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Received: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:04:06 AM EDT
From: "stmartinsacademy" <stmartinsacademy@...>
To: HistoricalSwordsmanship@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HistoricalSwordsmanship] Fiore a la Villa VI - Close Quarters
Combat

Bob & Kristi Charron would like to invite you to the next event held at their
farm half an hour south of Madison, Wisconsin the second weekend in November.
(Nov 6th, 7th and 8th). We have decided to call the series of events "a la
villa" (at the country estate). Following several successful events, we have
received a great deal of positive feedback, and we have already received
verbal confirmations for this event from past attendees.

The advantage of having this property is that we can have a very small number
of guests and therefore provide better individual instruction and a more
intimate atmosphere. If four people sign up, then four it is! If we
experience high demand, we will run a second iteration of the event later in
the year. This event will have a maximum of 10 attendees.

Classes will be held in the incredibly spacious, newly renovated barn. The
classes will be held in our four-season, ten foot ceiling loft room that can
accommodate 10 individuals. The entire floor will be covered in wrestling
mats for your safety and comfort.

The only reservation is a paid reservation, and attendance is limited, so it's
first-come, first-serve. Please e-mail Bob at stmartinsacademy@... to
make your reservation or to ask any questions you may have about the event.

The seminar fee is $200 before October 9th and $225 afterward (we need to plan
for and buy food), and includes:
• All meals Friday evening through Sunday lunch (please provide dietary
restrictions if any)
• Lodging at the Charron's farm house
• 3 hours of lecture presentations
• 15 hours of hands on instruction with a small group (More individual
attention!)
• Time set aside for answering individual questions for all attendees

All activities will take place on the farm. Classes will begin with Friday
evening presentations, continue through an extended day on Saturday from 9
a.m. to 9 p.m., and conclude with instruction from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday.
This will leave time for traveling home without having to miss any of the
instruction, and provides all the late-night talking we can stand. Lectures
will provide much-needed rest in-between the hands-on sessions, and there will
be breaks for meals and play.

This particular seminar will focus on the wrestling and dagger sections of
Fiore's treatise with particular emphasis on integration and synthesis of
concepts into a real fight. We will be working toward application and
integration in a free-flowing environment.

Students should have some familiarity with close quarter combat systems. We
want to take this session to the next level.

Themes to be covered include:
• Safe entry into the fight
• Scientific progression of the fight according to Fiore
• Training sequences and chains
• Flow from one safe position to another
• Combat applications of these concepts

Lectures and demonstrations will include:
• First night preview and discussion of topics to be taught.
• Analysis and de-briefing on Fiore's system.

We suggest finding your best way to Madison, Wisconsin (we can pick you up at
the airport there). If you choose to go through Milwaukee or Chicago
airports, we suggest car rental (and car-pooling with other attendees) to
arrive at the farm. Driving directions and a map will be provided along with
other information in a packet provided to all attendees.




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