Stage Combat Training:

SAFD recognized Actor Combatant (1990, 1993 & 1997) - unarmed, rapier and dagger, broadsword / SAFD recognized Advanced Actor Combatant (2002) - unarmed, rapier and dagger, broadsword, smallsword, quarterstaff, broadsword and shield, knife / SAFD Certified Teacher (2004) / SAFD Fight Director (2018)

PRIVATE INSTRUCTION (NYC) - Richard Rizk - 1987-88: Instruction in various weapon styles including single rapier, rapier and dagger, rapier and cape.

ACTOR'S COMBAT TRAINING SCHOOL (ACTS in NYC) with J. Allen Suddeth, Richard Raether and Rick Sordelet from Sept. 1988 - Feb. 1992:

Intermediate Rapier - Richard Raether - 9/30-10/28/88 / Rapier and Dagger - Richard Raether - 11/07-12/13/88 / Rapier and Dagger - Richard Raether and J. Allen Suddeth - 4/08-5/13/89 / Beginner Unarmed - J. Allen Suddeth - 9/30-10/28/89 / Rapier and Dagger - J. Allen Suddeth - 9/30-10/28/89 / Intermediate Unarmed - Rick Sordelet - 11/11-12/16/89 / Smallsword- J. Allen Suddeth - 11/11-12/16/89 / Broadsword and Quarterstaff - J. Allen Suddeth - 2/23-3/31/90 / Fight Test Review - J. Allen Suddeth - 4/07-5/19/90 / SAFD SPT Test - Chris Villa (adjudicator) - 5/23/90 (UA/R&D/BS/QS) / Advanced Rapier and Dagger - J. Allen Suddeth - 9/29-11/03/90 / Choreography Workshop - J. Allen Suddeth - 12/19/90 (Dauphin/Jeanne D'Arc - HENRY IV, Pt. 1) / Smallsword - J. Allen Suddeth - 1/14-2/16/91 / Styles/Scenes - J. Allen Suddeth - 2/18-3/23/91 (Oswald/Edgar - KING LEAR) / Smallsword - J. Allen Suddeth - 9/21-10/21/91 / Styles/Scenes - J. Allen Suddeth - 2/15&2/19/92 (Unarmed for Film and TV)

NEW YORK FIGHT ENSEMBLE (NYC):

Basic Skills SPT Class - Michael G. Chin - April-1993 / Broadsword Class - Michael G. Chin - Aug.-Sept.,1993 / Quarterstaff SPT Class - Robert Tuftee - Apr.-May,1995 / Smallsword SPT Class - Ian Marshall - Apr.-May,1995 / Basic Skills SPT Class - J. David Brimmer - Apr.-1997

FIGHTS 4(NYC):

Broadsword and Shield SPT Class - J. David Brimmer - Apr.-May-1999 / Broadsword and Shield Class - J. David Brimmer - Apr.-May, 2002

PRIVATE INSTRUCTION:

Broadsword and Shield SPT Class - J. Allen Suddeth - Feb.-Mar.,1996 / Smallsword SPT Class - Ricki Ravitts - Oct.-Nov. - 2001 / Knife SPT Class - Ricki Ravitts - Jan./Feb. - 2002

SWORDPLAY (NYC):

Quarterstaff SPT Class - Joe Travers - Dec. 2001-Feb. 2002 / Unarmed SPT Class- Joe Travers - Dec. 2001-Feb. 2002 / Video Recertification Class - Joe Travers - March 2002 / Singlesword SPT Class - Joe Travers - Jan. 2004

WORKSHOPS:

SAFD Fight Directors Workshop @ the Celebration Barn in South Paris, Maine as fight director candidate - June 2001 / Winter Wonderland Workshop in Chicago - 1996 & 2003 / Paddy Crean Workshop in Washington, D.C. - 1994 / Summer Sling Workshop in NYC - 1997, 2000, 2001 & 2002

Instruction with:

Ralph Anderson, B.H. Barry, David Boushey, J. David Brimmer, Brian Byrnes, Michael G. Chin, Charles 'Chuck' Conwell, Charles 'Chuck' Coyl, Anthony DeLongis, Dale Girard, K. Jenny Jones, Ricki Ravitts, Richard Rizk, Richard Ryan, Lewis Shaw, J. Allen Suddeth, Rick Sordelet, Joseph Travers, Robert 'Tink' Tuftee and David Wooley.