http://www.stavbear.com/index.htmlHot News!enuser@domain.comCopyright 2011 T.A. Libby2013-05-14T09:14:07-04:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Tue, 14 May 2013 10:01:32 -0400user@domain.comBlog2013-05-14T09:14:07-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/986f69c24658bd9506f902757d06edae-25.html#unique-entry-id-25http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/986f69c24658bd9506f902757d06edae-25.html#unique-entry-id-25As always, many thanks to Graham for coming over and giving us three solid days of his expertise, and to Miki for making all the arrangements!]]>user@domain.comBlog2013-05-13T12:27:47-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/6eb5af2248fd9c2057f8c51decdaa7f5-24.html#unique-entry-id-24http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/6eb5af2248fd9c2057f8c51decdaa7f5-24.html#unique-entry-id-24user@domain.comBlog2013-05-12T18:58:40-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/dd6a8a10915139e162099f56357ce89c-23.html#unique-entry-id-23http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/dd6a8a10915139e162099f56357ce89c-23.html#unique-entry-id-23user@domain.comBlog2013-05-12T11:48:09-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/b15a6ee61a4cbb611e9bfb897350cf51-22.html#unique-entry-id-22http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/b15a6ee61a4cbb611e9bfb897350cf51-22.html#unique-entry-id-22user@domain.comBlog2013-05-11T19:00:25-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/c7c9950ba15241e7d6c7dc98366be653-21.html#unique-entry-id-21http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/c7c9950ba15241e7d6c7dc98366be653-21.html#unique-entry-id-21user@domain.comBlog2013-05-11T13:47:03-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/4d56028f1706ae6b3df1e3304bb843ba-20.html#unique-entry-id-20http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/4d56028f1706ae6b3df1e3304bb843ba-20.html#unique-entry-id-20user@domain.comBlog2012-06-18T21:43:36-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/71fa2fce15768def90391e069157aaf9-19.html#unique-entry-id-19http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/71fa2fce15768def90391e069157aaf9-19.html#unique-entry-id-19here for more on the expectations for completing each level.) Today we were down to three participants for the advanced training day. We worked away at axe again all morning, and everybody was getting much more comfortable with the five principles drills for axe. Our weariness crept up on us after lunch, and we spent most of the afternoon discussing a framework for handling conflict and aggression. Out of this arose the idea of creating a self-defense bind rune, so we noodled over that for a while and came up with a promising draft. When it’s completed and disseminated, I’ll link to it. If you are not familiar with bind runes, check out this Ice & Fire Canada blog post by Graham. Finally, we set the dates for the fall training; Graham will return to Stavbear 27-29 October this year. We can accommodate a big group, so join us if you can!]]>user@domain.comBlog2012-06-17T21:37:23-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/44003dc60f9673e105cc0767166879d4-18.html#unique-entry-id-18http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/44003dc60f9673e105cc0767166879d4-18.html#unique-entry-id-18here and demonstrates axe cuts and axe five principles drills here. We spent most of the afternoon on self-defense against the dagger. Graham worked us hard, and, by showing us a number of variations on each response to attack, encouraged us to be flexible and adaptable. Two of us had to return home in the early evening, so the rest of us called it good and went to the movies. The Avengers, of course; how could we miss out on seeing Thor and Loki?]]>user@domain.comBlog2012-06-16T20:37:17-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/d293d5fc3a3acc16ea345a9f1d23b76d-17.html#unique-entry-id-17http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/d293d5fc3a3acc16ea345a9f1d23b76d-17.html#unique-entry-id-17user@domain.comBlog2011-10-07T10:59:23-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/dc9251db19d8f85e84e1fae461848568-16.html#unique-entry-id-16http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/dc9251db19d8f85e84e1fae461848568-16.html#unique-entry-id-16Mindful Day by Day, this week!]]>user@domain.comBlog2011-10-03T17:23:26-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/accd5e40c7371e19c6d69c7ed123b8b1-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/accd5e40c7371e19c6d69c7ed123b8b1-14.html#unique-entry-id-14
Wondering what I mean by Galdre, five principles or other Stav-specific terms? Click on the Stav page and follow the links to learn more about the history, principles and practices of Stav. You can also explore YouTube videos of various Stav practices.]]>user@domain.comBlog2011-10-02T21:17:36-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/153439632cb2114e2191a3472f06a580-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/153439632cb2114e2191a3472f06a580-13.html#unique-entry-id-13
Best line of the day came when Graham was talking about an attacker going off-balance when coming in with a weapon and dangerous intent: “People are quite slow and awkward when they’re trying to kill you.” ]]>user@domain.comBlog2011-10-01T20:17:30-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/580ad70bc00a9e6d00371338928b57b5-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/580ad70bc00a9e6d00371338928b57b5-12.html#unique-entry-id-12Ice & Fire USA) and me, we have two participants from Pennsylvania and one from the DC metro. In the morning and early afternoon, we reviewed the basic staff exercises, did the right-hand stances, reviewed the advanced staff exercises, and did two-person drills. After lunch, we moved on to unarmed combat. We started with the foundation exercises, which Graham has continued to develop. We spent the late afternoon and all evening doing new stuff! Graham showed us some flow drills. These were two-person unarmed drills in which the two participants moved back and forth between punching and defending. I started out feeling awkward and slow, then started to get the hang of each one. A couple of times I actually got into the flow of it, and it felt great, like a dance. The final set of drills were with the dagger, defending strikes coming in along six different lines. Plenty of echoes of the familiar, yet a lot that was new - and by this time, we were pretty tired! We finished with the left-hand stances and ate dinner. Now we are sprawled about the family room doing the 21st century thing: Everyone is on either a laptop or a smartphone! We are actually talking and showing each other stuff, but it won’t last much longer. This tired crew is soon for bed.]]>user@domain.comBlog2011-05-02T18:31:45-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/ba089b2745c193a076b7eb8ec9999d2d-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/ba089b2745c193a076b7eb8ec9999d2d-11.html#unique-entry-id-11user@domain.comBlog2011-05-02T12:25:10-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/b7bdd03aabc59a64b7b40128d8cae5d5-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/b7bdd03aabc59a64b7b40128d8cae5d5-10.html#unique-entry-id-10user@domain.comBlog2011-05-02T10:44:31-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/bdb265089d3ffafc815a3cab263fb53b-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/bdb265089d3ffafc815a3cab263fb53b-9.html#unique-entry-id-9user@domain.comBlog2011-05-02T08:32:33-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/2711cb464500d31f18ed12084a143c19-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/2711cb464500d31f18ed12084a143c19-8.html#unique-entry-id-8user@domain.comBlog2011-05-01T19:23:48-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/e0d25710cded37005b898897c4bf6d7d-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/e0d25710cded37005b898897c4bf6d7d-7.html#unique-entry-id-7here. We braved a few minutes of drizzle to go outdoors and finish our training day with the left-hand Karl stances. More tomorrow!]]>user@domain.comBlog2011-05-01T14:43:24-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/30f6894e20f640c51d72d81fcfbbd899-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/30f6894e20f640c51d72d81fcfbbd899-6.html#unique-entry-id-6user@domain.comBlog2011-05-01T11:43:05-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/fdc56b9e61488d06ef69a9021d15a104-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/fdc56b9e61488d06ef69a9021d15a104-5.html#unique-entry-id-5user@domain.comBlog2011-05-01T09:08:29-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/a3e75b45af16bdd82bb077b6f3c58db6-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/a3e75b45af16bdd82bb077b6f3c58db6-4.html#unique-entry-id-4eidos.)

Each of us operates within our own Web. In martial terms, being able to see the weblines allows one to move confidently within one’s own Web and to grasp what one’s opponent is doing within theirs. As you can imagine, this put one at a considerable advantage in a self-defense or combat situation. Go here to see a two-dimensional representation of the Web.

More as the day unfolds!]]>user@domain.comBlog2011-04-30T20:35:19-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/5a039c182eb0f4b83ef11d1e401c0c41-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/5a039c182eb0f4b83ef11d1e401c0c41-3.html#unique-entry-id-3user@domain.comBlog2011-04-30T17:29:37-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/27afbee987a81502bd92d8556fd91dd0-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/27afbee987a81502bd92d8556fd91dd0-2.html#unique-entry-id-2user@domain.comBlog2011-04-30T14:52:45-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/55b07c1495f0c27afff6f4f8b4067d71-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/55b07c1495f0c27afff6f4f8b4067d71-1.html#unique-entry-id-1user@domain.comBlog2011-04-30T12:08:01-04:00http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/08278ee334c2dce5816624d26b754760-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.stavbear.com/blog_files/08278ee334c2dce5816624d26b754760-0.html#unique-entry-id-0this YouTube video. The basic staff exercises assist one in learning the stances and build strength and flexibility.]]>