Workshop Class Choices
**TAKE NOTE**
*Beginner Class/Intensives - You've had basic training or started training and/or have zero experience
*Intermediate Class/Intensives - You've had Martial Training, taken an SAFD Workshop(s), and/or hold an SPT in the weapon BUT haven't practiced in a while
*Advanced Class/Intensives - SPT with this weapon completed AND you've maintained practice and profiencey in the techniques
Sat. Afternoon Class 1 Choices
Dynamic Body
Description
Learn ergonomic and efficient ways to move, attack, and respond to actions.
weapon
Unarmed
suggested skill level
Open to all Levels
instructor
Leraldo Anzaldua
Vocal Combat Technique
Description
Stregthen and optomize your voice as you learn how to go to the vocal extremes in a healthy and sustainable way.
Weapon
Unarmed
suggested skill level
Open to all Levels
instructor
Tobie Minor
Actions in the Bind
Description
Explore how to catch your opponent's longsword and move it exactly where you want in the story.
Weapon
Longsword
suggested skill level
Open to all Levels
instructor
D Granke
Fight Like Wednesday
Description
Discover how to break out of your physical box with direction lunges, one leg avoidances, curvilinear dance footwork, and level changes to achieve a dastardly duel worthy of Wednesday Addams!
weapon
Singlesword
suggested skill level
Advanced
instructor
Skye Bronfenbrenner
Aim Small Miss Small
Description
Learn the exciting technique on how to throw and hit with a tomahawk.
weapon
Tomahawk
suggested skill level
Advanced
instructor
Mark Guinn
Sat. Afternoon Class 2 Choices
Tummy Time
Description
Learn the martially informed ways of transitioning from the ground to standing. Explore rolling, falling, sweeps, and more!
Weapon
Unarmed
suggested skill level
Intermediate
instructor
Firen Willimas
Rapid Fire Rapier & Dagger
Description
Explore drills to increase the pace of the double fence rapier and dagger platform.
weapon
Rapier & Dagger
suggested skill level
Open to all Levels
instructor
Pat Kelly
Intense Smallsword
Description
This class will connect and compound pris de fer, angles of attack, target acquistion, and removal of the threat.
Weapon
Smallsword
suggested skill level
Advanced
instructor
Leraldo Anzaldua
Hypatic Cueing
Description
Discover reliable ways to communicate with your partner while in close quarters or when you are unable to give visual or audible cues.
Weapon
Unarmed & Knife
suggested skill level
Beginner
instructor
David Saldivar
Lock Em' Up with the First Shot
Description
Learn the techniques to lock up the hands and arms of your opponents during a fight.
weapon
Unarmed
suggested skill level
Intermediate
instructor
Mark Guinn
Sat. Afternoon Class 3 Choices
Sword & Shield Tactics
Description
Exlore some of the many ways to best utilize the sword and shield combination.
Weapon
Sword & Shield
suggested skill level
Intermediate
instructor
D Granke
Sexy Singlesword
Description
What if the fight was actually foreplay? In this class we will play with the choreography that is actively flirting and enticing your partner.....consensually.
Weapon
Singlesword
suggested skill level
Advanced
instructor
Sam Kaufmann
Atlantian Spear Fighting
Description
Dive into the whirlpool of spear fighting with quick thrusts and long form attacks.
weapon
Spear
suggested skill level
Advanced
instructor
Pierce Williams
Florentine Flow
Description
Learn the basics on how to effectively use two equal or disparate weapons.
Weapon
Various
suggested skill level
Beginner
instructor
Raul Alvarado
Hero! Villian! Brawler! Spy!
Description
How do you tell the difference between the Hero, Villain, Brawler, and Spy? In this class we'll play with how to break the body down into specific units and make clear choices to tell your story.
Weapon
Unarmed
suggested skill level
Open to all Levels
instructor
Skye Bronfenbrenner
Sat. Afternoon Class 4 Choices
Irish Stick Fighting
Description
Learn offense and defense techniques for use with Shillelagh, canes, and umbrellas.
weapon
Shillelagh
suggested skill level
Open to All Levels
instructor
Pat Kelly
Fight or Fuck
Description
This is the class to explore the pain to pleasure spectrum and play with the differences between when a character doesn't want an action to happen versus when they do.
Weapon
Unarmed
suggested skill level
Open to All Levels
instructor
Sam Kaufmann
Swashbuckling
Description
Discover the adventure of open seas, barroom brawls and more all with your trusted blade at your side.
weapon
Singlesword
suggested skill level
Intermediate to Advanced
instructor
Dave Gonzalez
Grappling
Description
Ever wanted to get involved in knock down drag outs, throw downs, escapes, and so much more? This class will add to your ground fighting skill set in creative ways.
weapon
Unarmed
suggested skill level
Intermediate
instructor
D Granke
We Forgot to Hire a Fight Choreographer
Description
This class will teach how to make the best of last minute fight choreography and make it work beautifully.
Weapon
Vaious
suggested skill level
Open to All Levels
instructor
David Saldivar
Sun. Afternoon Class 1 Choices
Flowing Rapier & Dagger
Description
Discover the inherent flow of this weapon set as you build choreography with various partners.
weapon
Rapier & Dagger
suggested skill level
Beginner
instructor
Mark Guinn
Double Sword and Spear
Description
Everyone was Kung Fu fighting! And it was fast as lightening!
weapon
Butterfly Swords and Spear
suggested skill level
Intermediate
instructor
Leraldo Anzaldua
Quarterstaff
Description
Let's get down to business!
Weapon
Quarterstaff
suggested skill level
Advanced
instructor
D Granke
Opening the Can 2.0
Description
The shield wall is an oldie but a goodie that still works today. This class explores the various ways to break it down.
weapon
Sword and Shield
suggested skill level
Open to All Levels
instructor
Raul Alvarado
SPR Prep Time Slot
Description
Get your practice on with a fight partner and prep those SPR's.
weapon
Various
suggested skill level
Intermediate/Advanced
instructor
Various Fight Masters
Sun. Afternoon Class 2 Choices
Stab Him in the......
Description
This class teaches the control needed for the precise cuts to specific target areas on your opponent.
Weapon
Smallsword
suggested skill level
Advanced
instructor
Mark Guinn
Take Control of the Prise de Fer
Description
This class will teach you to learn, apply, and adapt the various prise de fer to challenge the other single sword techniques.
weapon
Singlesword
suggested skill level
Advanced
instructor
Leraldo Anzaldua
Act Every Rep
Description
Every swing you take and every move you engage in should incorporate your character and your intent within.
weapon
Various
suggested skill level
Open to All Levels
instructor
George Appling
If you Give a Gremlin a Sword
Description
Do you love to fight but you are the little one? This class will explore the potential for dirty tricks and unusual targets.
Weapon
Rapier
suggested skill level
Intermediate
instructor
Skye Bronfenbrenner
German Longsword: Winding and Binding
Description
Explore all the binds and wind-ups that can be played with.
weapon
Broadsword
suggested skill level
Intermediate
instructor
D Granke
Sun. Afternoon Class 3 Choices
German Longsword: Master Cuts
Description
Deep dive into the 5 meisterhaus, movements that incorporate defense and offense into single focused techniques.
weapon
Broadsword
suggested skill level
Advanced
instructor
Pat Kelly
Espada y Daga
Description
This class is all about shortening the blades and learning how to get inside your opponent's guard while mantaining your panache.
Weapon
Knife and Axe
suggested skill level
Basic
instructor
Pierce Williams
Boundaries, Blessing, and Ballrooms
Description
Here you will find an instruction in tools for naming and framing intimacy in a Jane Austen ballroom setting.
weapon
Int
suggested skill level
Open to All Levels
instructor
Skye Bronfenbrenner
Vocal Combat Technique
Description
Strengthen and optimize your voice while learning how to go to the vocal extremes in a healthy, sustainable way.
weapon
Unarmed
suggested skill level
Intermediate
instructor
Tobie Minor
SPR Testing
Description
All the hard work pays off...time to test!
Weapon
Various
suggested skill level
Intermediate/Advanced
instructor
Various Fight Masters
Sun. Afternoon Class 4 Choices
Filipino Flow Drills
Description
This class will cover the training drills of the Sinawali and the Sumbrada with single and double sticks.
weapon
Filipino Sticks
suggested skill level
Intermediate
instructor
Pat Kelly
2 Red Pandas and a Yoga Mat
Description
Here is all about snacks and stretching.
weapon
Unarmed
suggested skill level
Open to All Levels
instructor
Raul Alvarado
Two Handed Sword in the A Range
Description
Grappling, pummeling, and half sword techniques that are used in close quarters while wielding a two handed sword.
Weapon
Broadsword
suggested skill level
Open to All Levels
instructor
Firen Williams
Take Them Down
Description
Need to take down your opponent a couple of notches but not sure how to do it? Here is a how-to class using the safe amount of viciousness.
weapon
Unarmed
suggested skill level
Intermediate
instructor
D Granke
Common Tool
Description
This class will explore the different ways a knife is used from a tool perspective all the way to a martial perspective.
weapon
Knife
suggested skill level
Open to All Levels
instructor
David Saldivar