MEMAG fechtschule Locations
Salisbury,MD Location:
Phone: 410 546 9483
Email: the-memag@comcast.net
Germantown, MD Location:
Phone: (301) 385 6180
Email: rkoulak@yahoo.com
New Jersey/ Philadelphia Area:
Phone: (856) 308 9443
Email: weedhoe@gmail.com
Click on the names below to read a brief description of the instructors’ HEMA experience.
Cory Winslow John Bax Robert Koulakjian Chuck Wyatt Joshua Reptsik
Cory Winslow (Salisbury, MD Location)
Cory Winslow has been seriously researching and training in Historical European Martial Arts since 2003. In 2006 he founded the first MEMAG training school in Salisbury Maryland with his assistant instructor Joshua Reptsik. He has taught at the Salisbury MEMAG branch continuously since its founding, and currently instructs five regular classes per week. He has also taught a co-curricular historical swordsmanship program that he devised at the Salisbury School, and has given many demonstrations and lessons at Salisbury University, The Salisbury Festival, the Salisbury School, Wor-Wic Community College and the Chesapeake Celtic Festival. Cory has also attended the Western Martial Arts Workshop 2006 in Texas, a Christian Henry Tobler workshop hosted by the Mid-Atlantic School of Historical Swordsmanship in Maryland, and the Western Martial Arts Workshop 2007 in Wisconsin. Cory is in charge of the creation and revision of the Longsword, Dagger and Staff Syllabi and curriculums used in all MEMAG branches.
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John Bax (Salisbury, MD Location)
John Bax has been a determined student and researcher of Historical European Martial Arts since 2003. He taught a small but dedicated group of students at the Pottstown Pennsylvania branch of MEMAG from 2006-2007 until moving to Salisbury Maryland to co-teach and train with Cory Winslow. John is also studying Medieval medicine so that he may share the knowledge of healing with any student who is interested. He currently instructs five regular classes per week. John has taught several lessons in HEMA at the Salisbury School, The Salisbury Festival, and the Chesapeake Celtic Festival. He has also attended the Western Martial Arts Workshop 2006 in Texas, and the Western Martial Arts Workshop 2007 in Wisconsin. John is in charge of the creation and revision of the Ringen (Grappling) syllabus and curriculum used in all MEMAG branches.
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Robert Koulakjian (Germantown, MD Location)
Robert Koulakjian has been practicing and studying Historical European Martial Arts since 2006. After many diligent hours of training at the Salisbury branch of MEMAG and much research on his own, Robert opened and began instructing at the Germantown Maryland branch of MEMAG in 2007. He currently instructs weekly classes at the Germantown branch and helps instruct monthly at the Salisbury branch. Robert has given demonstrations and lessons at the the Salisbury Festival and the Chesapeake Celtic Festival. he has also attended the Western Martial Arts Workshop 2006 in Texas, a Christian Henry Tobler workshop hosted by the Mid-Atlantic School of Historical Swordsmanship in Maryland, and the Western Martial Arts Workshop 2007 in Wisconsin. Robert is in charge of the creation and revision of the Rapier and Armoured Syllabi and curriculums used in all MEMAG branches.
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Chuck Wyatt (New Jersey/ Philadelphia Area)
Chuck Wyatt has been learning and working with Historical European Martial Arts since 2004, and has a background in several other martial arts systems. After training with John Bax at the Pottstown branch for over a year, he assumed the role of instructor and moved the school to Pennsauken New Jersey. He currently offers weekly lessons in Pennsauken and helps instruct monthly at the Salisbury branch. Chuck has attended the Western Martial Arts Workshop 2007 in Wisconsin. He is in charge of the creation and revision of the Sword and Buckler and Poll-axe syllabi and curriculums used in all MEMAG branches.
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Joshua Reptsik
Joshua Reptsik began his dedicated study of Historical European Martial Arts in 2004. He and Cory Winslow laid the foundations of MEMAG as an organization and school in early 2006, and taught together at the Salisbury branch from that time until early 2007. Joshua gave many demonstrations and lessons at The Salisbury Festival, the Salisbury School, and the Chesapeake Celtic Festival. He now has a new wife and lives happily with her and their pets in Ocean City Maryland.
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