

Tim Ruzicki is one of the world’s foremost experts in classical British Pugilism, the eighteenth and nineteenth century art of bare-knuckle boxing....

Brittany Saint Leafy

Brittany is the Head Instructor and co-founder of Mordhau Historical Combat in Mesa, Arizona. A highly sought after international instructor, Britt...

Da'Mon Stith

Da’Mon the president of the HAMA Association and is a leader in the movement to study Historical African Martial Arts. He is the Chief Instructor a...

Daniel Trout

Dan Trout saw his first bullwhip in 1981 when it flashed across the screen in the opening scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," and he's been obsesse...

Alexandra Yastishock

Alexandra Yastishock is a student at the Academy of Arms in the greater Los Angeles area. Since beginning her HEMA journey, she has studied a varie...


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