We wrapped up the fall 2011 Stav weekend, as we do each Stav weekend, with a day of advanced training. Four of us remained, and we were a tired and sore, yet undeterred, bunch. We started, as we always do, with staff exercises. We followed this with the first set of Jarl Galdre - my favorite, as I am Jarl - and the five principles drills with the staff. After lunch, we did the foundation exercises for a third time. That was followed by a bunch of drills - axe drills, flow drills, dagger drills. By late afternoon, we were done, and Miki took Graham back to the airport. Huge props to both Graham and Miki for making this training happen!

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