Meet Your Instructors
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Clare Bochy
A 500-hour certified yoga teacher and a National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) certified personal trainer, Bochy combines yoga with functional strength training.
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Chandler Brown
An instructor at En Garde Fencing in California, Brown is also an active HEMA competitor who has medaled across five weapon sets.
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Kevin Franklin
Franklin is an instructor with Tattershall School of Defense in Tulsa, OK. Having trained, competed, and medaled in multiple HEMA disciplines, Franklin is also a Knight of the Company of the Lynx Argent.
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Levi Fontaine
Both as an instructor and competitor, Fontaine focuses on 17th century Italian and Spanish rapier, as well as 18th century Italian smallsword.
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Josh Furrate
Furrate is the Head Instructor at Nachreisen Historical Fencing. He has also taught and competed internationally. Specializing in longsword and footwork, Furrate also teaches rapier, messer, polearms, and cutting.
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Jack Gassmann
Competing since 2010, Gassmann is a top-ranked international longsword competitor who has medaled on both sides of the Atlantic. A HEMA Ireland Instructor, he specializes in longsword and Rossfechten (i.e., mounted fencing).
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Lisa Goble
Goble is an Occupational Therapist and Certified Hand Therapist whose expertise includes injury rehabilitation and functional strengthening exercises.
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David Miller
Miller, the founder of Sellsword Arts, has been fencing since 2004. Trained in Olympic and Classical fencing, he currently practices, competes in, and teaches Historical European swordsmanship.
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Jeremy Pace
Ranked #1 in HEMA Longsword in the U.S. for over three years—and regularly ranked top 5 in the world—Pace is the Head Instructor at Cymbrogi School of Western Martial Arts, which produces many of the top competitors in the United States.
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Brandon Phan
Phan, an active competitor in the Southern Historical Fencing League, specializes in early KDF Longsword and is an Instructor for the Dallas School of Historical Fencing.
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Gabriel Pottebaum
Training in Langes Messer since 2013, Pottebaum is an active HEMA competitor and Instructor with Heartland HEMA Historical Fencing Club.
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James Reilly
President of the Midwest Historical Fencing League and Principle Instructor at the Goliath Historical Fencing Academy, Reilly has taught private seminars and at major fencing events both in the United States and internationally.
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Clark Simon
An active HEMA competitor, Simon is an Instructor at the Dallas School of Historical Fencing, which focuses on early KDF of the Lichtenaur Tradition.
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Michael Sims
Sims is the Co-Founder and Head Coach of East Texas Historical Fencing (est. 2015). Trained in Historical European Martial Arts, Sims specializes in Fiore, Giganti/Fabris, and Epee.
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Charles Turner
Turner is an Instructor at East Texas Historical fencing, an academy specializing in early and late Renaissance Italian fencing. As a competitor, he focuses on Armizare and Venetian Rapier.