PAOD Schedule	Main Floor	Room A (small)	Room B (large)	Instructor	Floor Area	Instructor
9am	Inspections and Sign In (Pickups & Authorizations)
10am	Zombie Hunt Tournament		Tips and Tricks to Enhance Your Offhand Sword Work	Lady Keaghan	Practical Buckler Work	Warder Lucien Featherstone
11am	Northwoods Baronial Rapier Championship		Fencing Terminology 101 with Demonstrations	Lord Talan	Mind Games- Controlling Combat	Warder Lucien Featherstone
12pm	Lunch Break
1pm	Death by Dice Tournament		Intro to Melee	Warder Kata Aragunnrsdottir	How to Die (Without Getting Hurt)	Warder Michael McCay
2pm	Bear Pit Tournament		Getting Off a Plateau	Warder Arnolde Frederycke	Using and Understanding Distance and Range	Warder Michael McCay
3pm	Constrained Front Melee Tournament		Getting the Most Out of Practices	Warder Arnolde Frederycke
4pm	Northwoods Baronial Court
5pm	Dinner Break (Pickups & Authorizations)
6pm	Simple Elimination Tourney		Pentamere Rapier Marshals Meeting
7pm	Valhalla Circle of Death Tournament
8pm	Closing Tournament
9pm	Site Closes/ Cleanup
10pm	Site Clear

Room A will be used for discussions, breaks, and lunch seating throughout the day.

Tournament and Class Descriptions

10:00 to 11:00

Zombie Hunt Tournament: (Main Floor)
All combatants will face a zombie. The zombie can only die with a head shot. Winners will be presented with a cast skull. The
tournament will end at roughly 10:30.

Tips and Tricks to Enhance Your Offhand Sword Work by Lady Keaghan: (Room B)
Part of every initial authorization includes forcing the fencer to use their sword in their offhand to determine if they can fence safely with it. But, let's face it: Being 'safe' with your offhand is simply not enough if you want to do well. You must be more than safe, and more than adequate. Your goal should be ambidexterity. We will cover a few trick to helping build motor skills your non-dominate hand and touch on some techniques for fighting when using two weapons.

Practical Buckler Work by Warder Lucien Featherstone: (Floor Area)
Come learn some tips for fighting with buckler, including advice for fighting against other forms. The course will cover types of
bucklers, advice on construction, basic maneuvers and advanced techniques. Full gear is required.

11:00 to noon

Northwoods Baronial Rapier Championship: (Main Floor)
Format to be determined by the current champion, Warder Kata Aragunnrsdottir. The tournament is open to all, but only a member of the Barony of Northwoods will be selected as the next rapier champion. The tournament will begin at roughly 10:45 with presentation to Their Excellencies.

Fencing Terminology 101 With Demonstrations with Lord Talan, C.C.K.: (Room B)
“Start on guard in third. After finding your opponent’s sword, perform a Cavazione to the outside while switching to second.” If
this sentence makes you feel more confused than informed, this may be the class for you. Knowing basic fencing terminology can improve your understanding of the game. We will cover many of these basic terms. Be sure to ask if there is a term that you would like explained!

Mind Games- Controlling Combat by Warder Lucien Featherstone: (Floor Area)
Sometimes the perception of what is going on in combat is more important that the combat itself. This course will cover how to
mentally control the field and put your opponent at a disadvantage.

1:00 to 2:00

Death by Dice Tournament: (Main Floor)
All combatants will roll one die to see what form they are to use. Any cadet or Warder must roll a second die to determine the
handicap they will play with. Only cadets or Warders need to roll the second die. The format will be a round robin challenge
tournament with best of 3 passes per bout. Double kills will be refought.

Intro to Melee by Warder Kata Aragunnrsdottir: (Room B)
A course for anyone who is new to melee. Gear is not required.

How to Die (Without Getting Hurt) by Warder Michael McCay: (Floor Area)
In tournaments we often "act out a death". This class will cover some basic ways to enact a death so that you do not injure yourself and so that you look good in the process.

Bear Pit Tournament: (Main Floor)
An approximately one hour long bear pit using multiple lists. The MIC has special rules in store for this tournament.

Getting Off The Plateau by Warder Arnolde Frederycke: (Room B)
Have you ever been in a situation where it seems as if you were no longer gaining in skill? Rather it felt as if you were stalled and unable to progress? I’m going to be looking at some specific ways of addressing this problem and getting off of that plateau. Time permitting I will also cover different types of plateaus that one can experience, most importantly the idea that fun can also plateau for individuals and how to get off that plateau.

Using and Understanding Distance and Range by Warder Michael McCay: (Floor Area)
Being off by 1 inch can be the difference between missing an opponent and hitting an opponent. This class will cover different ways to use the knowledge of distance and range to help with fencing. Techniques for learning/finding distance and range will be covered, along with techniques for exploiting range. Both short and long range will be addressed.

3:00 to 4:00

Constrained Front Melee Tournament: (Main Floor)
Combatants will engage in a capture the flag melee scenario in limited quarters. The winning side will be the team with the most
successful defenses or attacks.

Getting the Most Out of Practices by Warder Arnolde Frederycke: (Room B)
Getting the most out of practices involves more than just fencing for a couple of hours a week. Getting the most out of practices
involves more than doing regular drill work. There is a concrete skill-set that helps a fencer get the most out of their practice time. And, like any skill, these skills can be taught and strengthened. In the time I have I will try to present the basics of this skill-set while introducing concrete ways of working these skills. (This is very specifically a non-jargon class.)

4:00 to 5:00

Northwoods Baronial Court: (Main Floor)
Their Excellencies of Northwoods will hold a short court at Their discretion and will announce the new Northwoods Baronial Rapier Champion.

6:00 to 7:00

Simple Elimination Tourney: (Main Floor)
A bring your best, single pass, double elimination tournament.

Pentamere Marshals Meeting: (Room B)
A meeting to discuss recent rule changes, interpretations and questions. Open to all marshals, MITs or those aspiring.

7:00 to 8:00

Valhalla Circle of Death Tournament: (Main Floor)
A melee tournament fought to the last fighter. Multiple runs of this tournament may be run if time allows.

8:00 to 9:00

Closing Tournament: (Main Floor)
A 5x5 tournament (5 passes of each of the 5 weapon forms) until we drop. This tournament will be a challenge style tournament
with one point awarded for each victory. There are no points awarded for double kills. The holder of the highest point total will be declared the victor.