Current Instructors
Paul Burke
 Instructor, Irish Dramatic Combat Academy |
Originally hailing from Dublin, Ireland, Paul Burke is a full member of Stunt Guild Ireland and an Instructor with the Irish Dramatic Combat Academy. He has done choreographed fights for theatre, television and movies. Theatre fight choreography includes Ages of the Moon (world premiere) by Sam Shepard, National Theatre of Ireland and Off Broadway, Billy Roche's Lay me down softly (world premiere) directed by Wilson Milam and Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant by Tom Murphy. In 2008 Paul was Fight Coordinator and consultant for the Irish Television Docu-drama Feuds which covered the Modern Irish Traveler/Tinker communities' clan rivalry's which commonly result in bare knuckle boxing matches and can result in all out faction fights. Recent film/tv work includes Vikings which debuts in March on the History Channel. Paul was also Assistant Coordinator to Richard Ryan on the forthcoming Film Hammer of the Gods.
Michael Chin
 SAFD Fight Master, Faculty: Julliard |
Michael G. Chin is a professional actor (AEA, AFTRA, SAG) and is a sanctioned Master instructor and choreographer with the Society of American Fight Directors. He is a student of Northern Style, Shaolin Long Fist Kung Fu. Chin serves as fight director in residence for both The White Horse and Pan Asian Rep in NYC. He has taught/choreographed/consulted in the NYC area on Broadway, NYU, The Public and Classical Theatre of Harlem. Nationally he has worked at the Burt Reynolds Institute for Theatre, Brown University, and Yale School of Drama, among others. Chin currently teaches at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, Juilliard, and teaches privately for Fights4, all in New York City.
Fran Clabaugh
 Editor |
Fran Clabaugh began her Hollywood career as an Assistant Editor at Action International Pictures where she quickly gained an understanding of the art of action editing. Since then she has worked as a full editor on the action feature Little Chicago and the sci-fi action thriller Eyeborgs. She has conducted editing workshops for the Jacksonville Film Festival and is co-owner of Crimson Wolf Productions, an independent production company located in North Carolina. Currently she is editing the feature film Nightmare Box, shot in London, England by Director Jon Keeyes.
Richard Clabaugh
 Director & Cinematographer |
Richard Clabaugh has been a cinematographer and director on numerous features and worked with such talents as Russell Crowe, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Walken, Ben Affleck, and Peter O'Toole. He was the director of the feature films, Python, Little Chicago and Eyeborgs. He is an instructor at the North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking and president of Crimson Wolf Pictures, a North Carolina based feature film production company.
Ryan Davidson
 Audio Post Engineer |
Ryan Davidson is a Virginia Beach native who received his Associates Degree in Recording Engineering from Full Sail in 2002. Now working at a major television production company as an audio post engineer, his job entails all aspects of audio work including work on movies, cartoons, television, and running live sound. He is currently finishing up his Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinema Television at Regent University and plans to continue in the television field fine tuning his skills.
Dale Girard
 SAFD Fight Master, Faculty: North Carolina School of the Arts |
Dale Girard is a certified fight master with the SAFD and Fight Directors Canada (FDC). He is also co-founder of the North Carolina Stuntmen's Association; author of Actors on Guard; and director of stage combat studies for North Carolina School of the Arts. Dale appears in the role of Sankur and served as second unit director and stunt coordinator for the film Eyeborgs. Dale is currently serving as stunt coordinator on Gary Wheeler's The Trial starring Matthew Modine.
Kevin Inouye
 SAFD Certified Teacher |
Kevin Inouye is an instructor of acting and theatrical movement as well as a Certified Teacher of stage combat, and also works as an actor and stuntman. CT Kevin Inouye holds an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy (Movement Track) from Virginia Commonwealth University under SAFD Fight Master David Leong and Certified Teacher Aaron Anderson, and is a teacher candidate with the National Michael Chekhov Association. Kevin has been providing his services as fight coordinator, actor, combatant, gun wrangler, and armorer with his company Fight Designer, LLC, originally in Seattle and now in Richmond, VA, where he recently won a special recognition "Artsie" award from the RTCC for his work as fight director for Macbeth.
Casey Kaleba
 SAFD Certified Teacher |
Casey Kaleba, a Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) certified teacher and guest teacher with Fight Directors Canada and the Nordic Stagefight Society has staged more than 250 productions for theatre including the Folger Theatre, Signature, Round House, Rorschach and Studio Theatres.
Michael Kirkland
 SAFD Certified Teacher; Faculty: Regent University |
Michael Kirkland, MFA, Ph.D., an SAFDCertified Teacher, serves as head of the MFA Acting program at Regent University where he teaches acting, movement, and stage combat. He has guest taught at RADA and Birmingham School of Acting in England and has staged fights for Houston Grand Opera, Houston Shakespeare Festival, New Stage Theatre, Virginia Musical Theatre and professional and educational venues around the U.S. He is author of Stage Combat: An Annotated Bibliography (Praeger, 2006).
Marianne Kubik
 SAFD Certified Teacher |
Marianne freelances as a stage director, choreographer, fight director, and movement coach. She is Associate Professor and Head of Movement for the MFA Acting and BA Drama programs at the University of Virginia. She has directed fights for North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Ashlawn Opera Company and several universities. A biomechanics specialist, she authored the chapter on Meyerhold in the book "Movement for Actors." In addition to stage combat and biomechanics, Marianne also teaches period styles, Laban, neutral mask, physical comedy, ballroom dance, and devised theatre. Marianne has been a resident guest artist at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, the Accademia d'elle Arte and the University of Connecticut, and on the faculties of the University of Kansas, Boston University and Emerson College. She holds an MA from Tufts University and an MFA from Boston University College of Fine Arts.
Gregg Lloyd
 SAFD Certified Teacher, Faculty: Christopher Newport University |
Gregg Lloyd is an SAFD Certified Teacher, professional actor and director. As a professional actor and fight director, Gregg has worked around the country from Chicago to Dallas in all types of venues including regional theaters, rep companies, amusement parks, and Medieval Times. He recently staged the fights for the Virginia Stage Company's Romeo and Juliet and currently serves as professor of acting and stage combat at Christopher Newport University in Virginia.
Richard Ryan
 SAFD Fight Master |
Richard is an award winning Fight Director. His credits include Stunt Coordinator on Ironclad, Rolling Thunder and Faintheart. Fight Coordinator on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Gulliver's Travels, Sherlock Holmes, The Dark Knight (winner SAG Best Stunt Ensemble & Taurus Stunt Award Best Fight).
He was Swordmaster on The Eagle, Solomon Kane, Drona, The Last Legion (nominated for Taurus Stunt Award). Perhaps his best-known film work is Troy, for which his Achilles vs Hector fight was nominated for Best Fight in both Taurus World Stunt Award & MTV Film Awards.
'Master-at-Arms' to The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he has accumulated over 300 stage credits and has worked for many major companies such as The Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre of Ireland, Royal National Theatre, Cheek by Jowl, English National Opera, Royal Opera House, York Theatre Royal and Mercury Theatre, Colchester along with various West End shows and National Tours.
Dave White
 Wing Chun Kung Fu Certified Instructor |
Dave White is a certified Instructor in Wing Chun Kung Fu and has been teaching for over 20 years. He is a 26 year Law Enforcement Veteran and served as a "Point-Man" on a Hostage Rescue Team. He has taught and created programs for many law enforcement and military groups. He has worked as a tactical consultant for the Discovery Channel's Spy Tech, Dominion Pictures, and The FBI files. He has worked on many student films at Regent University. He will be continuing his training in acting at the actor's place in Va Beach, VA. Along with acting he has recently written, acted, and directed a small film titled "Wiseman" which will showcase local actors and his non-classical version of Wing Chun in several fight scenes. He is working towards starting a business that involves self defense, fitness, and a program to teach actors tactics and fighting skills for film.
