Adam Adrian Crown, Maitre d'Armes

Adam Adrian Crown received his fencing master diploma in 1980 under the tutelage of Maître Jean-Jacques Gillet, then-head fencing coach at Cornell University.   He is a fifth degree black belt in karate and has studied a variety of martial disciplines including iaido, aikido, ju jitsu and boxing.  Maître Crown has a bachelors degree in cinema studies and a masters degree in organizational communication, both from Ithaca College. Once a volunteer firefighter, he is also a certified Fire & Life Safety Educator. 

The Master has a passionate love of horses, and is an out-spoken advocate of non-coercive, "renegade" horsemanship.  He is a musician, author and composer and enjoys all kinds of music, particularly classical, jazz, blues and flamenco. 

Maître Crown is the creator of the IFV Classical Fencing Method, and author of "Classical Fencing: The Martial Art of Incurable Romantics."  He teaches rapier, rapier and dagger, longsword, sabre (mounted and dismounted), boxing fundamentals, and basic self-defense awareness for women.

 


 

Linda Wyatt, Maitre d'Armes

Linda Wyatt began her apprenticeship  with Maître Crown in 2000 and has worked with him closely since then.  Of the dozen or so apprentices who have attempted to become certified instructors under Maitre Crown,  Ms. Wyatt is the only one to meet Maître Crown's high standards, and then to excel and earn the rank of Maître d'Armes, herself.

Maitre Wyatt is also IFV Director of Development, a certified Fire and Life Safety Educator, and a certified "Stop the Bleed" Instructor. 
A single Mom of three adult children in an unschooling family, Linda is a former La Leche League Leader and Girl Scout Leader. She is currently a volunteer firefighter and EMT, and is a Certified Lab Instructor, assisting with teaching EMT classes.
  In addition, she is a professional photographer. 

Maître Wyatt teaches the introductory class, and teaches rapier, rapier and dagger, longsword and sabre. She also teaches CPR, Functional First Aid, and Stop the Bleed.

 

Assistants

Tim Wyatt

Karina Burbank

Collin Clary