Gallowglass Academy, Inc.CANCELLED
February 2-March 9, 2010 -- Tuesdays 8-9pm
Highland Community College
Freeport, IL
Allen Reed, Instructor
Learn techniques for protecting and defending yourself in a variety of situations. Men and women can benefit from the physical and mental aspects of this training, offered by our experienced instructor
Book: Self-Defense: Steps to Survival, by Katy Mattingly; published 2007 by Human Kinetics
Participants should wear comfortable clothing. Men must wear an athletic cup. Also suggest note pad and pen.
March 6, 2010 -- Saturday, 10am-4pm
James Bowie and His Knife
Highland Community College WEST CAMPUS
Elizabeth, IL
Allen Reed, Instructor
Bowie survived major wounds during the famous Vidalia Sandbar fight in 1827 and went on to join the Texas Revolution against Mexico where he died with David Crockett and William Travis at the Alamo in 1836.
This class will examine the life and times of Bowie, and students will learn how to use the big fighting knife given Bowie’s name by knife makers and those who used it throughout the 19th century.
Comfortable workout clothing including long sleeved sweatshirt, safety glasses, men must wear an athletic cup. Also suggest forearm pads (soccer shin pads) and light leather gloves, such as work/gardening gloves.
Students may also want to bring a fencing mask or other full face protective device. Some loaner gear will be available.
Bartitsu! The Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes
with Allen Reed
$50 until April 10; $75 thereafter and at the door
Lunch included
River Valley Complex, 605 S. Main St., Leaf River IL
In 1898, the New Art of Self Defence called Bartitsu was introduced to England by Edward William Barton-Wright. Bartitsu was a combination of savate, jiujitsu, pugilism, and walking stick fighting. Barton-Wright developed Bartitsu to defeat the fearsome street gangs of Edwardian London.
By combining Asian and European fighting styles, Bartitsu may well have been the first Mixed Martial Art. Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes use Bartitsu against Professor Moriarty, his mortal enemy, to throw him from the top of Reichenbach waterfall.
This class will provide a practical beginning in this historical system, as well as how to use it for modern self defense.
REQUIREMENTS: Participants should wear comfortable workout clothes, and should bring a sturdy walking stick, cane or 3/4"-1" diameter dowel rod of about 36" long. Gallowglass Academy requires groin protection for men, and recommends it for women.
with Allen Reed
May 1, 2010 9am - 5pm
$50 until April 26; $75 thereafter and at the door
Lunch included
River Valley Complex, 605 S. Main St.,
Leaf River IL
A close combat weapon favored by both Indian warriors and White settlers of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Tomahawk represents the melding of European technology and weapon systems with the Native use of the war club.
REQUIREMENTS: Participants should wear comfortable workout clothes, and should bring a belt or heavy sash and a Tomahawk with sheath or a 1-lb ball-peen hammer with a 16-18" wooden handle.
Gallowglass Academy requires groin protection for men, and recommends it for women.
