Jared Kirby is a fight director, fencing instructor, and choreographer of stage and screen fights across the globe. He leads workshops and seminars focusing on stage combat and storytelling in NYC.

Based in Burbank, California, the Academy of Theatrical Combat has a monthly introductory fight class and tons of other courses covering everything from hand-to-hand combat to sword spins and footwork ...

Join attorney/actor/advocate Sean Hayden, the host of Stage Combat: The Podcast, in an immersive storytelling experience as performing artists from all walks of life finally emerge from silence and ...

Atis Kleinbergs (right) and Paige Summers (left) practice with knives during a class at the “Brawl of America” conference at Hamline University in St. Paul on Saturday. When it comes to staying ...

Whether its Macbeth or the latest Marvel superhero flick, the keys to stage combat are safety and authenticity. That is according to Society of Australian Fight Directors' Andy Fraser. "It is the ...

[Audio: Stage fighting class] Welcome to the world of stage fighting, where you'll learn some of the secrets, the skills and the thrills of pretend violence. Kyle Rowling: My name's Kyle Rowling, and ...

Harper Guagliardo knows the swords aren’t sharp, the fists aren’t hard and the intent is to act, not to injure, and yet, she admits she still gets nervous about stage combat.The swords are still hard ...

“This book is about portraying a safe and dramatically effective staged fight using rapier and dagger,” so begins Roger Bartlett’s latest volume. From the large-scale battles in The Lord of the Rings ...

Working on four shows at the RSC this year alongside TV and film projects, Rc-Annie is a partnership of top UK stage combat professionals. They tell Nick Smurthwaite why two fight directors are better ...

FRANKLIN -- Dean College offers a summer Stage Combat course through its Summer Stage theater study program, a residential or non-residential four-week program aimed at helping high school students ...