Swordplay Presentation

Offered by
Academie Duello
Last updated on
Thursday, July 31st, 2025
Experience type: 
In-Person
Program Description

Come on a journey through time, and learn about the martial history of knights and duellists!

Far from armoured brutes wildly hacking and smashing their enemies, the knights and
duellists of the middle ages and renaissance were highly trained martial artists. Skilled not
only with swords, but also with daggers and spears, in and out of armour, on foot and on
horseback.

Presenters from Academie Duello will host your students, or travel to your school. Over the
course of an hour they will describe the martial arts of medieval and renaissance Italy, along
with live demonstrations, show and tell of medieval weapons and armour, and a Q&A period
at the end of the presentation.

Big Ideas
  • Increasingly complex societies required new systems of laws and government.
  • Religious and cultural practices that emerged during this period have endured and continue to influence people.
  • Contacts and conflicts between peoples stimulated significant cultural, social, political change.
  • Trip Details
    For Grades: 
    K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Duration: 
    60 minutes unless otherwise stated.
    Maximum Students: 
    Offered In French: 
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    Also Offered For: 
    Adult Groups, Daycamps, ESL, Guides, Homeschool, Other, Preschool, Scouts
    Packages Provided: 
    No Packages Provided
    Fee Details
    Cost Per Student: 
    $15.00
    Fee Notes: 

    LENGTH: Minimum 1 hr, maximum of 6 hrs
    COST : $15 / student / hr

    Additional Notes

    We can present to a maximum of 100 students in our downtown studio, and we have no set limit if we present at an outside space.

    The lecture can be customised to fit a specific theme or time period that you and your students are studying, get in touch with us for details and to discuss the options available.