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
Dr. Rebecca Garber
Victor Rodriguez-Ros
Adam Franti
Kevin Umstead
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 al.c.layman@ to confirm details.)
Schedule (subject to change)
Friday, August 28th (Day 1)
15:00 Doors open for check-in/registration
15:30 Warm up & Workshop
Saturday, August 29th (Day 2)
9:00 Doors open for check-in/registration
9:30 Warm-up
10:00 Workshops
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Fechtschule
19:00 Reception & Lecture
Sunday, August 30th (Day 3)
9:00 Doors open
9:30 Warm-up
10:00 Workshops
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Fechtschule
19:00 Reception & lecture
Locations:
Friday & Saturday:
Goodman Community Center
149 Waubesa St
Madison, WI 53704
Sunday:
Living Meyer Historical Fencing
2434 E Johnson St
Madison, WI 53704
