Duel at Dusk Combat will be presenting the
Wandering Swordsman Exp. at Get Geek'd Entertainment Expo
Lansing Michigan's Newest Comic Con/ Pop Culture Event! July 28th and 29th at the Lansing Center.
We will be celebrating everything Pop Culture with Huge cosplay contest, Tv and film guests, gaming tournaments, panels, movie props, and most important family fun! Meet your favorite superheros and characters.
The Wandering Swordsman Exp. is a exhilarating and action-packed event, featuring a remarkable training program, designed by our expert team. With over 30 years of weapons/martial arts and fight choreography experience, Our team delivers a fun, family friendly hands on, and imaginative look into the techniques required to be an expert swordsman.
Created for all skill levels and ranges of ability , The Wandering Swordsman is great for individuals, groups, conventions and corporate team building. Each event is a perfect way to build new skills, refine existing ones and share unforgettable moments with friends, family and colleges.
Training Facility
2017 - Present
Currently Developing a Training facility for all Martial Artists, HEMA, HAMA and Stage Combat in Brighton MI
Combat Con
2012 - Present
Teach Classes: Fire Combat, Spear, Spear and Shield, Khopesh and many more.
Present Panels on History and Weapon function.
Judge Combat Contests
"STARLEY'S ROCK STARS" STORY 6:
JP DOSTAL
By Starley Murray Live on Friday, February 3, 2013
‘Live by the Sword,’ that has been my life from an early age. I first picked up a sword in Toledo, Spain in 1986, where Maestro Valentino taught me dueling and how to stop a bleeding wound on my face. I have had many Maestros and Sensei’s from around the world since then, in every edged weapon I could get my hands on. But the one who taught me the most about how a sword master should act was lost to the world on January 1st 2012.
Bob Anderson (aka: the man who stabbed Errol Flynn,) the choreographer of the Princess Bride fight scene, and many other Hollywood favorites. I met him after spending many years training all over the world and I had developed a bit of an ego. You know the, ‘I am young and can take on the world,’ thing. When I met him it was like meeting an old friend. He was the most modest man I have ever known. People would approach him all the time and say I love this fight scene or that fight scene, and he would just say, “thank you.”
I spent three years training with Bob, and after all the teachers I have had, he was the hardest. The best way to describe him is that he was a knight of old. In his words, he taught me to, ‘Excel in the arms, to show courage, to be gallant and loyal, and to swear off cowardice and baseness.” He showed me that combat on screen is an art form and can tell a beautiful story when done the right way. The biggest thing he taught was that it is okay to demand perfection for something you love and to follow what makes you happy.
I was lucky to be able to call him a friend and a mentor. Those three years have influenced my fight choreography more than anything else. Yes, I can be a bit of a perfectionist. I like to think it comes from the heart, something that a good friend put there.
JP Dostal is the Owner of Duel at Dusk Combat. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. Learn more about JP by visiting his Facebook Fan Page http://www.facebook.com/duelatduskcombat and his website at www.duelatduskcombat.com
The Witcher 3
2013
Choreographed and trained all the mocap actors for combat scenes.
Evil Dead 4D
2012-2016
Directed, choreographed and trained all the actors for stage combat.
Wasteland Weekend
2012-2014
Produced Fire Comabt Shows
Live Action Pirate Battle
2012
Produced a 25 person Live action fight scene for the CIty of Las Vegas on Fremont Street in front of 40,000 people
Pure Nightclub
2011- 2014
Produced all Fire Combat Shows for special events for Caesars Enteratinment
Hosting the Las Vegas Halloween Parade 2011
Fire Combat and Much More
Las Vegas Shakespeare Company
2010 - 2012
Directed, choreographed and trained all the actors for stage combat.
Castel Madama Festival
2005 - 2011
Creating and teaching Gladiator Combat
Las Fallas Festival
2005-2006
Creating Fire Combat Shows and Teaching Rapier and Dagger
Fox Theater
2002 -2004
Trained Actors for Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, and Pirates of Penzance
OCC Fencing
1999-2001
Teaching Fencing and running the Fencing Club