Assisting Fight Master Simon Fon First Year Group 1: Monday 12 January 2009 2-5pm Group 2: Wednesday 14 January 2009 2-5pm Warm up Punching Review New Punches Jab with victim knap (chest or thigh) Cross with victim knap New Techniques Slap with victim clap-knap Schweinhund Hair Pulls (2 varieties) Ear Pulls (2 varieties) Standing knee […]
Aside from a brief list of terms and definitions in the Pallas Armata(1639) this is the earliest published historical fencing glossary I have seen. Please make best use of it that you can. YoungBlood » Sword Geek: Smallsword Glossary 1784 Tim Klotz has sourced an excellent piece of sword history here. A full A-Z glossary […]
Assisting Fight Master Simon Fon First Year Group 1: Monday 5 January 2009 2-5pm Group 2: Wednesday 7 January 2009 2-5pm Warm up Punching Jab with operator chest knap Cross with operator chest knap Victim reactions to protect the spine Hook versus Forearm block Rounhouse (aka Haymaker, aka Wild Hook) versus Bob-and-weave Uppercut Punt-kick to […]
Thalia theatre denies Daniel Hoevels, who needed two stitches in neck after death scene, was given real blade on purpose [Read More: Actor cutting neck was stage accident, Hamburg theatre says] Stage combat and prop weapons are not to be taken lightly. I don’t understand why so many professional theatres do not hire a fight […]
by Mark Westbrook Sense Memory and Emotional Recall (also known as Affective Memory) are closely related ideas in the theory of acting. These two terms are primarily connected to the Stanislavski School of acting and those schools that have derived themselves from Stanislavski’s systematic approach to acting and actor training. These schools each have points […]
This interview from the Times Online elaborates on the importance of context in memory, and how this is especially important for actors. In MemorizeShakespeare, our sister site, Context is #3 on the list of Top 8 Tips For Memorizing Shakespeare. Are their brains bigger than ours? In a public discussion held at New York’s Columbia […]
Photo: Manuel Harlan by Sarah Maslin Nir Patrick Stewart is on a Shakespearian high, playing a host of the Bard’s greats in back-to-back-to-back productions: Last summer he dazzled British critics as Twelfth Night’s Malvolio, and next year he’s taking on Hamlet’s uncle for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In between, he continues his role as the […]