May 14th: Four-Hour Longsword Workshop
Looking for a gift for that special someone? This is perfect! Give the gift of sword fighting to them. You can send him or her to the class, or you can attend with him! If you know of anyone that you think would enjoy this class, please pass the information onto them or give me a call for more information.
This is a four hour intensive class for the students of the sword that would like to attend class at the school but lives out of the area or just don't have the time to commit each week to class.
Every month we gather for four hours to study the long sword. The first three hours are spent on the curriculum of the school and the final hour is spent working on a specific technique from Fior dei Battaglia (Flos Duellatorum written in 1409).
DEMAS has loaner equipment for the students that do not have their own swords or helmets, all you need to bring are gloves. If you have your own wasters and helmet, please bring them with you.
We will be working outside with masks and maintaining an appropriate distance to protect ourselves, our friends, and our family.
Dress of the day is sweats, a t-shirt, and comfortable shoes.
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Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: 3266 De La Cruz
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cost: $80 in advance
$90 at the door
May 15th: Be S.A.F.E. Self Defense
We have all heard about the person who has become a statistic. Most of you figure it’s not going to happen to you. You’re right, chances are it won’t. However, we have to hope for the best, and prepare for the worst. We are on the road a lot, traveling, meeting people, and some have kids that are preparing to go off to college or high school.
You can take this class for your own peace of mind or give the gift of safety to someone you care about. If you know of anyone that you think would enjoy this class, please pass the information onto them or give me a call for more information.
Self-defense does not require a lot of physical strength, if you understand how to use an attacker’s strength against him. You don’t need to be stronger than your attacker, nor do you need to be a black belt to be safe. Learn ways to protect yourself with a 600-year-old Italian Martial Art. Be safe in the future, while drawing from the strengths of the past.
Effective use of your hands and everyday objects around you for your personal protection is easy to learn and practice. Regardless of your age or physical fitness, it is never too late to learn to be safe, NOT be a victim.
The Be S.A.F.E. class is a set of awareness, assertiveness, verbal skills with safety strategies and physical techniques that enable someone to successfully escape, resist and survive violent attacks. The course provides psychological awareness and verbal skills, not just physical training.
Empowerment is the goal of this class. When you feel free and empowered, you are better able to go where you need to and do what you need to do without fear or unease because you have options, techniques and a way of analyzing situations that help you to Be S.A.F.E.
Dress of the day is sweats, a t-shirt and comfortable shoes.
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Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: 3266 De La Cruz
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cost: $80 in advance
$90 at the door
Davenriche European
Martial Arts School
Look to the Future, while Drawing from the Strengths of the Past
Join us on May 17, to celebrate 25 years of Western Martial Arts with Davenriche European Martial Artes School.
We will be celebrating 25 years of swordfighting. I started teaching swordfighting in my backyard in July of 2000. We were working with home made longswords built from Japanese bamboo swords called Shinai.
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Over the years we have moved through several spaces because we outgrew where we were training, and each space was better than the last.
On May 17 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM we will be open and celebrating. We will have a taco truck here for a couple of hours, we will have swordfighting demonstrations to watch and lessons that adults and children can participate in. We will have games for children to play, and activities for adults to try like javelin throwing, sword and shield lessons, longsword lessons, and more.
To Celebrate our 25 years of swordfighting we are offering
25% off the first month when you sign up with a 6 month agreement
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25% off the first two months when you sign up with a 12 month agreement
A little history of our school
My first student was a lad called Jonathan. He brought his friend John Dietzel, who is now the manager of our school and is training to take over as master of the school.
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2000 - My backyard on Silverleaf Rd, San Jose
2001 - my backyard on Haverhill Rd, San Jose
2002 - 1019 5th St, San Jose (in the back of a fruit packaging plant that smelled of pineapple, onions and guano because of the bats. It was known as 'the bat cave')
2004 - Goble Lane, San Jose (the buildings were torn down to build condos, so we had to move)
2006 - 1145 Sherman Rd, San Jose (working in a backyard until we could find a new building to rent)
2006 - 650 Nuttman Ave, Santa Clara
2006 - 3233 De La Cruz, Unit F, Santa Clara
2015 - 3266 De La Cruz, Santa Clara (This is when we started the airsoft field called DSOC Killhouse)
2022 - 395 E. Taylor St, San Jose
Silverleaf Rd
5th Street
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