Docu-Instructional Films

Cielo e Meraviglia: Italian Knife Fencing with Maestro Domenico Mancino (2020)

Over 6 hours of instructional video course covering the foundations, techniques, tactics, and history of the secretive art of Cielo e Meraviglia from the Apulian Ofantina Valley of Italy, by the last living master of the tradition, in this first-ever public presentation.

• Executive Producers : Mahipal Lunia, Dr. Marco Quarta

• Producer : Dr. Michael J. Ryan

• Director : Vincent Tamer

Secret Fighting Arts of the Americas: A Hoplological Expedition (2021)

A 3-part film combining demonstrations, instructions, and storytelling to capture TIF’s historical Caribbean Expedition in 2018. An interdisciplinary team of martial artists, scholars, and explorers join forces to dive deep into the arts of Bajan Sticklicking, Kalinda, Gilpin, and Rope Jab of Barbados, Trinidad, and Tobago.

• Executive Producer : Mahipal Lunia

• Producer : Dr. Michael J. Ryan

• Director : Vincent Tamer