Please Try This at Home

Open/Beginner Singlesword

Instructor

Lubke

Description

So, you've just taken your first stage combat workshop, or maybe even gone to the Nationals and gotten some SPTs under your belt. Unfortunately, maybe you don't have steady access to a teacher or even a training partner.  What do you do?  Do you just let your skills atrophy?  Of course not.  Come learn some drills and games you can do at home to keep your skills fresh and hone some of the fundamentals.

Fisticuffs!

Beginner Unarmed

Instructor

Franta

Description

Modern boxing has changed significantly from its early bare-knuckle origins.  This class will explore the stances, footwork, and body mechanics used for striking and power generation in Classical Pugilism.  Come learn to “fence with your fists” and how to adapt these techniques for the stage.

Off-Hand Compliments

Advanced Rapier and Dagger

Instructor

Girard

Description

An exploration of non-dominant hand technique and how to approach exercises and choreography. Working with the non-dominant hand in rapier & dagger, the class is intended to make one aware of many of the issues that can arise when someone must work in opposition to someone's dominant hand.

Fighting in the Clinch

Intermediate Unarmed

Instructor

Lubke

Description

Standup grappling offers us a variety of tools as violent storytellers.  This class will focus on the structure of standup grappling positions, the transitions we can use to move between them, and the striking options available when creating distance is no longer our primary safety.