This Friday evening it's The Oakland Art Murmur
again (Nov 2).
Soja will be screening another kungfu classic (TBD) after
a white crane throwing session starting at 7pm. Bring beer and
food....and your whites and get ready to hit the floor.
Invite friends
to watch us hitting the hard wood soja floor and the movie 7 - 10 pm,
free event, open house.
Martial Arts, Yoga, Pilates.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
There are still open slots available for Maija's Filipino Sword
Dueling Workshop here at Soja this Saturday, Nov 3rd, 3 - 6 pm.
This workshop is for adults only and is fine for beginners or curious types. There are still slots if you're interested in joining us: $20 or $30, sliding scale. Maija just posted this below on her blog this morning to furnish her workshop participants with details about what she'll focus on for this training workshop:
(We will) "Spend some time looking at how edged weapons differ from others, how they move, how they cut, and the different ways they can be used. Then talk a little about context, and narrow down the way the Visayan Style of sword use dictates the tactics and the flow.
Spend time with recognizing range, looking at the line between safety and danger, and playing with the margin. Also practice seeing planes and angles, and working with weight shift and body angle to gain advantage. Then move on to how to use this information to see the empty spaces, and use this to steal range and thus the timing.
We'll definitely look at hand targeting and avoidance, and the tactics this engenders.
From there, probably a deeper look at the space between the players, how to calculate the geometry, define center line, left right, and forward, back, look at the meaning of 'neutral' and start some basic flow with the pendulum stepping.
Play some 2nd flow within the pendulum stepping and half body pendulum and look at the 3 main openings possible + exits.
So basically we will be comparing pencils with charcoal and pen, and looking at their relative qualities, learning how to frame a composition, divide up the paper and understand how to use the body to measure the space we are drawing in, and the object we are drawing. Perhaps even make some art ..... :-)
Maija's blog: http://swordandcircle.blogspot.com/
This workshop is for adults only and is fine for beginners or curious types. There are still slots if you're interested in joining us: $20 or $30, sliding scale. Maija just posted this below on her blog this morning to furnish her workshop participants with details about what she'll focus on for this training workshop:
(We will) "Spend some time looking at how edged weapons differ from others, how they move, how they cut, and the different ways they can be used. Then talk a little about context, and narrow down the way the Visayan Style of sword use dictates the tactics and the flow.
Spend time with recognizing range, looking at the line between safety and danger, and playing with the margin. Also practice seeing planes and angles, and working with weight shift and body angle to gain advantage. Then move on to how to use this information to see the empty spaces, and use this to steal range and thus the timing.
We'll definitely look at hand targeting and avoidance, and the tactics this engenders.
From there, probably a deeper look at the space between the players, how to calculate the geometry, define center line, left right, and forward, back, look at the meaning of 'neutral' and start some basic flow with the pendulum stepping.
Play some 2nd flow within the pendulum stepping and half body pendulum and look at the 3 main openings possible + exits.
So basically we will be comparing pencils with charcoal and pen, and looking at their relative qualities, learning how to frame a composition, divide up the paper and understand how to use the body to measure the space we are drawing in, and the object we are drawing. Perhaps even make some art ..... :-)
Maija's blog: http://swordandcircle.blogspot.com/
Go to Soja's Schedule page and select the "Adult Workshops" tab to register today.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Support the New Parkway Theater, it's moving in just a block from the Soja studio!
This event happens tonight, Wednesday, October 24th and it's FREE! Please share this with friends.
6:00--New Parkway opens doors with band, The Deadlies,
and will pass out programs
Sweet Bar opens for food
sales as the Concession Stand (open until about 8PM)
6:30-Creative Growth opens doors for seating for Ghost World.
7:00--Start
time for Ghost World at Creative Growth,
Kitchener Oakland opens doors for seating
for Night of the Living Dead.
7:30--Start time for Night of the Living Dead at
Kitchener Oakland.
ER Transmissions opens doors
for seating for American Graffiti.
8:00--Start time for American Graffiti. Soja Martial Arts opens doors for seating for Enter the Dragon.
8:20 - Soja will screen the Bruce Lee classic:
Enter the Dragon
Sorry folks there was some confusion about programming, the film "The Prodigal Son," will be screened at Soja at a different date in the near future.
Enter the Dragon
Sorry folks there was some confusion about programming, the film "The Prodigal Son," will be screened at Soja at a different date in the near future.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Parents Night Out!
Postponed for a few weeks....
Look for an upcoming email with the new date....it will be a Saturday evening. Many parents wanted to do this, but requested a later weekend. No problems! We'll offer it again in just a few weeks.
Martial Arts / games / Movie
$20 per child for Soja current members with the early bird discount.
Non Soja child guests are welcome.
Postponed for a few weeks....
Look for an upcoming email with the new date....it will be a Saturday evening. Many parents wanted to do this, but requested a later weekend. No problems! We'll offer it again in just a few weeks.
Martial Arts / games / Movie
$20 per child for Soja current members with the early bird discount.
Non Soja child guests are welcome.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Come and join us at the Rockridge Street Fair this Sunday. No regularly schedules classes this weekend!
There will be no child or adult White Crane Silat classes at the Soja studio, this Saturday, October 6, Sunday the 7, and this coming Monday, October 8, because of the Rory Miller Self Defense Weekend Workshops. Sunday Flow yoga with Thieny is also cancelled. Other early morning and Noon classes at Soja on Monday are on as usual. Please check the schedule to see which ones have been cancelled.
Instead of training in the studio this Saturday, you are encouraged to come out and join the Soja crew on this Sunday, October 7, for hang out and/or brief ongoing demonstration of your white crane silat and Brazilian JiuJitsu moves (with Jessi Tara & Bruno) at the Soja Tent at the Rockridge Street Fair from 12 – 5 pm. Soane and Ahmad will be leading the South Pacific Drumming Ensemble as well. It's mellow and fun. We'll have a cooler there if you want to bring some drinks.
The location of the Soja tent/drumming/demo area at the Rockridge Street Fair will be in the middle of the street on College just below Claremont, across from the Shell Gas Station. This is about 4 long blocks north of the Rockridge BART station, on College Avenue. Try to BART it or bike it if possible, it will be swamped with people and cars.
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