Lloyd Clark Schola Instructor - Jousting / Study Group Lead SE Wisconsin

All forms of armoured, full contact jousting Lloyd Clark is an experienced martial artists who has pursued the art of the medieval joust since 1981. He is the Schola instructor for full-contact jousting and organizer for the SE chapter of the school. Experienced in several forms of Eastern martial arts, Lloyd holds two black belts, a Nidan in Shintotsuka Ryu Bugei (earned in Japan), and a Shodan in Goju Ryu Karate (also earned in Japan). He holds a Shiromi Ryu Kendo (earned in Japan), a Red Sash  in Northern Shaolin Kung Fu (also earned in Japan), and a Brown Belt in Shotokan Karate, (Tulsa, Oklahoma). He was the founder and owner of Ulfapen Martial Arts School, in Tulsa, in 1987. But since 1991 his interests have centered wholly on the medieval combat arts, and he has pursued his love of jousting and medieval foot combat exclusively. As a jouster, he maintains memberships in the International Jousting Association (where he is only one of two North American instructors at Level 4), and in the World Championship Jousting Association, where he participates in the French style (with shield); the Northern Italian (without shield); the Realgestech (with ribbed grand guard) and the Welshgestech (with smooth grand guard). In 1999 he was the American national champion  in the American Jousting Championships, while in 2000 he was the World champion. He placed in the 2003 US/International Championships, the 2003 Sonora International Jousting Championships, and the 2004 Dragon's Lair Internatioanl Jousting Championship held in Toronto, Canada. His jousting troupe, the King's Champions, performing in North America and Canada. Mr. Clark also has experience in a wide variety of European medieval weapons' forms in and out of armour, including dagger, single-handed sword, sword & shield, Two-handed swords, single-hand mass weapons (axe, mace, hammer), polearms and spear, longbow and grappling. On horseback, he has practiced with the sword, mass weapons, spear and lance. He teaches jousting and leads the SE Wisconsin study group in a focus on the medieval longsword of Fiore dei Liberi.