Classes and Training
More classes are always in the works, and we also do workshops by request.
Reach out if you don’t see what you’re looking for!
SAFD Theatrical Firearms Safety
March 28 & 29, 2026
9:00am - 5:00pm
Silver Spring, MD
$215 – price thru Feb 1
$245 – price thru Feb 28
$285 – Full Registration Fee
The course focuses on terminology for the most common types of firearms and ammunition, the protocols for handling these firearms, techniques for gun wrangling on set or on stage, procedures for cleaning, handling jamming, and other potential malfunctions, as well as a brief history. The course culminates in a written and practical exam
Mid-Atlantic Melee
June 6 & 7, 2026
9:00am - 6:00pm
Columbia MD
$299 – Early Bird Registration (thru March 16)
$355 – Full Registration
$120 – High School Track
A Regional Stage Combat workshop, hosted and sponsored in part by the Noble Blades. Spend two days with world class instructors and artists from all over the country and beyond! All are welcome and there is something for every skill level.
We’re planning for the 2026/27 season. Tell us what you’d like to see!
Previous Class Seasons
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• Knife SPT – Robb Hunter
• She Kills Monsters Pre-Production Workshop – Ian Claar and Katie Warner
• Shadowboxing Biomechanics and Solo Training – Justin M. Krall
• Surviving the Fight – Justin Rustle
• Northern Virginia Burn Lab – Sweet Spot of the Flame
• Prop-rioception – Katie Warner
• Not Throwin’ Away My Shot – Josh Coslar
• Case of Blades – Casey Kaleba
• Intro to BJJ - Robb Hunter
• Next. Level. Intimacy! – Bess Kaye
• Fight Direction, Prepare for Battle – Mason Tyer
• Smallsword SPT – Robb Hunter
• Break the Drill, Kali as Choreography – Mason Tyer -
• Unarmed SPT – Robb Hunter
• Working with Disabled and Chronically Ill Performers – Monty Davis
• Fierce Knife Fighting for Beginners – Bess Kaye
• Feeling Strong with Sword and Shield – Melissa Freilich
• Theatrical Intimacy in the Real World – Bess Kaye
• Rapier and…WTF??? – J. Tyler Jones
• Rope Dart – Chase Whitehurst
• Swashbuckling! – Jon Beal
• O, I am Slain! – Bess Kaye
• Remembering Fight Posture – Gerrad Taylor
• Attention to Intention – Joe Wright
• Sword, with a side of Bolognese Sauce – Joe Wright
• Wing Chun Kung Fu, Deny the Defence – Jan Pan
• Got it? Do it. Learning Fast – Jan Pan
• CORE-terstaff – Jenny Male
• Two-Hand Sword SPT – Casey Kaleba
• How we got There from Here, A History – Brian Guidry LeTraunik
• Making a Better Website – Jen Pan -
• Is It Real? Safety and Story of Visceral Contact Technique – Bess Kaye
• Single Sword SPT – Robb Hunter
• Practical Blood Effects – Casey Kaleba
• Combat Dance: Bar Brawl – Jenny Male
• Combat Dance: Rhythm and Blades – Jenny Male
• Fighting Messy – Melissa Freilich
• Intro to Pro Wrestling – Jonathan Ezra Rubin
• SAFD Theatrical Firearms Safety – Robb Hunter
• Rapier and Dagger SPT – Casey Kaleba
• Rehearsing the Fight – J. Tyler Jones
• Intro to Gore Makeup for the Stage – Celia Konowe
• Fighting on the Spectrum – Hannah Roccisano
• I Feel Very Attacked! – Hannah Roccisano -
• Smallsword SPT – Robb Hunter
• Fighting Backwards in High Heels – Melissa Freilich
• That’s Not a Knife…Or is it!? – Jonathan Ezra Rubin
• How to Fight Like a Pirate – Mallory Shear
• Sword and Shield SPT – Robb Hunter
• Johannes Wick: Medieval Close Quarters Dagger – Casey Kaleba
• High Falls from Low Places – Robb Hunter -
• Unarmed SPT – Robb Hunter
• T.I.E. Consent and Boundaries – Kailey Azure Green
• Rapier Basics – Adam Konowe
• Zero Budget Blood Effects – Casey Kaleba
• Acting the Fight with Alexander Technique – Melissa Freilich
• Knife SPT – Robb Hunter
• SAFD Theatrical Firearms Safety – Robb Hunter
• Maintaining the Actors’ Body – Ian Claar -
• Rapier and Dagger Foundations
• Partnering and Physicality
• Unarmed Foundations
• Blades of Shakespeare