Hello,

The International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Convention continues to
grow as we enter into our 7th year of bringing together the finest
instructors from around the world! After making some exciting new additions
the web site is up at
http://artofcombat.org/public/thespis/Convention/aocflyer.htm

This year will have all the wonderful opportunities that we offered last
year as well as some new experiences planned, making it the workshop not to
be missed! It will be held in Lansing, Michigan on the first weekend of
August as always. This year we are adding a 4th day to the workshop, so
ISMAC will be running August 3rd to the 6th.

- AMAZING VARIETY OF CLASSES with over 60 classes during the four days, the
most opportunity at a WMA workshop. ISMAC let’s you choose how in depth you
want to study; you can take 6 different 1.5 hour classes per day to get a
taste of a variety of weapons or focus all your energy into one area with a
9 hour Master Class Block and every combination in between.

- ALL SKILL LEVELS will find great classes catered to your abilities. As
you saw last year, there are now 5 classes per time slot to choose from all
weekend! These are broken up into two blocks of regular classes running
concurrently with two blocks of 3 hour master classes and a block of 4 ½
hour Maestro classes. Check the website to see how last year’s schedule was
laid out. This will give you an idea of the great variety of classes that
will be offered. You will also find descriptions of each type of class you
can take.

-MASTER CLASS BLOCKS give you the opportunity to take 3 master classes in a
row that all share a common theme so you are working on the same principle
all day. Last year saw blocks concentrating on Leverage in the early
Italian School, “Fuhlen” in the German School and Defense in Italian Rapier
play. Look for some exciting new blocks this year.

- PRIVATE LESSONS with the instructors will be offered again. These were
offered at ISMAC 2003 for the first time at any WMA workshop and they were a
huge success, so we are excited to continue offering this opportunity for
personal one on one training.

- TOURNAMENTS. We will once again have a Rapier/Smallsword tournament on
Saturday night and a Singlestick tournament on Sunday. On Friday night we
will be adding a KNIFE tournament for the first time, which will be
sponsored and run by Raven Arts Academy. More details will be posted on the
website soon.

- DEMOS AND PRESENTATIONS will happen during the lunch breaks everyday.

If you are a serious Western Martial Artist, then ISMAC is the place for
you. We work hard all day and play harder every night. Come share in the
fun of the infamous statue and try one of Lansing’s famous pig sandwiches
while learning tons about Western Martial Arts!

Sincerely,
Jared Kirby