School of Two Swords Instructors
Director Steven Huff
Steven Huff is a professional martial artist, weapons and combatives
instructor/consultant/historian and Fight Choreographer/Performer living in Los Angeles but originally from the East Coast. He routinely teaches workshops as well as personal training on a wide variety of fighting styles and weapons. Starting with Eastern martial arts as a kid, his interest in history and fascination with knights and fantasy led to an interest in European weaponry. In college he spent a lot of time studying early American history and weaponry and developed an interest in the weapons and fighting styles along the frontier, with a particular interest in the tomahawk. After meeting Col. Dwight McLemore in 2000, he began to focus on the weapons styles within the School of Two Swords. Eventually Steve received his full Instructor Certification and School of Two Swords Charter. He currently is the Director of the School of Two Swords after the Col’s passing in 2021.
He is the co-author of the HMCA publication By Sword and Tomahawk.
Tim Anderson
Founder of Infiniti Blade Concepts, Guro Tim Anderson began his formal training in edged weapons and JKD Concepts in 1994 while in Va beach Va at Lynx Academy under Frank Cucci and Patrick Trey of Seal Team Six. While this was a brief eight months it was in August of 1995 that he met and began training blade exclusively under Tom Sotis in the family system of AMOK! It was in Va Beach that he also began his training in Muay Thai and Savate with Cucci. While in Maryland he continued his JKD Concepts training and Muay Thai under Mike Krivka another full instructor under Dan Inosanto.
In April of 2001 he met longtime cloise friend Steve Huff where he continued his Tomahawk and Bowie training. In 2002 he was given the certificate from Col Dwight McLemore for The School of Two Swords and few years later was given Instructorship under the Col. in the Fighting Khukuri.
Upon moving to MD he began to teach the Navy Master at Arms at Patuxent Naval Air Station in Close Quarter Combatives and Knife and Tomahawk from 2000 to 2002. On September 13th 2001 he swore into the Naval Reserves as a Master At Arms Second Class and was the Close Quarter Combatives and Edged Weapons Instructor at
Dahlgren Naval Base.
He has also served as a Correctional Officer and spent four years at our Nation’s Capital as a Federal Police Officer protecting the United States House of Representatives. He received expert level training in the Spanish Navaja under
Maestro James Loriega who continues to be a major influence today.
With over 26 years edged weapons exclusive training and 0ver 37 years in Martial Arts and Combatives he has developed a system and teaching method comparable to any.
Tim is available both US and International for workshops and seminars on knife and Tomahawk Long Knife and empty-handed combatives today with Infiniti Blade Concepts. He is founder of American Frontier Fighting Arts with Ken Pfrenger and Kirk Lawson.
Steaphen Fick
Bringing history alive is the passion of Steaphen Fick, founder of the Davenriche European Martial Artes School (DEMAS), located in Santa Clara and Morgan Hill. Based on an ancient European style of self-defence (old English spelling), students from age six to seventy-six learn how to safely swing swords, fight with long sticks, daggers and rapiers, and learn other techniques that were part of the tradition of knights centuries ago. Fascinated by the “days of yore,” Steaphen began sword fighting in full armor for a tournament company in 1989. Initially, he learned how to compete through what might be called the school of hard knocks (literally). However, while on his honeymoon in Europe he had the good fortune to spend time in Edinburgh, Scotland, and on a return trip of over six months, was able to study 11 different weapons, as well as wrestling techniques and styles. Steaphen studied and learned among others:
14th-16th Century Long Sword
16th -17th Century Rapier
16th Century Side Sword
15th Century Dagger
19th Century Sabre
When the tournament company dissolved, Steaphen founded his school, DEMAS, as a way to continue to share his enjoyment of the art. Check out the website here: www.swordfightingschool.com. In addition to his adult classes in Long Sword Fencing, Rapier & Dagger, Side Sword, Dagger, Pole Arms, Grappling, Sabre, Sword & Buckler, Sword & Shield and Half Swording, and his Long Sword and Rapier Fencing classes for children, Steaphen also offers a special class in street safety for women called, “Be SAFE” (Secure, Aware, Free and Empowered) in which women are taught how to best avoid potential harm, as well as simple maneuvers to escape from an attacker.
Steaphen is also the author of Beginner’s Guide To The Longsword, European Weaponry Techniques, published by Black Belt Books. This is their first European Martial Arts book published, and their first weaponry book in a decade. In addition to writing, he has worked on projects with the Disney Channel, Lucas Films, the History Channel Modern Marvels, Galatia Films, and is currently working with Dawnrunner Productions on their newest project.
Jared Kirby
Jared Kirby has been involved in Combat for Screen & Stage and Western Martial Arts for over 25 years. He teaches in New York City (and the metro area) and has choreographed fights Off-Broadway, Nationally, in London and Sydney.
As a Fight Coordinator, Jared has worked with stars such as Peter Sarsgaard, Steve Guttenberg, Cameron Douglas and has trained performers who are working on hit shows.
Jared is a member of Actor’s Equity and SAG/AFTRA. As a Stunt Performer he has worked on shows like Law & Order: Organized Crime, The Gilded Age, Bull, The Equalizer, Dickinson, Lisey’s Story, Prodigal Son, Blue Bloods, City on a Hill, and Gotham.
He is the president of Combat Con in Las Vegas, past president of Art of Combat, and served for six years on the board of the International Order of the Sword & Pen.
Jared currently teaches fencing at SUNY Purchase, Sarah Lawrence College and is a Master of Arms (Maestro d’Armi) through the Martinez Academy of Arms. Jared has an ongoing Combat for Screen & Stage class in New York City and teaches at the prestigious Tom Todoroff Conservatory as well as the NY Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.
He teaches a variety of workshops across the US and around the world including Canada, England, Scotland, Finland, Italy and Australia. He has taught at the Paddy Crean International Art of the Sword Workshop, the International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Convention (ISMAC), Rapier Camp and the Western Washington WMA Workshop just to name a few.
Jared is the editor and one of the translators of “Italian Rapier Combat”, the first complete, professional translation of Capo Ferro. He is also the editor and wrote the introduction for “The School of Fencing” by Domenico Angelo and annotated by Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martínez. Most recently “The Gentleman’s Guide to Duelling” was released in February 2014 and a reprint of Donald McBane’s The Expert Swordsman’s Companion was released in January 2017. For more information, see Amazon.com.
Dr. John Lennox
Dr. John Lennox has trained in various forms of combat for over 34 years. Through his involvement in stage combat for theatre over the past 30 years he began to study a myriad of weapons. He is a Fight Director for Art of Combat, an Honorary Fight Director with the Australian Stage Combat Association, and he has taught stage combat courses and workshops at colleges and universities throughout the world.
He is an instructor with the Historical Martial Study Society, as well as an expert level instructor for the School of Two Swords. Over the past few years he has focused on combat theory as well as fighting with knife and tomahawk. His recent research includes Aztec, Mayan and Inca combat systems.
Since 2006 he has been teaching at workshops all over the world, including the U.S., Scotland, England, Finland, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Mexico and Canada.
He is the author of Combat Theory: The Foundations of the Fight, Truth in Action: A Fight Director's Compendium, Stage Combat Swordplay From Shakespeare to the Present, co-author of By Sword and Tomahawk, and the editor of Colonel McLemore's The Dagger/Counter-Dagger Concepts of Joachim Meyer, and has presented several lectures at symposiums and conferences.
He is routinely called in to colleges and universities for workshops on historical combat and stage combat. John holds a PhD in Theatre with cognate studies in historical fencing from Wayne State University.
Roberto Martinez-Loyo
Roberto Martinez-Loyo
Roberto Martinez-Loyo has studied Western Martial Arts since 2003. As a youngster, he studied Tae Kwon Do for many years, both in Mexico and in Upstate NY, USA. In 2001, he trained as a professional stunt performer with the United Stuntmen’s Association, and has worked professionally since then. He has acquired further training with several other instructors, becoming both a stunt performer and a stunt coordinator.
A member of the IOSP (International Order of the Sword and Pen), Western Martial Arts Coalition, and the HEMA Alliance, he was the co-founder and head instructor of the Brotherhood of Warriors (Hermandad de Guerreros) and is co-founder and one of two head instructors for EFC-Mexico (Elite Fencing Club). He has taught at several workshops and seminars both in Mexico and abroad, such as the National Western Martial Arts Seminar (SAMO) and the Underground Fencing, amongst others, as well as giving private instruction and offering workshops as invited instructor in different events. Internationally, he has been asked to teach at prestigious events such as the Fechtschule America 2012, CombatCon, the Sentiment du Fer, the Pacific North West HEMA Alliance Gathering and the HEFFAC Event 2013. He has also been asked as invited instructor at AMEK and Arts of Mars.
Roberto continues his instruction and training in HEMA by participating regularly in different venues and tournaments such as the International Sword and Martial Arts Convention (ISMAC), the First Open International Gathering, the Fechtshule America, CombatCon (where he came in third at the 2011 and first in the 2012 longsword tournament) and the Paddy Crean Workshop, amongst many others. He is currently developing a fighting system with the Chimalli and Maquahuitl (Aztec Shield and Sword), developing it based on interpretation of available codex and images, as well as practical understanding of the weapon system, working alongside different people to develop “safe” training wasters for these weapons.
Roberto serves as the head of the School of Two Swords Mexico.
Kyle Rowling
Kyle has been studying acting and martial arts, both Eastern and Western, since he was 8 years old, in 1978. Kyle trained extensively in Eastern Martial Arts for many years, studying Judo, Traditional Ju-Jitsu and Kung-fu. In the early 90’s he was introduced to the Western Martial Arts (those of European antiquity) and has been working with both ever since. He has trained with numerous masters of European martial arts and is also now a regular instructor at a variety of international workshops.
Kyle has worked extensively in theatre, film and television over the last 3 decades as an actor, director, Fight Director, Stunt Fight Double, and Assistant Stunt Coordinator. His range of knowledge and experience across such a wide range of skills is unparalleled in Australia. He has taught Stage Combat at all of Australia’s leading acting institutes and is an accomplished Shakespearean director. He was the creator and Director of The Sydney Stage Combat School, (which has now become the AAA), the President of The Australian Stage Combat Association, the Vice President of The Art of Combat International, a Certified Fight Director with ASCA, AoC & SAFDi, and a member of many different theatrical based organisations such as: MEAA, ASPAH, AACTA, IKTHOF, and the IFDG. He currently operates the Yugo Ryu Jiu-Jitsu School in Cooma, NSW, Australia.
Throughout his time in the industry, Kyle has constantly searched for better ways to accomplish the same outcomes in a shorter, more concise, more adaptable way, but most importantly in a safer way. Over the last decade, Kyle has been developing a new acting system, 'his' acting system. A combination of over 30 years training and experience lead to its development, and now for the first time he is offering it to the world. This is a new approach to an old problem, how do we make acting believable to an audience and safe for actors to use? The answer is ‘The L.I.E. System’, which stands for ‘Logically Informed Expression’.
Tim Ruzicki
Tim Ruzicki is one of the world’s foremost experts in classical British Pugilism, the eighteenth and nineteenth century art of bare-knuckle boxing. He has spent over twenty years studying historic and modern forms of martial arts and martial sports, including boxing, sport wrestling, combative grappling, various knife systems, Western swordsmanship, walking cane, WWII Combatives, close-quarters firearms, and various personal-protection systems. For the last seventeen years he has been practicing and teaching Pugilism, as well as researching this fascinating art through original source material at some of the world’s most famous libraries, including the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Bodleian Library at Oxford, and the British Library. Tim is currently teaching Pugilism at The Barton-Wright/Alfred Hutton Alliance for Historically Accurate Hoplology and Antagonistics (BWAHAHAHA), in Seattle, Washington.
