Theatrical CombatantA Theatrical Combatant is an individual who has received training in a class or workshop, and who has been adjudicated by Dueling Arts International. Dueling Arts International provides three levels of training and recognizes six different classifications of Combatant, with two classifications on each level of training. These different classifications are intended to accurately represent the level of training experienced by the student, the specific disciplines studied, and the individual student’s skill level demonstrated during both the training and the adjudication process. On Training Level One, Dueling Arts recognizes students as Beginning Combatants and Basic Theatrical Combatants. On Training Level Two Dueling Arts recognizes students as Intermediate Combatants and Theatrical Combatants, and on Training Level Three Dueling Arts recognizes students as Advanced Theatrical Combatants and Performance Masters of Theatrical Combatant. The level of training and the disciplines studied and successfully completed are indicated on student’s certificates, which have an expiration date of 3 years.
Understanding that not all students aspire to be Instructors and/or Fight Directors Dueling Arts has developed this path of study to acknowledge actors who chose to pursue their study as Theatrical Combatants without necessarily following a path toward becoming a Fight Director or an Instructor. Dueling Arts also recognizes that our work as Fight Directors is often dependent upon the skills of our actors and that it is appropriate to recognize their abilities accordingly.
Dueling Arts International shall, in the near future, display and maintain a roster on the Dueling Arts web site of all students who are recognized as Advanced Theatrical Combatants and Performance Masters of Theatrical Combat for purposes of casting opportunities and recommendations.
These are individuals who have both extensive training as performers, and also training and experience as instructors in the art of theatrical combat. Following a similar model to that which is utilized in colleges and universities for instructors and professors Dueling Arts recognizes the following; Associate Instructor, Full Instructor, Senior Instructor and Master Teacher.
These are individuals who have extensive training as performers of theatrical combat and also training and experience in coaching and directing theatrical violence for the stage and film. Following a similar model to that which is utilized in colleges and universities for instructors and professors Dueling Arts recognizes the following; Associate Fight Directors, Full Fight Director, Senior Fight Director and Master Director.