Thursday | ||
Time | Activity | Location |
12pm | Gate opens for merchants | |
4pm | Site opens for General admittance | |
4 – 8pm | Registration and T-shirt packet pickup | Administrative shelter in C |
5:30 – 7:30pm | Virgin Countess Serves Dinner | VC permanent shelter in B |
9pm | Movie night at Sport of Kings | Near permanent shelter in B |
Friday | ||
Time | Activity | Location |
7am | Wake up Call and Morning Announcements | |
7am – 9am | Virgin Countess Serves Breakfast | VC permanent shelter in B |
8am – 4pm | Registration and T-shirt packet pickup | Administrative shelter in C |
9am | Classes Begin | Various locations |
10am – 4pm | Field of Honor is open. | Field of Honor |
12 – 2pm | Virgin Countess Open for Lunch | VC permanent shelter in B |
12pm | List sign up opens for Youth Armored Combat Torchlight and Grand Tournaments | VC permanent shelter in B |
5:30 – 7:30pm | Virgin Countess Open for Dinner | VC permanent shelter in B |
6pm | Classes End | |
6pm | List closes and armor inspection begins for Youth Armored Combat | Field of Valor |
6:30pm | Youth Armored Combat Tournament | Field of Valor |
8pm | Grand Champion Competition processional – judging Franchise and Command | The Basilica |
9pm | List closes and armor inspection begins for Torchlight Tourney | Field of Valor |
9:30pm | Torchlight Tournament Begins | Field of Valor |
Saturday | ||
Time | Activity | Location |
7am | Wake up Call and Morning Announcements | |
7am – 9am | Virgin Countess Inn open for breakfast | VC permanent shelter in B |
8am – 9am | Morning bootcamp exercise with Talentus | Field of Valor |
8am – 4pm | Registration and T-shirt packet pickup | Administrative shelter in C |
9am | Classes Begin | Various locations |
10am | Overrun t-shirt sales begins | Administrative shelter in C |
10am – 2pm | Field of Honor is Open | Field of Honor |
12pm – 2pm | Virgin Countess Open for Lunch | VC permanent shelter in B |
12pm | List sign up opens for Grand Champion Tournaments | VC permanent shelter in B |
2pm – 3:30pm | Armor inspection begins for Grand Tournament | Field of Valor |
3pm | Grand Champion judging Dedication | The Basilica |
3pm | Classes End | |
3pm | Lists closes for the Grand Tournament. | |
3:30pm | Grand Tournament | Field of Valor |
5:30 – 7:30pm | Virgin Countess Open for Dinner | VC permanent shelter in B |
7:15pm | Baronial Court | The Basilica |
8pm | Royal Court | The Basilica |
9:30pm-ish | Revel on the List Field | Field of Valor |
Sunday | ||
Time | Activity | Location |
8am | Wake up Call and Morning Announcements | |
8am – 9am | Sprint of Kings obstacle race | Field of Valor |
8am – 10am | Virgin Countess Inn open for breakfast | VC permanent shelter in B |
9am – 11am | Chiv Chat | VC permanent shelter in B |
9am – 11am | Consort Discussion | VC permanent shelter in B |
11am | Prize/Closing Court | 3M Baronial Pavilion on the Field of Valor |
12pm | Virgin Countess left over buffet | VC permanent shelter in B |
4pm | Site Closes |
Class Schedule
Activities | Combat Classes | Non-Combat Classes | ||
Thursday | 4:00 PM | Site Opens | ||
Packet and T-Shirt pickup | ||||
Evening | Movie Night! | |||
Friday | 9:00 AM | Basic Shield Dynamics | 16th Century German Men’s Clothing | |
Beginning Circle Sword | Lists 101 | |||
Boot Camp Training Methods | Rectangular Construction for the Fighter: Fighter Tunics and Gambesons | |||
Fundamental Techniques | Silk Banner Painting Part 1 | |||
Heater Shield | Sports Nutrition Using Period Food | |||
Power Generation for Smaller Stature | ||||
The Importance of Recovery | ||||
Training Your Fighting Students Like A Sport | ||||
Yoga for fighters | ||||
10:00 AM | Boxer Style | Fighter Pants | ||
Incorporating Movement into Your Fighting Style | ||||
11:00 AM | Advanced Circle Sword | 14th Century Soft Kit | ||
Beginning Marshalling | ||||
Dynamic Close-Up Fighting | ||||
Introduction to Heater Shield | ||||
Reverse Engineering a shot | ||||
Stick Mechanics | ||||
Waterbearing | ||||
Youth Combat Basic | ||||
12:00 PM | Lunch | |||
1:00 PM | Footwork | Historical Role of Women in the Tournament | ||
Shot Mechanics | Lamellar Armor Construction | |||
Sports Psychology for Combat Athletes | 16th Century German Women’s Clothing | |||
Visualization, Targeting and a Common Language | ||||
2:00 PM | Application of Circle Sword |
Silk Banner Painting Part 1 | ||
Application of Tai Chi Principles to SCA Fighting |
The History & Construction of Maille Armour | |||
Counter Attack Drills | ||||
Great Weapons | ||||
Principals Double & Single Sword Methods (unarmored) | ||||
3:00 PM | Avoiding the “Posing in Stance” trap |
Helmcrest | ||
Fighting in Three Dimensions | Practical Court Heralding | |||
Foot Work Drills | YAC 101 A (Re) Introduction to the Program | |||
Shield Manipulation | ||||
The Mental Fight: Crush your opponent without swinging a sword | ||||
4:00 PM | A Comprehensive Approach to Crown Tournament Preparation | Roman Soft Kit | ||
Advanced Defensive Theory | ||||
Application Double & Single Sword (armored) | ||||
Individual Technique for Tournament Melee | ||||
Practical Application of Movement for the Intermediate Practitioner | ||||
Tactics, Strategies, and Style | ||||
The Mace as Chosen Weapon | ||||
Watching the Fight: Is He a Rhino or What? | ||||
Afternoon | Youth Armored Combat tournament | |||
Evening | Torchlight Tourney | |||
Saturday | 9:00 AM | Application of Circle Sword | ||
Art of Becoming | ||||
Beginning Marshalling | ||||
Boxer Style | ||||
Close Fighting: How to be a threat or at least survive | ||||
Intermediate Heater Shield | ||||
Principals of Double & Single Sword Methods (unarmored) | ||||
Rectangular Construction for the Fighter: Fighter Tunics and Gambesons – Part 2 | ||||
Silk Banner Painting Part 2 | ||||
Stick Mechanics | ||||
Thai Massage for Fighters | ||||
Turn Shoe Construction | ||||
Visualization, Targeting and a Common Language | ||||
Women Fighters (and their trainers) | ||||
YAC 101 A (Re) Introduction to the Program | ||||
10:00 AM | The Painted Banner | |||
11:00 AM | Application of Double & Single Sword (armored) | |||
Basic Shield Dynamics | ||||
Dueling Spear – 7ft and shorter | ||||
How The Large Shield Effects Your Offense | ||||
How To Look More Period | ||||
Lists 102 | ||||
Perception, Movement & Training | ||||
Power Generation | ||||
Sports Psychology for Combat Athletes | ||||
TBI Awareness for Fighters, Marshals & Family Members | ||||
The Mental Fight: Crush your opponent without swinging a sword | ||||
Youth Footwork Drills | ||||
12:00 PM | Lunch | |||
1:00 PM | Examples of fighting styles from the Known World | |||
How to Kill The Sinister | ||||
Silk Banner Painting Part 2 | ||||
The Painted Shield | ||||
Transition from Youth to Adult Combat | ||||
Turn Shoe Construction | ||||
Understanding the Fighter and Fighting Philosophy | ||||
2:00 PM | Angles & Levels | |||
Avoiding the “Posing in Stance” trap | ||||
Counter Attack Drills | ||||
Field Heraldry | ||||
Introduction to the Sword! | ||||
Single Sword | ||||
Afternoon | Grand Tournament | |||
Evening | Court | |||
Revel on the List field | ||||
Sunday | Morning | Chiv Chat | ||
Consort Discussion | ||||
Mid day | Prize Court | |||
4:00 PM | Site Closes |