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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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.

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.