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Announcing
The
Pirates in the Caribbean!
BOARDING ACTIONS:
CANCUN
March 14-15, 2009 |
In the past year and a
half since BACA 2007 the HMCA has traveled
all over the globe. We have done workshops
at ISMAC in Detroit, The Paddy Crean
International Art of the Sword Workshop in
Banff, Canada, as well as solo workshops in
California, Pennsylvania, London, England,
Edinburgh, Scotland and Wuppertal, Germany!
It's been an incredibly busy 18 months!
Instead of relaxing and taking some time
off, we've decided to jump ahead with an
awesome new workshop: BACANCUN!
The
classes will be held on the grounds of the
View Mediterrando
Hotel & Suites. This is also
where we will be staying.
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Cost of the
hotel rooms is roughly $65 USD/night for a
double (or $37.50 per person if you double
up) after taxes and fees. To reserve a room,
you can e-mail the hotel at:
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Say you are from "Grupo Piratas" to get the
special rate. This is very affordable!
You need to make
your reservations by Dec. 1 in order to get
the rate!
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Deadline for
registration for the workshop is January
5th.
We may be holding the
classes at the hotel, but we're actually
working hard to get to use a local tall
ship! We'll keep you posted as we find out.
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The three day seminar
taught by Instructors Gareth Thomas, John
Lennox, Steve Huff, and acknowledged
instructors Mark Donnelly, and Steaphen Fick will
include history and hands-on practice with
such weapons as Cutlass, Sabre, Boarding
Axe, Knife, Officers Sword, Tomahawk,
shipboard Pike, Belaying Pin, Boarding Knife,
bayonet
and defending against multiple opponents.
Hand to hand grappling will be covered as
well. Those interested in transferring these
techniques to stage are encouraged to speak
with the fight directors: Gareth, John and
Mark after the classes for the day. They
will be happy to continue working with you.
Slungshot will also be added to the list
of weapons taught! For those who were at
ISMAC and had this training, I'm sure you'll
never forget it. Those who weren't there
cannot miss this opportunity to learn this
fascinating weapon.
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Please bring as much of your own weaponry
and protective equipment as possible. The
instructors will be bringing only what
they need to teach the classes.
Students are strongly
encouraged to bring their own practice
weapons (except for slungshots...we'll
provide those) and masks, as there will be a
limited number on hand. Weapons must be
bated, blunted and acceptable for training;
singlesticks or 7/8" wooden dowels are also
permissible. Masks will be required for
some of the classes!
6ft. staves of 1 1/4
inches will be allowed as a substitute for
pikes.
Cost of the class is as
follows:
$225
pre-registration: Registered by January 4.
$250
per person enrolling after pre-registration
$200 per
person enrolling 10 or more students in one
payment
Seminar will be limited
to an enrollment of 50.
Registration forms can
be found
here.
Checks made out to
Gareth Thomas may be sent to the HMCA
address below:
4075 Aerial way apt
1-177
Eugene, OR 97402
Or, you can fill out
your registration form
online
and pay online
here.
For a view of BACA 2006 schedule please visit
www.
davenriche.com.
Photos of 2006 BACA are viewable on the
Gallery page of this website.
For posting / updates
of the 2008 schedule please visit our
yahoo
group or check this site.
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