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4W 2008 brings some of the nation's finest instructors of historical European martial arts to Seattle for three days of intensive instruction on Feb. 15-17th, 2008.

The major courses of instruction include:

* "Northern Italian Duelling Sabre" with Maestro Ramón Martínez
* "Application of Principles in Master Liechtenauer's Art" with Christian Tobler
* "The Backsword System of George Silver" with Nathan Barnett
* "French Smallsword" with Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martínez
* "Bolognese Swordsmanship" with Steven Reich
* "Sword and Dagger" with Cecil Longino, Maestro Ramón Martínez, and
Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martínez
* "Principles of Baroque Sword" by Tom Leoni
* "The Fundamental and Universal Principles of Fiore's Martial Arts System"
with Robert Charron
* "The German Dusack/Messer" with Jared Kirby
* "I.33 Sword & Buckler - Tactics, Strategy, and Technique" with Maestro Sean Hayes

Also available are such electives as:

* "Motions of the Renaissance Pike Square" with William Elder
* "Offensive Positioning in Spanish Duelling Knife" with Antone Blair
* "Medieval Mounted Combat Presentation" with Kristina Charron
* "19th Century Dueling Sword & Dueling Codes" with Maestro Ramón Martínez
* "Seventeenth Century Civilian Combatives" with Tim Ruzicki
* "Renaissance Historiography" with Professor Ivan Peterson