Rapier and Dagger Foundations
$35 Registration
Discounts Available - Please contact us to request
This class is 14 +
Taught by Adam Konowe
This is an on-your-feet class that steps through the basics of dual-wielded weapons in stage combat. How two weapons were used in historical context, and how this can be used for storytelling and dramatic conflict on stage.
Class Level: Beginner
Sunday, July 27, 2025 @ 9am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
264 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Adam Konowe began learning stage combat more than two decades ago when he served as an assistant director and minor actor in a Reston, Virginia production of “that Scottish play which goes unnamed.” He emerged unharmed, but hooked on stage combat. As a founding member of the Noble Blades, Adam has studied numerous weapon styles under a variety of fight masters, fight directors and certified teachers from the Society of American Fight Directors. Beginning in 1995 and continuing through the mid-2000s, he passed a series of SAFD skills proficiency tests and renewals, topping out at five disciplines (unarmed combat, broadsword, rapier and dagger, small sword and quarterstaff). Along the way, Adam has choreographed the fights for more than 20 professional, community and educational-level productions, as well as conducted stage combat workshops throughout the Washington, D.C. area and as far afield as England and New Zealand. Beyond stage combat, Adam is also an award-winning director and lighting designer. He holds multiple “real world” jobs to subsidize his addiction to theatre.
BUNDLE DISCOUNTS
Sign up for 3 classes and use code PICK3
Sign up for all 5 and use code FOUNDATIONS+
You must have 3 or 5 classes in your cart at once for these discounts to work. Register for one class then click the Noble Blades logo at the top of the checkout page before finishing checkout to add other classes.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, safety, or any other topic, please email Noble@NobleBlades.org or contact us here.
$35 Registration
Discounts Available - Please contact us to request
This class is 14 +
Taught by Adam Konowe
This is an on-your-feet class that steps through the basics of dual-wielded weapons in stage combat. How two weapons were used in historical context, and how this can be used for storytelling and dramatic conflict on stage.
Class Level: Beginner
Sunday, July 27, 2025 @ 9am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
264 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Adam Konowe began learning stage combat more than two decades ago when he served as an assistant director and minor actor in a Reston, Virginia production of “that Scottish play which goes unnamed.” He emerged unharmed, but hooked on stage combat. As a founding member of the Noble Blades, Adam has studied numerous weapon styles under a variety of fight masters, fight directors and certified teachers from the Society of American Fight Directors. Beginning in 1995 and continuing through the mid-2000s, he passed a series of SAFD skills proficiency tests and renewals, topping out at five disciplines (unarmed combat, broadsword, rapier and dagger, small sword and quarterstaff). Along the way, Adam has choreographed the fights for more than 20 professional, community and educational-level productions, as well as conducted stage combat workshops throughout the Washington, D.C. area and as far afield as England and New Zealand. Beyond stage combat, Adam is also an award-winning director and lighting designer. He holds multiple “real world” jobs to subsidize his addiction to theatre.
BUNDLE DISCOUNTS
Sign up for 3 classes and use code PICK3
Sign up for all 5 and use code FOUNDATIONS+
You must have 3 or 5 classes in your cart at once for these discounts to work. Register for one class then click the Noble Blades logo at the top of the checkout page before finishing checkout to add other classes.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, safety, or any other topic, please email Noble@NobleBlades.org or contact us here.
$35 Registration
Discounts Available - Please contact us to request
This class is 14 +
Taught by Adam Konowe
This is an on-your-feet class that steps through the basics of dual-wielded weapons in stage combat. How two weapons were used in historical context, and how this can be used for storytelling and dramatic conflict on stage.
Class Level: Beginner
Sunday, July 27, 2025 @ 9am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
264 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Adam Konowe began learning stage combat more than two decades ago when he served as an assistant director and minor actor in a Reston, Virginia production of “that Scottish play which goes unnamed.” He emerged unharmed, but hooked on stage combat. As a founding member of the Noble Blades, Adam has studied numerous weapon styles under a variety of fight masters, fight directors and certified teachers from the Society of American Fight Directors. Beginning in 1995 and continuing through the mid-2000s, he passed a series of SAFD skills proficiency tests and renewals, topping out at five disciplines (unarmed combat, broadsword, rapier and dagger, small sword and quarterstaff). Along the way, Adam has choreographed the fights for more than 20 professional, community and educational-level productions, as well as conducted stage combat workshops throughout the Washington, D.C. area and as far afield as England and New Zealand. Beyond stage combat, Adam is also an award-winning director and lighting designer. He holds multiple “real world” jobs to subsidize his addiction to theatre.
BUNDLE DISCOUNTS
Sign up for 3 classes and use code PICK3
Sign up for all 5 and use code FOUNDATIONS+
You must have 3 or 5 classes in your cart at once for these discounts to work. Register for one class then click the Noble Blades logo at the top of the checkout page before finishing checkout to add other classes.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, safety, or any other topic, please email Noble@NobleBlades.org or contact us here.