Upcoming Jams:

Fight Jam April 2012: Mixed Weapon Mass Battle

…Roll for Initiative!

Saturday April 28th, 2pM-4PM

Join us for our third Jam at the Second City Training Center in Chicago! We’re bringing a veritable cornucopia of assorted weaponry (feel free to bring your own cool thing you’ve always wanted to try out) and will look at how to create—and be in—a mass battle scene.

Fight Jam March 2012: Fightin’ on the Edge

…of a knife
with Greg Poljacik

Saturday March 31st, 11AM-1PM

Join us for our second Jam at the Second City Training Center in Chicago. Last time we had a fantastic turnout of folks coming to experiment with Sword-Versus-Knife, and we’re excited to see what happens this time as we focus in on the intimate violence of Knife fighting. We’ll explore disarms, stabs, wounds, and takedowns. We hope to see you soon!

Fight Jam Feb 2012: Bring a Knife to a Sword fight!

Imagine: A duel-happy gentleman (or lady) corners you in a dark alley and shoves a smallsword in your face. You check your hip. Curses! You’ve only got a knife! What do you do (besides cry uncontrollably)? How can you turn this to your advantage? How can he (or she) take the advantage back? Does anybody really win? We will play with choreography exploring this odd pairing and see what the possibilities are. In true Jam fashion, all skill levels and ideas are welcome: if you’ve never fought with a sword or a knife before, you may have a valuable new way of looking at things.

This week also marks our debut at the Second City Training Center! We’re thrilled and grateful to have the opportunity to work in such a great space in the heart of the theatre community. We hope to see you there!

Ting-tang-panache!

Fight Jam is starting off the new year right with some oooooh shiiiny Hollywood-style swashbuckling swordplay. Come join us, fresh(ish) off the Winter Wonderland Workshop, as we play with the swish, shine, and slash we all know and love. We’ll bring the swords, you bring the pizzaz.

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Stunt Jam – 12/20/11

This month, instead of hosting our own class we’ll be partnering with Asylum Stunts at their weekly workout! Asylum is a group of film stunt performers, coordinators, and teachers that provides specialized training for actors as well as twice-weekly general training sessions at Skyline Gym. Their sessions cost $20 to attend, but the first one is free! Several of us at Fight Jam have gotten to work (and play!) with them and we think they’re pretty damn awesome.

So come out and learn to fight, fall, and roll like a film performer!

Note the day and location change—this is next Tuesday, not Monday.

Take It Outside! – Monday 11/21/11

Environmental Fighting

Renaissance faires, Navy Pier, outdoor festivals, and more—these kinds of venues bring their own challenges to the performer and director of staged violence not seen in your average theater. Join us as we explore ways of approaching outdoor, in-the-middle-of-everything street fighting: where your stage is gravel and tree roots, your audience walks among you and might show up after you begin or leave before you finish. What can we do within these constraints, and how can we make them work to our advantage?

Marcus Davis has three years of experience creating and performing fights and stunts at the Bristol Renaissance Faire, and will be leading the class. He is joined by Scrapper Gabriel, who has also spent three seasons performing at the Bristol Faire, including one on the same fight cast.

Misdirection 2 – Monday 9/19

Last months Misdirection jam went so well and we came up with so many great new techniques/ideas that we had to repeat!

Monday is our new go to day for the Jams and 3036 Lincoln Ave will be our home for the next few months.

THE DETAILS:

Monday September 19

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

3036 N. Lincoln Ave 2nd Floor

Remember, Fight Jam is for everyone 18+ regardless of skill level. Donations are not necessary but greatly appreciated as they go towards space rental and more Jams.