Stage Combat
Get expert Stage Combat training at MST!
Learn how to safely present violence on the live stage. Our instructors are qualified in SAFD and DAI Stage Combat techniques and regularly update their training. Workshops are typically the 3rd Saturday of the month. Class sizes are very limited so book your seat asap!
Unless otherwise indicated, ALL Workshops are held at MST Studio located at 3020 Minnesota Dr. Ste #22
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Date: September 27, 2025 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: MST Studio
Learn how to manipulate time and space to keep your body safe while your characters try to kill each other. The basics of Stage Combat safety and unarmed combat will be explored with a particular focus on theatrical storytelling. Please dress for movement, wear appropriate footwear, and bring your own water! Age 16+
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Date: October 18, 2025 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: MST Studio
Come slice through the layers, getting to the very heart of the matter! Learn how to track stage injuries in real time. The intricacies of knife work and how it combines with other actions and weapons. Please dress for movement, in appropriate footwear, and bring your own water!! Age 16+
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Date: November 15, 2025 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: MST Studio
The not so gentle art of Misdirection: Fighting with the Cloak! Learn to be more flexible in your approach to stage combat. This is a technique to learn for true swashbuckling finesse! Please dress for movement, in appropriate footwear, and bring your own water!! Age 16+
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Date: December 20, 2025 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: MST Studio
Fight like a pirate -YAR! This is a BYOEP Event (Bring Your Own Eyepatch) This iconic weapon of the silver screen. If you don’t learn this weapon, can you really call yourself a pirate?! Please dress for movement, wear the appropriate footwear, and bring your own water!! Age 16+
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Date: January 24, 2026 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: MST Studio
Bell, Book, Candle, Lead Pipe, Rope: Found Object Combat. Exorcise your opponent from the room with what’s at hand! All the information you need for your next on-stage Bar Room Brawl, or ship to ship piratical skirmish. Please dress for movement, in appropriate footwear, and bring your own water!! Age 16+
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Date: February 21, 2026 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: MST Studio
Driving the point Home: Rapier and Dagger. Dynamic distance and astounding accuracy while managing two weapons AT THE SAME TIME! The workhorse weapon of stage and screen. You NEED these to fight the good fight. Please dress for movement, wear appropriate footwear, and bring your own water! Age 16+
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Date: March TBA
Location: MST Studio
This class will be a weeklong certification course. Check back here for more information.
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Date: April 18, 2026 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: MST Studio
Epic Endings: How to End a Fight. Use these creative closers to finish crescendoing climaxes. All the flourishes, embellishments and dramatic finales you need to put a showstopper ending to your fight. Please dress for movement, in appropriate footwear, and bring your own water!! Age 16+
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