ABOUT ME
My name is Denis Sobolev and I'am a film director from Los Angeles with a passion, knowledge and skills in historical battle sword fighting. I love my hobby and happy to share.
VISIT MY IMDbMy name is Denis Sobolev and I'am a film director from Los Angeles with a passion, knowledge and skills in historical battle sword fighting. I love my hobby and happy to share.
VISIT MY IMDbUsing safety realistic gear our classes turn to fun exciting swordplay for all ages with multiple purpose. Some of our ambitious students are practicing to get a big role in Hollywood, some of them are reaching a courage and a self-confidence. Someone is looking for peace and someone for strength...
It doesn't matter how old you are. Be a child you'll live happier. "Shield Wall USA" has two major groups. Kids' class (10-14) and adults' (15-75).
Every beginner will be provided by at least one spear, a shield and two swords. After all we'll teach you how to craft it by your own.
Ones in a while we will do filming and photo shooting to see an improvement of your skills in action. It's always fun to be a role play actor.
We reserve the right to refuse training some students for certain reasons such as inappropriate behavior, disobedience, mistreatment of classmates.
One of the best pre-medieval European reconstruction’s swords fighting community based in Los Angeles. There are few Knights and Spartans in town, but none of them for kids in Vikings or Slavs manner except us. Join a “Shield Wall USA” and you will get what you want: unexpected journey in a world of dreams, battles and strong men!
STEP ONE
Having a set workout routine is integral to optimizing your results and should be one of your main fitness goals. Once you take a program SWU gives you, you’ll become more efficient, and making tweaks to your routine shouldn’t be too difficult as you make progress
STEP TWO
Flexibility and balance aren’t normally at the top of the list for guys as they try to improve their fitness, but it’s something that certainly comes into play as a person ages. Swordplay is a challenging workout even for experienced sportsmen
EVERY THREE MONTHS
Our students compete among all groups of SWU for the title of the current best fighter. It is allowed to use only one type of weapon of the participant's choice
IN SIX MONTHS
Twice a year SWU takes participation in a championship fights between other schools of sword fighting in LA County and Ventura
PENNSIC WAR
The Pennsic War is an annual American medieval camping event held by the Society for Creative Anachronism. It is the single largest annual SCA event, with more than 10,000 people attending each year from all over the World