Eoghan Odinsson
10-29-2005, 08:03 PM
Folk, I am delighted to announce the official launch of a new Stav group in North America. Below is the official notice we have communicated to the general public. Please feel free to pass it on to any friends who might be interested.
Of special interest to those folk who want to try Stav without buying books, or who can't get to a class, we have posted a brief guide with pictures for learning to do the rune stances, and later next week I'll also include video clips.
For the guide to the runes stances, visit us at www.stav-usa.com then go to "Learn Stav" then "Distance Learning" and you'll see the link to the guide there.
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Graham Butcher & Hugh Long would like to announce the official launch of “Ice & Fire U.S.A.” Stav website http://www.stav-usa.com
As many of you may, or may not know, Stav is the authentic Northern European Mind-Body-Sprirt System (kind of like Western Tai-Chi in some aspects)
It incorporates Rune Stances, Martial Arts - using unarmed combat and historical European Weapons such as the staff, battle axe, spear, and long-sword. It also encompasses health and healing techniques, meditation & herb & rune lore.
Ice & Fire U.S.A. will provide:
· A Minimum of 2 seminar opportunities annually in the USA with Graham Butcher or other senior Stav Instructor
· A Members only section on the website (Ice & Fire USA or UK) with access to exclusive content such as: extended video clips of weapons drills, rune stances etc. Online PDF’s of Stav Manuals and much more
· Rich articles on Stav & related topics
· Relevant source materials such as the Eddas
· Topical Discussion Forums – for the Global Stav community (can be put inside a frame on any Stav site so that we all see and use the same forum – contact hugh@stav-usa.com for details)
· Live Chat facility – get online and chat with other Stav folks…schedule a meeting and chat if you like.
· Distance Learning Guidelines & Support material including video clips
o Recognizing that in North America our members may be highly distributed, we have started putting together guielines and material to support the remote study of Stav until a student can attend a class and/or seminar, and to act as a reference for others.
· A Wyrd Blog – regular updates via our blog
· Stav Books and Merchandise for sale to members & the general public (mugs, t-shirts etc.)
Please read on below for an introduction by our Master Instructor Graham Butcher.
Welcome to the Ice and Fire U.S.A. Stav website.
My name is Graham Butcher and I have been a student of Stav under Ivar Hafskjold since 1991. In 1996 I moved from Yorkshire in the UK to Oxford where I established a Stav Hov and began teaching students of my own. With the assistance of my students we began to develop ways of learning and practicing the essential knowledge and principles of the Stav tradition. This has developed steadily over the past 9 years and my group now has around 60 members, several of whom are now able to teach Stav in their own right.
We organize regular courses and weekly classes in the U.K., where we attempt to teach, and encourage the practice of, as many aspects of Stav as possible. A large proportion of the training we offer is martial arts based since this provides a good frame work for regular teaching and practice of Stav. It also provides a dynamic way of exploring and testing our understanding of the principles of Stav. Training in all aspects of Stav is covered in our yearly cycle of training courses held in the South of the UK. I also have long established students in Germany whom I visit to teach and train with on a regular basis.
Three years ago we set up Ice and Fire U.K. in order to better organize and manage the teaching and collective practice of Stav. In October 2005 I made my first trip to Virginia USA at the invitation of Hugh Long and others who had for a while been interested in Stav but not yet been able to begin training. We held a weekend course and I also gave as much private tuition as there was time for. We decided that we could begin the promotion and teaching of Stav in Virginia in a systematic and organized way. To this end we agreed on the following:
· We would set up Ice and Fire USA as a sister organization to my UK based Ice and Fire group
· We would establish a USA based website to promote Stav in Virginia. This website will also provide links to other Stav groups and teachers active in the USA.
· Hugh would hold Stav training sessions at his home and teach to the level of his current expertise. At the present this covers the stances, staff exercises and two person training drills up to the Karl level.
· I will travel to Virginia to teach at least twice a year. The next course will be in April 2006
If you think Stav may be the path you have been looking for then I look
forward to meeting you at our next training course.
Graham Butcher October 2005
Thanks in advance for your support!
The Ice & Fire U.S.A. Team
Of special interest to those folk who want to try Stav without buying books, or who can't get to a class, we have posted a brief guide with pictures for learning to do the rune stances, and later next week I'll also include video clips.
For the guide to the runes stances, visit us at www.stav-usa.com then go to "Learn Stav" then "Distance Learning" and you'll see the link to the guide there.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Graham Butcher & Hugh Long would like to announce the official launch of “Ice & Fire U.S.A.” Stav website http://www.stav-usa.com
As many of you may, or may not know, Stav is the authentic Northern European Mind-Body-Sprirt System (kind of like Western Tai-Chi in some aspects)
It incorporates Rune Stances, Martial Arts - using unarmed combat and historical European Weapons such as the staff, battle axe, spear, and long-sword. It also encompasses health and healing techniques, meditation & herb & rune lore.
Ice & Fire U.S.A. will provide:
· A Minimum of 2 seminar opportunities annually in the USA with Graham Butcher or other senior Stav Instructor
· A Members only section on the website (Ice & Fire USA or UK) with access to exclusive content such as: extended video clips of weapons drills, rune stances etc. Online PDF’s of Stav Manuals and much more
· Rich articles on Stav & related topics
· Relevant source materials such as the Eddas
· Topical Discussion Forums – for the Global Stav community (can be put inside a frame on any Stav site so that we all see and use the same forum – contact hugh@stav-usa.com for details)
· Live Chat facility – get online and chat with other Stav folks…schedule a meeting and chat if you like.
· Distance Learning Guidelines & Support material including video clips
o Recognizing that in North America our members may be highly distributed, we have started putting together guielines and material to support the remote study of Stav until a student can attend a class and/or seminar, and to act as a reference for others.
· A Wyrd Blog – regular updates via our blog
· Stav Books and Merchandise for sale to members & the general public (mugs, t-shirts etc.)
Please read on below for an introduction by our Master Instructor Graham Butcher.
Welcome to the Ice and Fire U.S.A. Stav website.
My name is Graham Butcher and I have been a student of Stav under Ivar Hafskjold since 1991. In 1996 I moved from Yorkshire in the UK to Oxford where I established a Stav Hov and began teaching students of my own. With the assistance of my students we began to develop ways of learning and practicing the essential knowledge and principles of the Stav tradition. This has developed steadily over the past 9 years and my group now has around 60 members, several of whom are now able to teach Stav in their own right.
We organize regular courses and weekly classes in the U.K., where we attempt to teach, and encourage the practice of, as many aspects of Stav as possible. A large proportion of the training we offer is martial arts based since this provides a good frame work for regular teaching and practice of Stav. It also provides a dynamic way of exploring and testing our understanding of the principles of Stav. Training in all aspects of Stav is covered in our yearly cycle of training courses held in the South of the UK. I also have long established students in Germany whom I visit to teach and train with on a regular basis.
Three years ago we set up Ice and Fire U.K. in order to better organize and manage the teaching and collective practice of Stav. In October 2005 I made my first trip to Virginia USA at the invitation of Hugh Long and others who had for a while been interested in Stav but not yet been able to begin training. We held a weekend course and I also gave as much private tuition as there was time for. We decided that we could begin the promotion and teaching of Stav in Virginia in a systematic and organized way. To this end we agreed on the following:
· We would set up Ice and Fire USA as a sister organization to my UK based Ice and Fire group
· We would establish a USA based website to promote Stav in Virginia. This website will also provide links to other Stav groups and teachers active in the USA.
· Hugh would hold Stav training sessions at his home and teach to the level of his current expertise. At the present this covers the stances, staff exercises and two person training drills up to the Karl level.
· I will travel to Virginia to teach at least twice a year. The next course will be in April 2006
If you think Stav may be the path you have been looking for then I look
forward to meeting you at our next training course.
Graham Butcher October 2005
Thanks in advance for your support!
The Ice & Fire U.S.A. Team