Italian Martial Arts: Fundamental Movements and Roughhousing

This class offers a fun and accessible approach to basic movement and physical play for beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Activities can be scaled to your comfort and experience.

This will provide an introduction to Fiore dei Liberi's system of martial arts, as well as physical games for develping better movements skills and exploring force generation and redirection.
You will learn and practice:

• Fiore's four basic unarmed poste and their uses
• Three kinds of arm lock
• How to fall safely
• How to generate power effectively
• How to receive and redirect power from another person

Be prepared for moderate outdoor activity. Depending on the weather, we may be in a covered space or on the grass.