Art of Combat, inc.
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Gareth Thomas
Fight Director


Email: pelhafyn@juno.com
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Fight Direction / Stunt Coordination:

Film & Television
Avalon Rising
1995
Music Video
for Black Davies Ride
Interview:
Stage Combat vs. Fencing, History & Safety

KCRT-TV's Sidewalks

Stage
Romeo & Juliet

Marist High School
Eugene, OR
I Hate Hamlet

Stage One Theatre
Fremont, CA
Royal Family

Hillbarn Theatre
Foster City, CA

Festivals
Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire
1996 - 2004
Philomath, OR
Folsom Renaissance Faire
1993 - 94
Sacramento, CA
Concannon Renaissance Fayre
1993 - 94
Livermore, CA
Fresno City College Faire
1993 - 94
Fresno, CA
Renaissance Faire of Kings
1989 - 95
Hanford, CA
Faire Oaks Renaissance Festival
1990 - 95
Sacramento, CA
Newman Center Craft Faire
1992
Fresno, CA
San Gregorio Pirate Days
1992
San Gregorio, CA
CCHS Elizabethan Festival
1990 - 92
San Luis Obispo, CA
Renaissance Faire of the Lakes
1990 - 92
Clovis, CA
Saint Claire Festival
1990
Santa Clara, CA


Benefits & Private Events
Auburn Faith Hospital Benefit
1992
Auburn, CA
Bass Lake Renaissance AIDS Benefit
1992
Bass Lake, CA
San Jose Cleveland Ballet Gala Ball / Romeo & Juliet
1991
San Jose, CA
Sacramento Valley Veterinary Society Banquet
1991
Sacramento, CA
Odd Fellows Hall Honor Banquet
1990
San Jose, CA



TEACHING:

International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Convention - Lansing, MI
Workshops: Redefining the Cutlass, Boarding Actions II - 2006.
Workshops: Level 2 Cutlass, Boarding Actions - 2005.
Workshop: Cutlass - 2004.
Workshop: Military Sabre - TA for John Lennox - 2003.

Beaverton Elementary School - Beaverton, OR
Renaissance Days - 1999.

Masquers Theatre - Point Richmond, CA
Demonstration: Stage Combat - 1995.

The World in the Library - San Jose, CA
History Demonstration - 1994.

Country Club Elementary School - San Ramon, CA
"Renaissance Days" Demonstration - 1994.

Hillsdale High School - San Mateo, CA
Demonstrations: Drama & History - 1991.


CERTIFICATIONS / Affiliations:

Art of Combat, inc.
Fight Director & Head of Eugene, OR Chapter
Historical Maritime Combat Association
Director, Instructor-level Member
Historical Martial Study Society
Instructor-level Member
Independent Fight Directors Guild
Member
Skirmishers - Historically Based Theatrical Swordplay
Founder
Order of the Black Rose - Elizabethan Stage Combat Troupe
Co-Founder


Education:

Subject(s)
Year
Instructor(s)
Classical Fencing
Ongoing
Maestro Sean Hayes
Fiore Longsword
2004
2-Day Training Seminar
ISMAC
2003, 2004
3-Day / 6-Weapon Seminar
Includes: Rapier, Backsword, Singlestick, Longsword, Dusack, Military Sabre, Duelling Sabre, Knife & Tomahawk.
Spanish Rapier Seminar
2001
Maestro Ramón Martínez
SAFD Regional Workshop
1994
10-Hour / 5-Weapon Intensive
Competition Sabre
1992
Torgrimsen Academy
Fresno, CA
2-8 Week Stage Combat Workshops
1990 - 91
Roderick Pauley
Los Gatos, CA
Private Training in Classical Fencing
1987 - 91
Salle DeCesare
San Jose, CA
Basic Fencing
1987
De Anza College
Cupertino, CA



PRIMARY WEAPONS STYLES:

Rapier
Rapier & Dagger
Cutlass
Sabre

Tomahawk
Knife


Also proficient in:
Quarterstaff
Longsword
Smallsword


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