Schedule!!!!!

Sat:

9:00 AM to 10:20 AM Shashqa –  Taught by Randal Gustitis.

10:30 AM to 11:50 AM Pole Axe – Taught by Josh Little

12:30 PM to 1:50 PM Tomahawk and Long Knife – Taught by Steve Huff

2:00 PM to 3:20 PM 1813 cutlass exercise – Taught by Chris Thompson

3:30 PM to 5:50 PM – John Lennox

9:00 AM to 10:20 AM Shashqa –  Taught by Randal Gustitis.

10:30 AM to 11:50 AM Pole Axe – Taught by Josh Little

12:30 PM to 1:50 PM Tomahawk and Long Knife – Taught by Steve Huff

2:00 PM to 3:20 PM 1813 cutlass exercise – Taught by Chris Thompson

3:30 PM to 5:50 PM – John Lennox

Sunday:

9:00 AM to 10:20 AM Carpathian Mountian Axe – Taught by Ken Pfrenger

10:30 AM to 11:50 AM Silvers sword – Taught by Allen Reed

12:30 PM to 1:50 PM Grappling at the Tomahawk – Taught by Kirk Lawson

2:00 PM to 3:20 PM Messer – Taught by Josh Little

3:30 PM to 5:50 PM Entrenching tool – Taught by Randal Gustitis

We will also have plenty of activity in the evening with singlestick being played and hopefully some impromtu work being done on anything else of interest if time permits. We will also be doing warm ups at 8:30 for anyone interested.

Current class line up!

Carpathian Mountian Axe - Taught by Ken Pfrenger

 Shashqa -  Taught by Randal Gustitis.

Silvers sword – Taught by Allen Reed

Tomahawk and Long Knife – Taught by Steve Huff

Pole Axe – Taught by Josh Little

Messer – Taught by Josh Little

 1813 cutlass exercise – Taught by Chris Thompson

Grappling at the Tomahawk – Taught by Kirk Lawson

Entrenching tool – Taught by Randal Gustitis

5th Annual Recreational Violence Weekend

The official date is set at July 11-12 2009. I am still working on the exact location. Most likely it will be held once again at the Poplar Grove area of Pymatuning State park on Andovover Ohio.

There is a chance it will be held on my property, but since I am in the middle of a move I am not sure if that is going to work out yet. I will keep everyone updated.

Nice line up of instructors this year:

Steve Huff, Kirk Lawson, Allen Reed, Josh Little, Randal Gustitis, Chris Thompson and Ken Pfrenger

 

Confirmed classes:

Mountain axe, Pole axe, messer, cutlass, Tomahawk and longknife, shasqua..yes 3 axe like classes and possibly 4!

We are still working on some details for the rest of the classes, should be a great time.

Cost:If this is held again at Pymatuning the cost will be $20 for both days if held on my property $10 for both…really the only goal here is to cover expenses and have fun.

Hammering…

…out the date for this years RV Weekend. We want to make sure nothing conflicts with us this time around and give ample time after ISMAC and before Pennsic so folks still have the energy, time and money to make their way to our own little corner of recreational pain.

Weekend wrap up

The weekend is finally far enough passed that I can honestly say I have caught up on my missed sleep enough to want to sit in front of a keyboard for a few minutes…..

Fairly low turnout again this year but that is fine by me…..while it is always nice to have alot of people it is probably more enjoyable to have smaller classes where we get to go over the material in a bit more depth and faster than with big classes. Profit is not really the goal of this event and we did at least break even just like every year past so I am happy with that.

I drank more than I should have and slept less than was wise but at least the Gods of outdoor seminar ruination took it easy on us this year and we missed all the predicted rain….they did send us record high temps but that was nothing that a dip in the adjacent lake between classes could not take care of. I think the weather luck may have had something to do with Chris Thompson not being there…his papercutting tendencies were likely the cause of all of our weather woes.

I want to publically thank all the instructors and participants who came out this year. The classes were great and it seems like everyone had a good time. We’ll do it again next year for sure.

Scheduled Classes

Classes:
Kirk Lawson – Banned from Boxing
Allen Reed – Ambushed with a bowie
Bob Charron – The Use of Fiore’s Art of Dagger in Wrestling
Bob Charron – Strong at the Crossing: Understanding Five Kinds of Leverage Using the Longsword
Ken Pfrenger – Fun with shillelaghs
Ken Pfrenger – Intro to jacket wrestling
Randal Gustitis – Jogo do pau
Randal Gustitis – Cossack Shashqa
Mark Rainey – Battlefield Saber
Josh Little – Hangen with Liechtenauer – The use of the Hanging Guards in German Longsword.
Justin White-Lowther – Pallas Armata