Combat training for stage and film. Our drop-in classes run on Sundays from 10am - 2pm at Opia Studios, starting May 15th, 2016.
Violence in Motion is a training company dedicated to offering professional actors a place to train with their industry peers on the acting skill of staged violence.
11/29/2025
LAST CLASS OF 2026
Join for some single sword to ring in the holiday season and end the year!
https://www.violenceinmotion.org/classes/dec-1-2025
Class will take place at starting at 7:15pm—see you there.
⚔️ Fight on
11/10/2025
We’ve got Single Swords!
A perfect class for beginners and for advanced students to brush up their skills.
🔗 in profile to sign up for this drop in and secure your spot!
Join Jamie for this class Monday, November 17 at starting at 7:15pm.
Single sword is the most common weapon system to see in theatre—and is the basis of almost every other weapon system in staged combat!
11/01/2025
Our Monday class is Fighting for Film with !
Join us for an unarmed class specifically focused on combat for the camera.
🔗 in our bio to sign up—all levels welcome!
Class will take place at starting at 7:15pm, Monday, November 3!
See you there!
10/13/2025
is teaching Unarmed on Oct 20!!
🔗 in our bio to sign up for this class!
This drop-in style class starts at 7:15pm on Monday, Oct 20 at —can’t wait to see y’all there!!
10/01/2025
We are back Oct 6 with Quarterstaff!
Join us starting at 7:15pm on Monday, Oct 6 for our largest weapon system at
You can sign up at the 🔗 in our bio!
09/16/2025
Next week is bringing you B Love with BROADSWORD!
https://www.violenceinmotion.org/classes/sept-22-2025
Class begins at 7:15pm at near Dundas West station!
Brianna is excited to be back in Toronto with Violence in Motion after running her first solo certification at the University of Windsor this summer and currently teaching at both and !
Fight on, friends! ⚔️
09/06/2025
Unarmed coming at yah for Sept 8!
You can sign up here: https://www.violenceinmotion.org/classes/sept-8-2025
Class begin at 7:15pm at on Monday.
Till then—stay golden!
09/06/2025
It's time to get back to school–– and that means Monday drop-ins are back!
Read all the info about all of our classes, starting Monday, Sept 8:
www.violenceinmotion.org/news/fall-2024-announcing-our-next-round-of-classes
Can't wait to see you all in class!
Fall 2024: Announcing Our next Round of Classes! — Violence in Motion Stage Combat is BACK! Hello Friends–you’ve been asking and we can finally announce our Fall 2025 classes . We’ve missed you–and can’t wait to be back in the classroom with all of you motivated and badass humans.
07/09/2025
We’re off for the summer!
Summer is a busy time for theatre and filming—which is why we’ve decided to be out of office for the summer semester. We will continue to monitor our email, and as always, reach out if you ever have a safety concern.
See you all soon! Till then, enjoy the sunshine and all the incredible performances you can catch over the next couple months!
Fight on friends,
Briann, Julia, Neil and Jamie
06/29/2025
Congratulations to all the new Basic Actor Combatants from our certification at the University of Windsor this past May!
Couldn’t be prouder to have had a 100% pass from this workshop!
Shout out to Jamie Treschak, instructor Brianna Love, TAs Henrique Santsper and Koldin Dawsin Collie for running such a successful workshop.
06/27/2025
June 30 is our final class of the semester! Join us for an unarmed “Acting Through the Fight” class!
Stage Combat is above all, an acting skill! Learn to serve the story with your combat in this unique class to end the semester!
🔗 in our profile to sign up!
Can’t wait to see you on Monday, June 30 7-9pm at with !
06/09/2025
Ready for Film Combat with ? We sure are!
Monday, June 16 will be Film Combat with our very own Neil. 🔗 in our profiIe to signup for this and our other classes! Class will take place 7-9pm at
Interested in private lessons? Run to our website and fill out our inquiry form—or send us an email!
See you in class!
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