International Montante Symposium

We proudly announce that we will be holding our first International Montante Symposium this December.

When:

09.-10.12.2023

Where:

Sporthalle am Steg,

Lange Straße 18, 06110 Halle (Saale)

Contact Information:

montantesymposium@gmail.com

Please note, that the event aims at experienced montanteroes. You'll need at least a fencing mask and protective gloves.

The event will be restricted to a limited number of participants only, with the final number depending entirely on the judges available at the two days of the event.

Lectures

Niccolo Menozzi	Big Swords, Big Data
Noah Kollmann	Asian Great Sword
Nico Banasch	English Great Sword, from Ledall to Silver

Workshops

Ton Puey	Montante
Emil Andersson & Sebastian Woxell	Jogo do Pau
Martin Höppner	Bologneser Spadone
Mike Prendergast	Pietro Monte's Levata
Elmar Homann	The High Guard
Oskar Ter Mors	"Landsknecht Stuff" (Goliath or experimental vs Pikes)

Saturday

08:00 to 09:00	Setup and equipment check (tournament)
09:00 to 09:30	Welcome
09:30 to 10:45	Workshop by Emil and Bas
	15 minute break
11:00 to 12:30	Workshops Oskar and Ton *
	Lunch break (30 minutes)
13:00 to 14:00	Workshop by Elmar and tournament briefing for participants and judges
14:15 to 14:45	Lecture by Niccolo
	15 minute break
15:00 to 16:30	Workshop by Mike
16:30 to 17:30	Open hall and lecture by Nico Banasch
17:30 to 18:00	Award ceremony and farewell

The tournament will take place from 14:00 to 17:00!

* (you'll have the chance to attend the other workshop on Sunday)

Sunday


09:00 to 09:30	entry
09:30 to 11:00	Workshops by Oskar and Ton
	15 minute break
11:15 to 12:15	Fun tournament for lecturers and lecture by Noah
	Lunch break (45 minutes)
13:00 to 14:30	Workshop by Martin
14:30 to 15:30	Workshop by Elmar
15:30 to 18:00	Open Hall (open end)

Any necessary changes to the schedule will be announced in time or during the event.

Rulesets

Below, you can find the rulesets for the Montante in general as well as for the Montante tournament. Please make sure you're familiar with both of them when attending the IMS.