[Artemisia] Combined Collegium

[Sean Oppenheimer]

Greetings Artemisia,

 

In three short weeks, the Baronies of Loch Salann and Gryphon's Lair, the Province of Arrow's Flight and the Shire of Cote du Ciel will host a Combined Collegium to celebrate the sharing of greater knowledge throughout these mighty lands of Artemisia.

 

Detailed information may be found at the event web site which can be found at:

 

http://www.gryphonslair.org/aprilcollegium09.htm

 

A course catalog and class schedule is now available on the event web site.

 

Lady Flora and Lord Aghren are serving as coordinators for the lunch which is included in the cost of your site fee.  They have made a request for donations of salads, sides and desert items.  Please consider giving generously to this cause, as these donations help to keep the site fees more reasonable.

 

We are very pleased to announce that we have two guest instructors who will be in attendance to share with us their knowledge and experiences that may not otherwise be readily available to the populace at large.

 

 

 

Don Christian de Launey (Christopher Alexander) had the privilege of being elevated the third Defender of the White Scarf of Artemisia back in 1998. He has served as Queen's rapier champion in Artemisia, the Outlands and AEthelmearc, successfully competes at the highest level in the arts of defense, winning or placing in tournaments across the known world and was recognized as the rapier premier for AEthelmearc's Order of the Golden Stirrup, that Kindom’s order for martial authenticity. 
He has presented martial classes on a variety of subjects at Known World Academies and regional events in several kingdoms and his arguments have informed policy decisions in the Outlands, Meridies and AEthelmearc.  Christian's areas of particular study include the masters Capo Ferro, Saviolo, Hope and Angelo with lesser study in several others. His true passion lies in exploring the underlying threads of martial truth that transcend weapon form and stylistic preference. 
Don Christian will be teaching the follow classes at the Southern Regional Combined Collegium:
The Nature of Defense
            A presentation of the idea that there are three pillars of defense: Evasion, Interposition and Threat of Offense. Each will be explored, practiced and used in combination.  
Listening to the Sword: Managing blade and body dynamics in a fight
            A review of sword-handling characteristics and how to manage mass and inertia while transitioning through fighting techniques. Camillo Agrippa’s basic hand positions will be used as a reference point for moving through attacks and guardia.  Also addressed will be the connectedness of motion between the sword, hand and body. The goal is to facilitate smooth transitions in movement and energy transfer. 
Calling the Tune: Physical and psychological manipulation on the field
An introduction to using physical and psychological techniques to make your opponent take the actions of your choosing in the time and place that you want them to occur.  We will discuss the use of range, invitation and point salience along with some dominance and submission scenarios. 
The End Game: Using control of the fight to enter range and strike safely           
This is the summation and application of the previous three classes where we will apply the pieces of Defense, Dynamics and Manipulation to generate opportunities and capitalize on them to win a fight. 
A class fee of $3 per class will be requested to help cover the overall costs of guest instructors. 
 

 

 



Dr. Patricia Lambert is Professor of Anthropology at Utah State University.  She has a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.  She is the Program Director for Physical Anthropology at Utah State University and has participated in the studies of the Mosfell Valley in Iceland.  Dr. Lambert will conduct a one hour lecture on the Mosfell , Iceland archaeological project and will be available for a question and answer session following the lecture.
The Icelandic sagas tell of people, places, and events following the settlement of  Iceland in the 9th century A.D. Several of the sagas, including Egil’s Saga, The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue, Hallfred’s Saga, and the Book of Settlements, provide an accounting of individual people, prominent families, and defining events in the Mosfell Valley of southwestern Iceland.  These sagas begin in the period of Viking settlement and cover the transition period to Christianity around A.D. 1000.  Though rich in lore and evocative of an age long past, these medieval narratives were scripted several hundred years after many of the events they describe, raising important questions about historical accuracy in terms of both time lapse and intent. The Mosfell Archaeological Project, begun in 1995 by Jesse Byock and Phil Walker, seeks to address this question and to reconstruct the early history of the Mosfell Valley and its inhabitants through a multidisciplinary approach informed by medieval writings, local knowledge of the landscape, archaeology, geology, and the study of human skeletal remains. Archaeological finds during the 2001-2003 summer seasons at Kirkjuhóll (Church Knoll) and Hulduhóll (Elfin Hill) on the Hrísbrú farm are the focus of this talk, and provide a basis for exploring the intersect between early Icelandic history as retold in the sagas and life during the Viking Age as reconstructed from the archaeological and skeletal remains of the people who lived it.       
A class fee of $5 will be requested to help cover the overall costs of guest instructors.
 

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