AoC Affiliate Members Page
F. Braun McAsh- F. Braun McAsh has been
a professional fight director and actor since 1976. His initial studies in
swordwork were with Maestro Patrick Crean and Olympic Sabre
Coach Istvan Danosi. Later he travelled for many years in England and Europe
studying with various masters and also doing extensive research into arms and
armour at over 100 museums and castle collections including the Tower of London.
His studies have taken him to the U.S., England, Scotland, Wales, Switzerland,
the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and Romania. As a
professional fight director, he has choreographed over 120 productions, films
and television shows including the Stratford and Shaw Festivals and the Canadian
Opera Company. He is best known as the Swordmaster for seasons 3 through 6 of
the TV series HIGHLANDER and the last movie, HIGHLANDER IV:ENDGAME. He has won
five awards as an actor and fight director. As an instructor, he has taught at
over 30 theatre schools in Canada, the U.S. and England and recently completed
his third session as a Master Instructor at the Paddy Crean International Combat
Workshop. He has also studied the Asian martial arts for 34 years and is an
expert in firearms. www.fbraunmcash.com
Kyle Rowling- Kyle has been choreographing stage combat sequences since 1996 and has also been a teacher of stunt-related subjects at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia), VCA (Victoria College of Arts, Australia) and the Actors College of Theatre and Television in Sydney (trains actors for theatre, film and TV in movement and combat sequences). Kyle is part of the Sydney Stage Combat School (Director SSCS and fight director) and has worked in productions with STC (Sidney Theatre Company), Opera Australia, Ensemble Theatre, Belvoir St, Marion St and the Bell Shakespeare Company.
Morgan Shea- Morgan is currently the Assistant Producer at Rainbow Dinner Theatre in Paradise PA (America's only all comedy dinner theatre), and is an eleven year veteran of both the PA and Pocono Renaissance Faires. Morgan teaches stage combat and fight directs for theatres all over central Pennsylvania, and concentrates heavily on "Basic Stage Combat for Young Actors" and "The Organic Methodology of Stage Combat". Morgan is available for group and individual instruction. Morgan is also the founder of the Independent Fight Directors Guild.
Brad Waller-
Scott Witt- Scott Witt is the President of the Society of Australian Fight Directors Inc., Associate Artistic Director of the International Order of the Sword and Pen, Honourary Member of the British Academy of Dramatic Combat, Honourary Fight Director of Fight Directors, Canada and a Honourary Fight Director of the Independant Fight Directors Guild of America. Scott was also the Intern and Associate Director for the Queensland Theatre Company in 2002 and 2003. Scott Witt has been working in stage, television and film since 1984. In that 20 years Scott has been acting, fight directing, directing or clowning around for Queensland Theatre Company, La Boite Theatre, Zen Zen Zo, Bell Shakespeare, Queensland Performing Arts Trust, Opera Queensland, someone, ABC TV and many independent feature and short films. Scott Witt received a Matilda Award for his Direction of Road to the She-Devil’s Salon at Queensland Theatre Company and Long Term Role as a Fight Director. His critically acclaimed adaptation and direction of Scapin (a co-production between Queensland Theatre Company and State Theatre of South Australian) received a Mo Nomination in 2004 for Best Theatre Production of the Year. Scott has also completed a MFA in Stage Combat and Fight Direction through QUT Creative Industries, Brisbane, Australia. www.combatcircus.com
Tony Wolf- A
veteran of the martial and performing arts, Tony Wolf has worked as a martial
arts instructor, professional wrestler and fight director/stunt co-ordinator.
Between 1988 - 1994 he developed his original Wolf System of performance/combat
exercises, which has been taught to actors, martial artists, stunt performers
and stage combat specialists throughout the world. Tony's fight direction and
action design have been featured in over two hundred feature film, television,
theatre, opera and ballet productions. Between 1998-2000 he served as the
Fighting Styles Designer for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, creating
a series of fantasy martial arts and fighting systems for the eight major
character types featured in the movies. In 2002 he toured Japan performing
fights for the Washington Opera Company's production of Otello, starring Placido
Domingo. Tony regularly teaches a range of master-classes and seminars for
martial arts associations, universities, stunt teams, acting academies and
performance conferences throughout New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Canada and
Europe. He serves as the editor for the EJMAS Journal of Manly Arts, a scholarly
online journal focusing on the martial arts and combat sports of the Victorian
and Edwardian eras, and in 2005 he edited the Bartitsu Compendium, a complete
history of E.W. Barton-Wright's "New Art of Self Defence"
www.bartitsu.org/main.html.
AoC Affiliate Organizations
The Historical Maritime Combat Association- www.historicalmaritimecombat.com
Babes with Blades- www.babeswithblades.org
R. C. Annie, Ltd.- www.rc-annie.com