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 (subject to change)
Thursday, August 27th (Day 0)
15:00 Doors open for check-in/registration
15:30 Workshops & Freeplay
19:30 Dinner & Presentation
Friday, August 28th (Day 1)
09:00 Doors open for check-in/registration
09:30 Group Warm-Up
10:00 Workshops
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Fechtschule
19:30 Dinner & Presentation
Saturday, August 29th (Day 2)
09:00 Doors open
09:30 Group Warm-up
10:00 Workshops
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Fechtschule
19:30 Dinner & Presentation
Locations:
Friday & Saturday:
Goodman Community Center
149 Waubesa St
Madison, WI 53704
Sunday:
Living Meyer Historical Fencing
2434 E Johnson St
Madison, WI 53704
