Buntain fenced at Northwestern University where he was a starter for three years and saber squad captain for two years. He learned from Northwestern Head Coach and Maitre d'Armes Laurie Schiller and multiple Veterans champ Ed Kaihatsu.

Buntain is a USFA certified fencing instructor for Foil, Saber, and Epee and he is certified by the American Red Cross.

Winderman holds the rank of Maitre en Fait d'Armes (fencing master) in Classical Fencing. He studies and teaches a wide variety of the old masters: Vadi, Codex Wallerstein, Marozzo, di Grassi, Silver, Capo Ferro, Saviolo, Pallas Armata, Angelo, L'Abbat, and Bazancourt. He uses a process oriented approach emphasizing the links between systems.

Winderman also studies and teaches Defence de la Rue Savate, the martial art of France, and is a professional fight choreographer for theatre and opera.

Winderman is a student of the renowned fencing master and fight master Brad Alan Waller of Washington D.C.