Justin (aka Remy in the SCA) is the product of when a five-year-old boy who fell in love with Zorro and The Three Musketeers grows into a mostly functional adult. His life-long love of athletics and swashbuckling has led him down the road to studying and practicing historical fencing. He is the founder and head coach of Boston Academie d’Armes. His fencing career started in 2006, first as a foiles
t at Boston Fencing Club before joining the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) in 2010. For more than a decade, he has studied 17th Century Italian rapier fencing systems and it’s offshoots found in France and the German states, as well as Italian dueling saber, dueling sword/smallsword, partisan (spear), baton-a-deux bouts (jaegerstock), and classical Italian fencing with foil, epee, and saber. As a competitor, Justin has won numerous rapier tournaments in the SCA — both in singles and in group melee — including Carolingia’s Baronial Rapier Champion, East Kingdom Crown Rapier Champion, and named 9x to the Pennsic Champs team. He is the 15th member of the East Kingdom’s Order of Defense, the SCA’s highest fencing award. He is also a member of the Order of the Golden Rapier and Order of the Silver Rapier for fencing prowess. Similarly, he is a member of the SCA’s Order of the Laurel, Order of Silver Brooch and the Order of the Maunche for his historical martial arts research, and holds a Silver Wheel and Silver Crescent for his coaching service to the SCA. He’s also a member of the Company of St. Jude, a group dedicated to the study, exploration, and practice of historical martial arts within the SCA. He’s currently the Consort’s Arts & Science Champion for his research and experiment in the armor protection a wool cloak gives against attacks from a sharp rapier. Outside of the SCA, Justin is a HEMA medalist in both rapier and dagger, and military/dueling saber. He previously taught rapier at Athena School of Arms and has taught numerous workshops at HEMA events such as WMAW, Iron Gate Exhibition (IGX), Lord Baltimore’s Challenge, and American Smallsword Symposium. He is available to teach workshops at other events and as well as private historical fencing lessons. He is a certified Instructor at Arms in Italian Foil through the Fencing Master Certificate Program. He is also a Level One student guide & apprentice instructor through Academie Duello, and a personal trainer through NASM. You can follow his historical fencing research at Justinswordfit.com.
