Our three days of training have come to an end. We fit a lot into the last few hours of the advanced training. We practiced the Herse, Jarl and Konge defenses against knife attack. The Jarl principle is that of the sage, the scholar, the religious leader; the Konge is the king, the elder, the wise man. We also filmed a number of exercises and reviewed the various Galdre stances. We completed our time together with the fulgyia exercise; more about that in a future post. Finally, Graham, Miki (the coordinator of Ice & Fire USA) and I did our presentation at the UU Church of Annapolis. All in all, it was a very satisfying training. We look forward to having Graham back again in the fall! In the meantime, follow the Stavbear blog for more information on Stav, more events, and the upcoming Stavcast!