Living Meyer Historical Fencing Schools and the Meyer Freifechter Guild present the 11th annual MadTown Fechtschule
August 28th-30th 2026
FEATURING
Workshops & Lectures by:
Chris VanSlambrouck, Living Meyer Madison
Dr. Rebecca Garber, translator
Victor Rodriguez-Ros, Living Steel Miami
Adam Franti, Lansing Longsword Guild
Nate Goree, River Falls Freifechter
Kevin Umstead, Toledo Historical Swordsmanship Society
Forever Peru, Living Meyer Los Angeles
Al Layman, Système d'Armes
Historical Competition:
Our event will feature an experimental historical ruleset. The fechtschule portion of the event will include:
Longsword, dussack, and rappier
(Swords provided)
Fechter Evaluation:
How well do you know Meyer? Prove it with our fechter eval challenge! (Note: Please make sure to select the "Fechter eval" option with your ticket and reach out to chris@livingmeyer.com to confirm details.)
Schedule
Thursday, August 27th (Day 0)
15:00 Doors open for check-in/registration
Group warm-up
15:30 Workshop: Fechter Eval Prep
Stücke Q&A
Calibration & Free play
19:30 Dinner & Presentation: “Fechtschule 1551 Ulm: a case study with research best practices” with Chris VanSlambrouck and Michael Chidester
Friday, August 28th (Day 1)
09:00 Doors open for check-in/registration
10:15 Group warm up
10:30 (Anti-)Grappling workshop with Nate Goree
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Rappier Rules workshop with Adam Franti
Fechtschule: Rappier
19:30 Dinner & Presentation: with Dr. Rebecca Garber
Saturday, August 29th (Day 2)
09:00 Doors open for check in/registration
09:30 Indian club workshop with Victor Rodriguez-Ros
10:30 Polearms workshop with Kevin Umstead
11:30 "German Circle Theory" with Forever Peru
13:00 Lunch
14:00 “How to Move Like a Fancy Renaissance Fencer and Get a Little Baroque with It” with Al Layman
15:00 Control and Calibration workshop with Chris VanSlambrouck
Fechtschule: longsword
19:30 Dinner & Presentation with Adam Franti
Sunday, August 30th (Day 3)
10:00 Brunch & socializing
Locations:
Thursday, Friday & Saturday:
Goodman Community Center
149 Waubesa St
Madison, WI 53704
Sunday:
Living Meyer Historical Fencing
2434 E Johnson St
Madison, WI 53704
