Pas d'armes Roll

training : pas d'armes roll - 2010

Particulars: date: April 24, 2010, venue: The Great Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto (UofT)
As confirmation comes in for various positions, this page will be updated.

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The Great Hall, Hart House, UofT

The University of Toronto (UofT) was established in 1827 and is Canada's largest university. It has a complement of over 55,000 students distributed across three campuses, and has over 2,000 professors and instructors in its various faculties. The university also has one of the foremost departments of medieval studies in the world.
The location of the pas d'armes within the UofT will be in the The Great Hall, in Hart House, located at 7 Hart House Circle, St. George Campus downtown Toronto.

Lord of Wrentnall and the Great Lyth

Robbie Sprules is a founding partner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Taylor|Sprules Corporation. He has over 28 years experience in: regional, national and international product brand development; product brand architecture; intellectual property creation and management; total corporate brand development, integration and application; product, service and corporate name creation, registration and asset development; complete strategic linked-brand program development; industrial design and applied research; strategic marketing counsel. Mr. Sprules holds the British titles Lord of Wrentnall and Lord of Great Lyth, hereditary Lordships in the western shires of England. He is an Officer of the Honourable Guard, 78th Fraser Highlanders, York Garrison, and a Director of the Royal Heraldy Society of Canada. (click on the badges on the left to view full armorial bearings)

Sean Winslow, Scholler, AEMMA (Defendants)

Sean Winslow is a PhD student at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, specializing in manuscript studies. A native of California, he has studied in the U.S., Britain, and Canada, having earned a BA (cum laude) in History from the University of California and an MA in Medieval Studies, Book History, and Print Culture from the University of Toronto. In his free time, Sean is a fine art/documentary photographer and has been training with the Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts since October of 2006.

David Birtwistle, Esq. KCTJ (Appellants)

David has been a social worker since 1970 and has been on the faculty at Centennial College for the past several years. He has served in the RCAF in the 1960s and in the CAF this past decade. He is a director and a long time member of the Royal Heraldy Society of Canada, the English Heraldry Society and the Heraldry Society of Scotland. David has practiced both Karate and Kendo in the past and continues to have an interest in modern and mediaeval military and social history, arms and armour. He is a Knight Templar and Captain of the Honourable Guard and Field Units of the 78th Fraser Highlanders, York Garrison having served in the regiment for over eleven years where he has taught foot and weapons drill. (click on the arms on the left to view full armorial bearings)

TBD

The Procession Herald has not as yet been filled. Contact AEMMA if you think you're up to the job.

Aaron Bolarinho, scholler, AEMMA (Defendants)

Aaron started training with AEMMA 3 years ago in his senior year of High School. He attended Guelph chapter of AEMMA for his first two years while he lived in Kitchener, Ontario. Upon being accepted at the University of Toronto for the Fall 2007 year, Aaron moved into residence there at St. Michaels College. He now attends the Toronto chapter of AEMMA, while studying Medieval History and Philosophy. Aaron also successfully challenged for the rank of scholler on December 14, 2008.

Matt "Jack" Dreger, scholler, AEMMA (Appellants)

Matt is a Scholler and has been studying Western Martial Arts with AEMMA since 2006. He briefly studied Asian martial arts and is a competitive target shooter. He has a lifelong passion for history and literature, which he nurtured with a degree from UofT in Literary Studies, History and Philosophy. His career, however, took him towards IT, where he has been a programmer, web developer and writer for the last decade.

Lucas Brundle (squiring Matt Brundle)

Lucas Brundle is Matt Brundle's son and will be squiring for him. Lucas is an accomplished archer and has begun to study Medieval martial arts.

Miguel Cura (squiring Kel Rekuta)

Miguel has been training with AEMMA off and on since Aug 2002. He is an animator by trade, and periodically trains at AEMMA or FACT.

Michael L. Cvet (squiring David M. Cvet)

Michael is David's eldest son and is a graduate of UofT, is a lead software developer for Thoora developing a news aggregator engine, and has an interest in military history.

Terry DeCoste, scholler, AEMMA (squiring Aldo Valente)

Terry had joined AEMMA on September 2002 and through his training regimene, had achieved the rank of scholler on Nov 06, 2005.

Clovis Kari, scholler, AEMMA (squiring Brian McIlmoyle)

Clovis has been training at AEMMA since he was sixteen, and on December 21, 2008 successfully challenged for the rank of scholler, being AEMMA's youngest scholler. Clovis is attending York University.

North Gienow (squiring Dale Gienow)

North Gienow is Dale's son, and often accompanies his father to international tournaments. An excellent horseman, he is the the current youth, mounted martial games champion with the International Jousting Association - Canada and is a proficient mounted archer. North also practises modern fencing and has begun his study of practical medieval swordsmanship.

Dan Sellars, OMSG (squiring Mathieu Ravignat)

Dan Sellars joined OMSG in September 2007, in January 2009 he successfully achieved the rank of Scholler.

John Woods, Jr., OMSG (squiring John Woods)

John Woods Jr. casually trains with OMSG, and participates in training workshops. He also has also been involved in a number of OMSG presentations and demonstrations and has developed his knowledge and familiarity with the arms and armour of the period.

Liz Woods, OMSG (squiring Matt McKee)

Liz Woods, the wife of John Woods, has been involved with the OMSG group since its inception, having created gambesons, banners and many more contributions to the organization.

Frank T. Williams, Free Scholler, AEMMA (Grand Marshal)

Frank holds the position of Director in the executive of AEMMA, and is also one of its instructors. Frank, due to his commitment, dedication and training successfully played for the prize of free scholler rank on April 17, 2005. Currently, Frank is the principal instructor for the "Introduction to Medieval Swordsmanship" course offered by the Royal Ontario Museum's ROMLife program.

Beau Brock, Scholler, AEMMA

Beau hailing from Vancouver, and instructor at Academie Duello, is now attending the University of Toronto, working on his post doctoral degree focused on societal languages. During his studies in Toronto, the opportunity presented itself to leverage his skills and expertise in Italian rapier, and his passion for Ridolfo Capo Ferro manifested into a popular rapier class at AEMMA.

Ariella Elema, Scholler, AEMMA

Ariella, Ph.D. candidate at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto is working on her thesis research on trial by combat. Ariella has been training at AEMMA since 2005, successfully challenged for the rank of scholler on Nov 12, 2006 and continues to train with abrazare, daga, spada and spada longa.

Russ Howe, Scholler, AEMMA

A lawyer by profession, Russ had joined AEMMA on January 5, 2005 and through training, had achieved the rank of scholler on March 19, 2006. Russ not only a deep interest in armoured combat, he has an interest in heraldry. Russ is skilled with longsword in armoured combat. Russ is a member of the Royal Heraldy Society of Canada.

Igal Lelchuk, Scholler, AEMMA

Igal has been training at AEMMA since January 2005. He had successfully achieved his scholler rank in October 2007, demonstrating experience with abrazare, daga, spada and spada longa. Igal has also been training with sword & buckler.

Matt Brundle, Scholler, AEMMA
Matt joined AEMMA on November 9, 2003 and has trained regularly at AEMMA and successfully achieved his scholler rank on April 2, 2006. He is a school teacher by profession and has a great interest in medieval history which he shares with his students.

David M. Cvet, Provost & Founder, AEMMA
David has studied and practiced historical European medieval martial arts for 14 years, and has also studied and practiced Asian combat arts in his past. His background and experience having fired his desire to pursue a formal medieval martial arts training program, he founded AEMMA in mid-1998. David is also the 23rd President of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada.

Brian A. McIlmoyle, Provost & co-Founder, AEMMA
Brian began his study of fencing in his youth, Participating in historical recreation activities of the Medieval era. Mr. McIlmoyle learned to fence while in university practicing with the university fencing club where he focused on the saber. Finding modern fencing to be missing an air of combativeness, Brian refocused his practice to the study of medieval swordsmanship.

Kelly Rekuta, Free Scholler & Instructor, AEMMA
Kelly has been involved with medieval re-enactment through the Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA) for almost 30 years. Having been exposed to the work at AEMMA since 1998, he joined AEMMA and eventually earned the rank of Free Scholler and achieved the position of instructor. Kel is also a skilled leather craftsman, having created numerous hardened armoured defensive equipment for students at AEMMA.

Aldo Valente, Free Scholler & Instructor, AEMMA
Aldo joined AEMMA on March 29th, 2004 and has trained regularly at AEMMA to the point of achieving the rank of scholler on May 29, 2005 and more recently, successfully achieved the rank of free scholler on March 1, 2009. He has been working, researching and training on achieving his rank of Free Scholler. Aldo also has numerous years of training as a boxer, which appears during his training and bouts in the form of excellent footwork and timing.

Dale Gienow, Founding President, International Jousting Association - Canada
From Bracebridge, Ontario, Dale Gienow is the founding president of the International Jousting Association - Canada, a member of the International Jousting League, a founding member of the Mounted Archery Association of the Americas and an instructor for AEMMA's mounted training program. He has competed in international tournaments, for many years, both on foot and on horse. Together with his wife and son, Dale co-owns and operates the Muskoka Wildlife Centre and Chivalric Productions, a medieval education company.

Matt McKee, Scholler, OMSG
Since childhood, Matthew has had an intense fascination with ancient history, especially that of medieval Europe. This deep-seeded passion along with a life spent dabbling in a variety of maritial arts led him to the Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild. He joined in August of 2006 and successfully played for the prize of Scholler in September of 2007. He studies medieval armouring and has hand-crafted the majority of his harness. Matthew now actively participates in much of OMSG's public events and retires to his farm where he keeps his aspiring warhorses.

Chris Penney, Free Scholler, OMSG
Chris Penney holds a Masters Degree in Medieval Archaeology from the University of York in England, and has had an interest in the middle ages for some time. A friend introduced him to AEMMA Ottawa in the fall of 2001, and he successfully challenged for the rank of Scholler in Toronto in September, 2002. As a Scholler in Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild or OMSG, he developed the current Guild grappling and dagger program along with Scholler Nick Conway. Chris is working on other aspects of the OMSG training program, including the sword, in one and two hands, with other members of the Guild. Chris successfully challenged for the rank of Free Scholler on Monday, August 3, 2009 at the OMSG camping weekend.

Mathieu Ravignat, Scholler, OMSG
Mathieu Ravignat has been an avid martial artist all his life and has a variety of experience in the WMA, including Greco Roman Wrestling, Boxing, and Fencing. Having always had an interest in medieval history, Matt joined the Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild or OMSG in November 2001. In May 2002 he successfully played for the prize of Scholler at the AEMMA, and has developed the spear training program for the OMSG. He currently sits on the executive of the OMSG as Herald. Mathieu also holds an MA in philosophy and is a member of the Royal Heraldy Society of Canada and is a member of the Knights Templar. (link: www.knightstemplar.ca).

John Woods, Scholler, OMSG
John, after serving in the Canadian Armed Forces moved to Ottawa, where he discovered Western Martial Arts. In the fall of 2000, he met and began training with Anton Cvet. Since then, John helped to form the Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild or OMSG, and has also developed an interest in making fourteenth century armour, leading to the creation of the Woods Armoury. John has developed a poleaxe training program for the Guild, and currently devotes his time to mounted combat training.

Friends of the Medieval Studies Society
The unofficial arms of the Friends of the Medieval Studies Society, a non-profit, charitable Society in the ROM's Friends program. The FMSS is indirectly hosting the pas d'armes under the banner of the Royal Ontario Museum.
Banner Bearer:

Robbie Sprules, Lord of Wrentnall and the Great Lyth
The arms of Robbie, who is a manorial lord, and is the Patron of this pas d'armes, donating the prizes annually for the combatant voted "first amongst equals".
Banner Bearer & Aide-de-camp: Adam Trumpour, AEMMA

Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
The arms of the Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts, organizers and defendants in this pas d'armes.
Banner Bearer: Annette Perry, AEMMA

Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild
The arms of the Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild, a close friend of AEMMA, and an associate organization of AEMMA and the source of a goodly number of appellands for this pas d'armes.
Banner Bearer: Tala Woods, OMSG

Royal Heraldry Society of Canada
The arms of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada, a non-profit charitable corporation which promotes the practice of Canadian heraldry, and who provides a number of volunteers to participate in this for this pas d'armes, including Robbie Sprules, a member and Director of the Society.
Banner Bearer: David V. Steeves, RHSC

Ross Goodfellow, AEMMA
Ross has been a member of the Academy since October 2004 and had successfully achieved his scholler rank in October of 2005. Ross is also a videographer and talented musician, and has his own production company named "Independence Films". He had created a number of DVDs of AEMMA's various events and past pas d'armes.

Lady Jody Gienow, Lady Emily Tanaka, TBD, TBD

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pas d'armes menu

the announcement
the venue
the patron(s)
the heralds
the procession herald
the marshals
the squires
the defendants
the appellants
special banner bearers
the chroniclers
ladies in waiting

	Matt Brundle, Scholler, AEMMA Matt joined AEMMA on November 9, 2003 and has trained regularly at AEMMA and successfully achieved his scholler rank on April 2, 2006. He is a school teacher by profession and has a great interest in medieval history which he shares with his students.
	David M. Cvet, Provost & Founder, AEMMA David has studied and practiced historical European medieval martial arts for 14 years, and has also studied and practiced Asian combat arts in his past. His background and experience having fired his desire to pursue a formal medieval martial arts training program, he founded AEMMA in mid-1998. David is also the 23rd President of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada.
	Brian A. McIlmoyle, Provost & co-Founder, AEMMA Brian began his study of fencing in his youth, Participating in historical recreation activities of the Medieval era. Mr. McIlmoyle learned to fence while in university practicing with the university fencing club where he focused on the saber. Finding modern fencing to be missing an air of combativeness, Brian refocused his practice to the study of medieval swordsmanship.
	Kelly Rekuta, Free Scholler & Instructor, AEMMA Kelly has been involved with medieval re-enactment through the Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA) for almost 30 years. Having been exposed to the work at AEMMA since 1998, he joined AEMMA and eventually earned the rank of Free Scholler and achieved the position of instructor. Kel is also a skilled leather craftsman, having created numerous hardened armoured defensive equipment for students at AEMMA.
	Aldo Valente, Free Scholler & Instructor, AEMMA Aldo joined AEMMA on March 29th, 2004 and has trained regularly at AEMMA to the point of achieving the rank of scholler on May 29, 2005 and more recently, successfully achieved the rank of free scholler on March 1, 2009. He has been working, researching and training on achieving his rank of Free Scholler. Aldo also has numerous years of training as a boxer, which appears during his training and bouts in the form of excellent footwork and timing.

	Dale Gienow, Founding President, International Jousting Association - Canada From Bracebridge, Ontario, Dale Gienow is the founding president of the International Jousting Association - Canada, a member of the International Jousting League, a founding member of the Mounted Archery Association of the Americas and an instructor for AEMMA's mounted training program. He has competed in international tournaments, for many years, both on foot and on horse. Together with his wife and son, Dale co-owns and operates the Muskoka Wildlife Centre and Chivalric Productions, a medieval education company.
	Matt McKee, Scholler, OMSG Since childhood, Matthew has had an intense fascination with ancient history, especially that of medieval Europe. This deep-seeded passion along with a life spent dabbling in a variety of maritial arts led him to the Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild. He joined in August of 2006 and successfully played for the prize of Scholler in September of 2007. He studies medieval armouring and has hand-crafted the majority of his harness. Matthew now actively participates in much of OMSG's public events and retires to his farm where he keeps his aspiring warhorses.
	Chris Penney, Free Scholler, OMSG Chris Penney holds a Masters Degree in Medieval Archaeology from the University of York in England, and has had an interest in the middle ages for some time. A friend introduced him to AEMMA Ottawa in the fall of 2001, and he successfully challenged for the rank of Scholler in Toronto in September, 2002. As a Scholler in Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild or OMSG, he developed the current Guild grappling and dagger program along with Scholler Nick Conway. Chris is working on other aspects of the OMSG training program, including the sword, in one and two hands, with other members of the Guild. Chris successfully challenged for the rank of Free Scholler on Monday, August 3, 2009 at the OMSG camping weekend.
	Mathieu Ravignat, Scholler, OMSG Mathieu Ravignat has been an avid martial artist all his life and has a variety of experience in the WMA, including Greco Roman Wrestling, Boxing, and Fencing. Having always had an interest in medieval history, Matt joined the Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild or OMSG in November 2001. In May 2002 he successfully played for the prize of Scholler at the AEMMA, and has developed the spear training program for the OMSG. He currently sits on the executive of the OMSG as Herald. Mathieu also holds an MA in philosophy and is a member of the Royal Heraldy Society of Canada and is a member of the Knights Templar. (link: www.knightstemplar.ca).
	John Woods, Scholler, OMSG John, after serving in the Canadian Armed Forces moved to Ottawa, where he discovered Western Martial Arts. In the fall of 2000, he met and began training with Anton Cvet. Since then, John helped to form the Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild or OMSG, and has also developed an interest in making fourteenth century armour, leading to the creation of the Woods Armoury. John has developed a poleaxe training program for the Guild, and currently devotes his time to mounted combat training.

	Friends of the Medieval Studies Society The unofficial arms of the Friends of the Medieval Studies Society, a non-profit, charitable Society in the ROM's Friends program. The FMSS is indirectly hosting the pas d'armes under the banner of the Royal Ontario Museum. Banner Bearer:
	Robbie Sprules, Lord of Wrentnall and the Great Lyth The arms of Robbie, who is a manorial lord, and is the Patron of this pas d'armes, donating the prizes annually for the combatant voted "first amongst equals". Banner Bearer & Aide-de-camp: Adam Trumpour, AEMMA
	Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts The arms of the Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts, organizers and defendants in this pas d'armes. Banner Bearer: Annette Perry, AEMMA
	Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild The arms of the Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild, a close friend of AEMMA, and an associate organization of AEMMA and the source of a goodly number of appellands for this pas d'armes. Banner Bearer: Tala Woods, OMSG
	Royal Heraldry Society of Canada The arms of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada, a non-profit charitable corporation which promotes the practice of Canadian heraldry, and who provides a number of volunteers to participate in this for this pas d'armes, including Robbie Sprules, a member and Director of the Society. Banner Bearer: David V. Steeves, RHSC

TBD
	The Procession Herald has not as yet been filled. Contact AEMMA if you think you're up to the job.

Aaron Bolarinho, scholler, AEMMA (Defendants)
	Aaron started training with AEMMA 3 years ago in his senior year of High School. He attended Guelph chapter of AEMMA for his first two years while he lived in Kitchener, Ontario. Upon being accepted at the University of Toronto for the Fall 2007 year, Aaron moved into residence there at St. Michaels College. He now attends the Toronto chapter of AEMMA, while studying Medieval History and Philosophy. Aaron also successfully challenged for the rank of scholler on December 14, 2008.
Matt "Jack" Dreger, scholler, AEMMA (Appellants)
	Matt is a Scholler and has been studying Western Martial Arts with AEMMA since 2006. He briefly studied Asian martial arts and is a competitive target shooter. He has a lifelong passion for history and literature, which he nurtured with a degree from UofT in Literary Studies, History and Philosophy. His career, however, took him towards IT, where he has been a programmer, web developer and writer for the last decade.

Lucas Brundle (squiring Matt Brundle)
	Lucas Brundle is Matt Brundle's son and will be squiring for him. Lucas is an accomplished archer and has begun to study Medieval martial arts.
Miguel Cura (squiring Kel Rekuta)
	Miguel has been training with AEMMA off and on since Aug 2002. He is an animator by trade, and periodically trains at AEMMA or FACT.
Michael L. Cvet (squiring David M. Cvet)
	Michael is David's eldest son and is a graduate of UofT, is a lead software developer for Thoora developing a news aggregator engine, and has an interest in military history.
Terry DeCoste, scholler, AEMMA (squiring Aldo Valente)
	Terry had joined AEMMA on September 2002 and through his training regimene, had achieved the rank of scholler on Nov 06, 2005.
Clovis Kari, scholler, AEMMA (squiring Brian McIlmoyle)
	Clovis has been training at AEMMA since he was sixteen, and on December 21, 2008 successfully challenged for the rank of scholler, being AEMMA's youngest scholler. Clovis is attending York University.

North Gienow (squiring Dale Gienow)
	North Gienow is Dale's son, and often accompanies his father to international tournaments. An excellent horseman, he is the the current youth, mounted martial games champion with the International Jousting Association - Canada and is a proficient mounted archer. North also practises modern fencing and has begun his study of practical medieval swordsmanship.
Dan Sellars, OMSG (squiring Mathieu Ravignat)
	Dan Sellars joined OMSG in September 2007, in January 2009 he successfully achieved the rank of Scholler.
John Woods, Jr., OMSG (squiring John Woods)
	John Woods Jr. casually trains with OMSG, and participates in training workshops. He also has also been involved in a number of OMSG presentations and demonstrations and has developed his knowledge and familiarity with the arms and armour of the period.
Liz Woods, OMSG (squiring Matt McKee)
	Liz Woods, the wife of John Woods, has been involved with the OMSG group since its inception, having created gambesons, banners and many more contributions to the organization.

Frank T. Williams, Free Scholler, AEMMA (Grand Marshal)
	Frank holds the position of Director in the executive of AEMMA, and is also one of its instructors. Frank, due to his commitment, dedication and training successfully played for the prize of free scholler rank on April 17, 2005. Currently, Frank is the principal instructor for the "Introduction to Medieval Swordsmanship" course offered by the Royal Ontario Museum's ROMLife program.
Beau Brock, Scholler, AEMMA
	Beau hailing from Vancouver, and instructor at Academie Duello, is now attending the University of Toronto, working on his post doctoral degree focused on societal languages. During his studies in Toronto, the opportunity presented itself to leverage his skills and expertise in Italian rapier, and his passion for Ridolfo Capo Ferro manifested into a popular rapier class at AEMMA.
Ariella Elema, Scholler, AEMMA
	Ariella, Ph.D. candidate at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto is working on her thesis research on trial by combat. Ariella has been training at AEMMA since 2005, successfully challenged for the rank of scholler on Nov 12, 2006 and continues to train with abrazare, daga, spada and spada longa.
Russ Howe, Scholler, AEMMA
	A lawyer by profession, Russ had joined AEMMA on January 5, 2005 and through training, had achieved the rank of scholler on March 19, 2006. Russ not only a deep interest in armoured combat, he has an interest in heraldry. Russ is skilled with longsword in armoured combat. Russ is a member of the Royal Heraldy Society of Canada.
Igal Lelchuk, Scholler, AEMMA
	Igal has been training at AEMMA since January 2005. He had successfully achieved his scholler rank in October 2007, demonstrating experience with abrazare, daga, spada and spada longa. Igal has also been training with sword & buckler.