…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. [...]

…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 [...]

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 [...]

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. Date: Saturday, 28 January 2012 Time: 2:00 PM [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]