Ben Roberts
Instructor

Ben Roberts is the founder of the Black Falcon School of Arms and one of its head instructors. Interested in the chivalric arts from a young age, he soon became involved in historical recreation. In 1998, he began to cultivate an interest in Western Martial Arts, and soon thereafter discovered the Harleian Manuscript.

Since then, he has taught multiple classes, both locally and at the Western Martial Arts Workshops in Racine and Dallas. He is responsible for much of the instruction in Harleian Two Hand Sword within the Black Falcon School of Arms, and holds the bulk of the BFSA library.

His hope is to develop the curriculum of the Black Falcon School of Arms and pass it to future generations as a tribute to the heritage of English fighting arts.

Ben Holman
Instructor

Ben Holman is one of the head instructors of the Black Falcon School of Arms. He found his way to historic swordsmanship through historical recreation, which drew his interest as a teen. In 1999, Ben Roberts introduced him to the Harleian Manuscript and together they began to decode its intricacies.

Since then, he has served as co-instructor for several local classes. Responsible for instruction in Harleian Two Hand Sword, he also currently leads the BFSA study of sword and buckler focusing on the I.33 manuscript.

Ben hopes to expand the focus of the BFSA to include a wide variety of arts while helping to reinvigorate the early English fighting arts.