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Big BAD Bowie Knife Seminar II

Bowie and Big Knife Fighting II

November 9th, 2019

This seminar will build on students knowledge of Bowie & big knife fighting from a dueling / HEMA perspective. 

The primary content of the system has been drawn from a variety of historical sources, especially the work of Colonel A.J.D. Biddle, John Styers, as well as contemporary research by Paul Kirchner, Dwight C. McElmore, William Cassidy, and others.

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Beginning with a brief refresh of the basics of the system, this seminar will seek to reinforce the most important concepts before exploring new material including the use of a coat or poncho with the left hand and other ideas drawn from Mexican and Spanish sources and influences.

Ample time will be devoted to live drilling and free sparring.
Please bring eye protection, gloves, fencing mask, etc… (Gear will be provided for those who do not have their own, but loner gear is limited)

No previous experience necessary 


Please Pre-register by November. 5th
$125 for Academy members, $135 others
$150 at the door
Price includes FREE lunch.
Pre-register to receive a FREE high quality training Bowie knife yours to keep.
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10:00 am Seminar Begins
12:30 pm Lunch (Included FREE)
4:00 pm Seminar ends
4:00 pm FREE open floor for sparring.

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Intro to Sun Baguazhang


Sun Lutang shows the Bagua Lion gua

八卦掌

Ba Gua Zhang (Pa Kua Chang) means Eight Trigrams Palm. The trigrams or Gua are ancient symbols used to represent all natural phenomena in the classic Chinese ‘Book of Changes’ or Yi Jing.
Zhang means palm and designates Ba Gua Zhang as a style of martial art, which emphasizes the use of the open hand instead of the closed fist.

Saturday July 13th, 10am – 4pm

This seminar will introduce the Baguazhang of Sun Lutang, a unique internal style of Chinese martial art that emphasizes fighting techniques that use the open hand to strike & grapple while employing footwork to obtain a superior angle, before throwing the opponent, (like in Judo) hard to the ground.

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The content will include:

  • Warm Ups
  • Body Mechanics
  • 8 Tea Serving Exercises
  • Circle Walking and other Bagua Footwork
  • Clinch Fighting and Throwing
  • Striking with Palms, as well as Knee, Elbow, and Kicking techniques
  • Detailed instruction on the Single and Double palm changes

After the seminar student will understand the history, development, and fighting strategy of Sun Style Baguazhang.
Additionally they will have a practical understanding of the Single and Double palm changes and their application. These first two changes form the core of the system and provide the basis for the further 8 palm changes, which are simply variations on the single and double.

No previous experience necessary

Please Pre-register by July 8th to receive discount.
$125 for Academy members, $135 others
$150 full price at the door
Price includes FREE lunch.

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10:00 am Seminar Begins with warm-up.
12:30 pm Lunch (Included FREE)
4:00 pm Seminar ends
4:00 pm FREE open floor for sparring begins, come join us even if you can’t make the seminar!

Illustration of Bagua’s 8 Trigrams

Chinese Swordsmanship Seminar with Scott Rodell

February 9th, 2019

Laoshi Scott M. Rodell‘s Chinese Swordsmanship seminar will instruct students not in sword forms, but in the martial use of the Chinese straight sword or jian. This seminar will teach a thorough understanding of Chinese swordsmanship fundamentals including the basic cuts as a foundation for the practice of Chinese swordsmanship and includes individual & paired drills, foot work, and free swordplay. 

HEMA and American swordsmanship practitioners will find the alternative theories presented on footwork, and “deflect / counter-cut” vs the more familiar “parry / riposte” style of many western sword systems especially interesting.

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No previous experience necessary

10:00 am – Seminar Begins
12:00 pm – FREE Lunch
4:00 pm – Seminar ends, open floor for freeplay, all are welcome FREE

$125 for Academy or GRTC Members
$135 for all others

Scott M. Rodell has studied martial arts since the age of nine, dedicating the last three and a half decades exclusively to the study of Yang Family Taijiquan (T’ai Chi Ch’uan). Rodell spent many years traveling to find and study with the best teachers in this lineage to fulfill a person goal – renovating Yang Family Taijiquan. He sought out teachers known for certain specialties, pulling together elements of the system that have become separated and fragmented. Rodell has been privileged to receive instruction in push hands and free fighting from William C. C. Chen, sword and push Hands from T.T. Liang and the Yang Family Michuan Taijiquan, form, applications, push hands, fan, sword and spear, from Wang Yen-nien.

Best known internationally for his work reviving Chinese historical swordsmanship, and considered a leading authority, Rodell currently teaches over 20 seminars per year traveling frequently to Europe, Australia, Canada, and across the US.

Rodell is the author of four books on martial arts and Chinese swordsmanship including:  Chinese Swordsmanship – the Yang Family Taiji Jian Tradition explains and demonstrates the basic principles, cuts, and forms that form the Yang family’s taiji jian tradition, and A Practical Guide to Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship, which provides a step-by-step guide for the swordsman looking to expand their swordsmanship practice with the art of test cutting.  

Rodell is also the Director of the Great River Taoist Center. The Center was founded in 1984 and now is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has branch and affiliated school across America, Northern and Eastern Europe, and Australia.  

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March Seminar: Introduction to Sun Style Baguazhang