WORKSHOP: Haitian Fencing
Sat, Oct 17
|Le Mondo
Tire Manchèt for the people! Two one-day workshops from the minds that made Queer Fight Club. Proceeds go to the Avril Family as they preserve their martial arts tradition into the future.
Time & Location
Oct 17, 2026, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Le Mondo, 406 N Howard St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
About The Event
In Haiti, the traditional art of machete fencing goes by many names, among them Tire Manchèt (pronounced "tee-RAY mah-SHET", literally “Pulling Machetes”). Tire Manchèt has roots in the Haitian Revolution, when the revolutionaries were often forced to fight with fewer guns than soldiers. Its combination of ancestral African combat systems proved highly effective both in battle and as a means of individual self-defense. Since that time, a multitude of styles and training methods have proliferated. Though many of these practices remain shrouded in secrecy, Haitian master fencer Alfred Avril extended an invitation to foreigners serious about learning this martial art to come to Haiti to train with him.
More about Haitian Fencing in the Avril Family tradition here.
Workshop at 11am-5pm both days (this is a one-day workshop offered twice, no need to attend both)
$10-30 sliding scale for Black/African participants
$15-45 sliding scale for non-Black/African participants
Tickets
Admission: Black/African
This ticket price is for Black/African participants. Suggested $10-$30.
$+Ticket service fee
Admission: non-Black/African
This ticket price is for participants who do not identify as Black/African. Suggested $15-$45.
$+Ticket service fee
Total
$0.00