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THE 2009 WINTER WONDERLAND WORKSHOP is gearing up!

 

The 2009 workshop will be on:

January 16-18, 2009

NOVEMBER 17th UPDATE: Again, sorry for the delay. We are finishing up the setup of Paypal to accept credit card payments. Hopefully, this will be completed by November 21st. More information about the 2009 workshop will be up shortly. Thank you for your patience.

 

OCTOBER 31st UPDATE: We have finished choosing our staff for this year. We are now in the process of choosing the classes that will be offered this year. Due to the delay, workshop registration is going to start a little later. We are looking at a November 15th start date for registration. Hopefully, we will have it up sooner. More information about the 2009 workshop will be up shortly. Thank you for your patience.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE...The Winter Wonderland Workshop is the largest regional stage combat workshop in the country. Sanctioned by the Society of American Fight Directors and the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat, students from all over the world can come to learn from some of the best in the business. If you have any questions, check out our FAQ page or click on the "Contact Us" tab at the top and email us your questions.

The WWW Team

 

 

 
On tap for 2009:

Classes proposed this year include:

  • Shaolin Kicks
  • Basic Aikido
  • Cratehook: A View From The Bridge
  • Rifle and Bayonet
  • Ground Fighting
  • MMA Grappling
  • MMA Ground and Puund
  • Choke 'Em Out
  • Create-A-Fight
  • He's Got A Knife!
  • Concepts of Stage Combat
  • Waking the Fighter Within
  • Heavy Single Sword
  • Kicking and Screaming
  • Kick 'Em While They're Down
  • Schlomo the Berserker and the Gods of Smiting Justice
  • Your Funny When You Fight
  • Selling Violence v. Hiding Violence
  • High Falls From Low Places
  • 5 Ranges of Fighting
  • Listening to the Body
  • Shiatsu: Head, Neck & Shoulders
  • Shiatsu: Upper & Lower Back
  • Slap Schtick: Comic Fights
  • Introduction to Alexander Technique
  • Fancy Footwork
  • Concepts of Knife Fighting
  • Backyard Ninja: Butterfly Knife
  • What If? Choreography Basics
  • Cold Steel
  • Basic Film Fighting
  • Kick 'Em, Knee 'Em, Stomp 'Em
  • If Keanu Can Do It, So Can You
  • Quick Quarterstaff
  • Combat & Tools for the Actor
  • Punching in Character
  • Longsword
  • The Actor's Weapon
  • Reach For It
  • Pris de Fer
  • Stage Combat Dissected
  • Broadsword and Balance
  • Give No Quarter
  • Hey, Hey….Let Go!
  • Rehearsal Techniques
  • Instant Choreography
  • Backyard Ninja: Staff Twirlin'
  • Basic JiuJitsu
  • Calvary Saber on Foot 1796
  • Multiple Attackers
  • Landing the Blow
  • Fast and Furious
  • Rough and Cuffed Combat
  • Kumdo: The Way of the Sword
  • Clowns Gone Bad
  • Slammin' and Jammin'
  • R&D: Tempo & Rhythm
  • You Dirty Bastard Sword
  • Making Contact: Unarmed
  • Broadsword Duel
  • Smallsword & Cloak
  • Smallsword & Shakespeare
  • Mask & Sword
  • Groin Shots Are Funny
  • Intermediate R&D
  • Rapier & Buckler
  • FUBAR
  • Punch-A-Palooza Remixed
  • Broadsword vs. Quarterstaff
  • Single Sword Brawl
  • Single Rapier vs. Rapier & Cloak
  • Draw, If You Dare!
  • German Longsword
  • Smallsword vs. Rapier
  • Backyard Ninja: Knife Fightin' and Biomechanical Cuttin'
  • Backyard Ninja: UFC Me Comin', Now U Don't
  • Backyard Ninja: Fallin' All Over Yerself
  • Captain Hook and Peter Pan
  • Simultaneous Smallsword
  • Methods of Teaching Knife
  • Fast, Furious and Hard
  • Nasty Bitch Smallsword
  • Brain Fart R&D
  • Street Fightin' Smallsword
  • Angelo vs. McBane
  • Sicilian Knife
  • Whip Cracking 101
  • Broadsword & Dagger
  • Athletic Smallsword
  • Fight Like A Zoo
  • Nasty and Funny
  • The Play's the Thing
  • Case of Rapiers: Zorro Style
  • Close Quarters Smallsword
  • Jump Starting the Fight
  • East Meets West: Chinese vs. European Broadsword
  • Aikido & Multiple Attackers
  • Broadsword vs. Sword & Shield
  • Sword & Shield vs. Axe & Impact Weapons
  • Hamlet vs. Laertes
  • Two on One Swordplay
  • Stupid Sword Tricks #14


Proposed Lectures Include:

  • Blood Class
  • How to Choreograph Fights
  • Kydex Thermoforming: Quick & Dirty Sheathing Techniques
  • Watercolors & Warfare
  • Challenges in Fight Direction
  • Aggressor & Victim Exploration
  • Five Kinds of Personal Violence
  • The Beginning Fight Director's 10 Commandments
  • When is Hardcore TOO Hardcore?
  • Keeping the DIRECTOR in Fight Director
  • Staging Fights with Fechtbuchs
  • Rescuing Hamlet
  • You're Not Your Teacher's Teacher
  • What Kind of Choreographer Will You Be?
  • Unrehearsed Shakespeare and Stage Combat
  • Martial Arts & Chi Gung Tips and Tricks
  • Turning Aggression into Achievement: Violence Reduction
  • Defending Stage Combat Training in Schools
  • Sword Maintenance
  • Psychology of Killing
  • Finding a Fight Directing Mentor


Basic classes will be offered in all SAFD-recognized weapon styles.

SAFD renewals will be available depending on need.

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