Jared Kirby is a fight director and stage and screen combat instructor at the New York Combat for stage and screen. He’s a stuntman on shows such as Law and Order, The Equalizer, Bluebloods, and Gotham. We talk about how Jared got interested in stage combat, and the most dangerous stunt he has ever done.
Jared is also Maestro d’Armi with the Martinez Academy, editor of the first published translation of Capoferrro and of the re-publication of Angelo’s The School of Fencing and of Vincentio Saviolo’s Of Honour and Honorable Quarrels. He also re-published McBane’s The Expert Swords-man’s Companion, and has co-authored Staging Shakespeare’s Violence. We have a geek out about Capoferro’s 1609 treatise, and here are the pages we discuss:
Spot the difference:
Here are some photos of Jared’s Capoferro which have been annotated in Spanish:
Jared was one of the founders and organizers of the International Swordplay and Martial Arts Convention, my first international gig back in 2001, which morphed into CombatCon, which he continues to run.
He gives a shout out to my SwordPeople social media platform. If you haven’t yet joined, click here to join your fellow sword people: https://swordpeople.com/
To find out more about Jared, see: https://www.jaredkirby.com/
Stunt Reel: https://youtu.be/litxb97CQZc
Sword Skills Reel: https://youtu.be/HhOAkUmz_08
Books:
https://www.amazon.com/Italian-Rapier-Combat-Ferros-Simulacro/dp/178438691X/
and
https://www.amazon.com/Staging-Shakespeares-Violence-Fight-Domestic/dp/1526762404/