temple of sword

                                         WE ARE STUNT GROUP                                                                  STAGE COMBAT, MOUNTED COMBAT                                                AND HISTORIC REENACTMENT SPECIALISTS                                      WE WORK FOR FILM, TELEVISION AND THEATRE                  

We performing variation of stunts.                                                                                    We are experts in use all kind of swords and pole weapons from different periods.    In years we learn how to fight in different styles.                                                      Also we are building fight choreography and acting.                                                      Temple of Sword and Hadford Performance Training offer a wide verity of entertaining and educational demonstration packages.                                              We preparing actors to work with animals and we train horses to work on the set. We supply well trained stunt horses and other farm animals.                                    We running lessons focusing on historical fencing, specializes on long sword (prevailing from the late medieval times), Great sword (two-handed), Polish sabre (used XVI-XIXc) and also the Pole arms.  But we are not limited to this period.      For those who are interested, we also offer lessons surrounding stage combat and the general know-how of working in front of camera.                                                  For schools and other educational institutes we are known to run “living history” lessons, which see the medieval, and renaissance periods come alive.                  We work in partnership with Calgary Museums, legendary mounted group Dextrarius, XVIIc banner heavy cavalry winged hussars , as well as the Museum of the Polish Army.                                                                                                              We also organize outdoor events that serve to educate and entertain the wider public in various locations.                                                                                            We welcoming working alongside private clients and institutions.                

                                                                        PROFILE                                                                      Mariusz Kubisz – STUNT/ACTOR                                                                                        Location - Vancouver BC, Alberta CANADA, Pultusk POLAND                                                    Contact - templeofsword@yahoo.com                                                                                  Height – 5,8  Weight – 160Ibs  Eye color – blue  Hair color – dark brown                      Languages: English, Polish, Russian, Spanish                                                                                
                                                             INFORMATION BIO
2011
- Founded Temple of sword’ a stunt and historical re-enactment company registered in            England
- Founded, directed and coordinated fights in the stage show “Piratas Bacalar” based a          Fort San Felipe Museum of piracy in Mexico
- Appeared in an episode of ‘Super natural’ TV show filmed by Azteca National Television        of Mexico.
- Begun training in ‘Academie Duello’. The world’s largest school of historical fencing.            Since then I have become a recognized member. There I studied: Italian fencing (various      of weapons) and stage/screen combat directed by “Fight Directors Canada. Learn to build    fight choreography Am an active member of the Academies demo team. Over the years        organize many public events. -Completed basic mounted combat training.
2014
- Completed a certified course of “Cross Cutting” (Polish sabre) directed by ‘Sieniawski         fencing’ and organized by the Stunt Union Polish Film and TV.
- Horse stunt training with “East Riders” stunt team film of Poland.
- Coordinate fights, Acting and stunt work in the film “Hubal” (WWII) direced by                      “Bogaczewicz Agency” in Poland.
- Intensive stunt training in Peter Kent’s ‘School of Hard Knocks’ located in Vancouver,           Canada.
2016                                                                                                                                                    -- Completed intensive course stage combat and acting for Fight Directors Canada.                - Stunts for Discovery Channel. Directed by Olivia Fellows.
- Horse stunt training with Hadford Performance Training
2016 To present 
- Work in various productions                                                                          
                                                                                  
                                                             TRAINING                                                                                        
Stunt - School of the Hard Knocks (Peter Kent)                                                                    Horse stunt - East Riders (Stunt Team Film of Poland)                                                        Stage, screen combat and acting - Fight Directors Canada                                            Jousting - Dextrarius                                                                                                                  Italian Fencing - Academie Duello                                                                                            Cross Cutting - Sieniawski fencing                                                                                          Horse stunt - Hadford Performance Training

                                                   THE TEAM

                                                   Nagus is a Polish horse

                                      Edwin is a Silesian horse

                           Goitske and Ymke are Friesian horses. 

The breed was developed in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands, where there is evidence of thousands of years of horse populations, and this breed is said to have descended from the primitive Forest Horse. The Romans used the breed for riding. It is also said that Romans took Friesian horses to England, where the breed influenced the Shire, Clydesdale, Fell and Dales. Once thought to be ugly, this northern-European-mainland breed is now considered among the most beautiful of horses. "Black is [now indeed] beautiful."

Friesians were used in medieval times to carry knights to battle. In the 12th and 13th centuries, some eastern horses of crusaders were mated with Friesian stock. Sometime after the Middle Ages came to an end, the Friesian breed was dying out. Soon there was only two left, fortunately male and female. They were carefuly captured and bred in an attempt to bring back the breed. During the 16th and 17th centuries, when there was less demand for heavy war horses as battle arms changed and especially when Spanish forces occupied The Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War, Andalusian blood was added to lighten the breed in order to lighten its weight and thereby render it more suitable (in terms of less food intake and waste output) for work as a more urban carriage horse. Friesians were also used by riding schools in France and Spain for high-school dressage, and they remain a student-favored breed to this day for their gentle temperaments and proud dark beauty.

The breed was especially popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, when they were not only in demand as harness horses and for agricultural work, but also for the trotting races then so popular. The Friesian was used as foundation stock for breeds such as the Orlov Trotter, the Norfolk Trotter (ancestor of the Hackney), and the Morgan.

In the 1800s the Friesian was bred to be lighter and faster for trotting, however this led to what some owners and breeders regarded as an inferior stock, so a sort of revolt and call for a return to pureblood stock took place by the end of the century.

The Friesian stud registry book, Friesch Paarden Stamboek (FPS) was founded in 1879 by a group of Dutch farmers dedicated to preserving the breed. Friesians had become popular for crossbreeding due to their fantastic trot, presence, and color, and as a result, Friesian "purity" was severely threatened. The "Royal Society Het Friesch Paarden-Stamboek" was founded to protect and promote the breed's bloodline. Friesian horse populations then dwindled in the early 20th century partly due to displacement by petroleum-powered farm equipment and passenger vehicles. Due to fuel rationing during World War II the Freisian's farm and carriage use was revived, saving the breed long enough for both its population and popularity to rebound.