Weekend with spears
Schedule
Fri Aug 09 2024 at 04:00 pm to Sun Aug 11 2024 at 06:00 pm
Location
Pukkisaaren rautakautinen kauppakylä | Helsinki, ES
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The event is about the Germanic round shields and short one handed spears. Read all about the four distances here:https://hirdmenn.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-four-distances-of-spear.html
Event description
The weekend with spear and shield is a martial arts seminar hosted by members of the Hirdmenn group. The seminar is a full introduction to the group’s work around fighting with Germanic style round shield and one handed spear.
The seminar includes active practice with simulators. The attendees also get to test authentic sharp weapons against historically accurate viking age shields. (See full program below) The seminar is held in a friendly spirit and is designed to be a learning experience also for the hosts. The spoken languages of the seminar will be Finnish and English.
The seminar is held outside in the beautiful iron age replica marketplace located in Pukkisaari Helsinki. (Sommelo.fi) Attendees will be offered a place in group tents to spend their nights. The event organizers provide attendees with water and some food.
The seminar cost attendees 80 €. To register mail [email protected] and list your name,phone and email. Write your name and “weekend with a spear and shield” also to the topic section. You will receive payment information in response mail. After we see you have paid, your spot in the seminar is secured. The event can hold 20 participants.
The program
Friday:
16-> arrival
18 body mechanics and the spear
19 body mechanics of spear and shield
20 a short demonstration and tryouts of authentic sharp weapons and shields.
21 supper and discussion
22 we silence the sleeping area
Saturday:
10 breakfast
11 warm up and redoing body mechanics
11:30 the throw
12:30 long distance/melee distance
14 lunch and socializing
15 offensive shield on melee distance
16 spear vs short weapon in melee distance
17 wrestling distance
18 dinner and socializing
19 demonstrations & discussion
19:30 playful sparring and adaptations
21 supper and discussion
22 we silence the sleeping area
Sunday:
10 breakfast
11 warm up and redoing body mechanics
11:30 redoing main points of the material.
12 friendly sparring
14 lunch
15 discussions and friendly sparring
16 cleaning and packing
18 the island is clean and empty.
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Where is it happening?
Pukkisaaren rautakautinen kauppakylä, Pukkisaaret, FI-00250 Helsinki, Suomi,Helsinki, FinlandEvent Location & Nearby Stays: