info@performancecombateurope.com RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT All instructors teaching the under the European Certificate of Skilled Performance Combat believe in continual improvement and aim to improve the standards of safety, performance and quality of performance combat throughout the entertainment industry. The experts who have created this training scheme all agreed that the standards of stage combat taught across the UK and Europe were lacking in historical accuracy, with much of the training based on modifying modern fencing techniques.  With modern theatre, film and television audiences demanding higher levels of realism and historical accuracy the need to develop a new method of training and instruction became necessary. Studying techniques from the texts and manuscripts of the historical masters, our instructors actively research ancient and modern combat techniques and adapt them to create historically accurate performance combat systems that remain true to history, but ensures the highest levels of safety to all practitioners. This is a time consuming, but very rewarding experience.  Many students studying this training scheme enjoy the research and development aspect of our work and have successfully competed at various international performance combat tournaments.