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WILLIAM WILSON

William Wilson is the President of the Tattershall School of Defence and is the advisor/coach for the fencing club at Northern Arizona University.

Mr. Wilson is also on the advisory board for Swordplay Symposium International.

In the Society for Creative Anachronism he is known as Barwn Master Gwylym ab Owain, OL OP DWS and is the premiere member of the Order of the White Scarf of Atenveldt, the highest award for fencing in the Kingdom.

At the Western Martial Arts Workshop hosted by AEMMA in Toronto during October 2000, Mr. Wilson was accepted as a master at arms candidate by the International Master at Arms Federation.

Mr. Wilson has been fencing for over two decades and began his fencing learning under Master Bella from Canada and Mr. Silverberg in Buffalo, New York with further instruction from other masters and instructors, including Dr. Rita Ashcraft of Northern Arizona University.

Mr. Wilson specializes in teaching beginners either classical foil, epee or saber as well as beginning longsword and backsword. He teaches advanced students the art of defence with rapier and sidesword.

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