A great KAPAP Seminar!
Thanks to all that attended our KAPAP seminar with special guest Avi Nardia. We hope that everyone had a great time. And congratulations to our own instructor, Tim, for being promoted to a Lead Instructor in KAPAP!
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Thanks to all that attended our KAPAP seminar with special guest Avi Nardia. We hope that everyone had a great time. And congratulations to our own instructor, Tim, for being promoted to a Lead Instructor in KAPAP!
If you’re interested in learning the art of Krav Panim el Panim (KAPAP) – literally “face-to-face combat” from Major Avi Nardia (ret) of the Israeli Defense Force – drop us a line at info@!
The course will be held at the University of Calgary on the 4th & 5th of May from 10:00 – 17:00 hrs MST.
Please check out the Facebook event for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/547815271918459/
This past weekend (March 2, 2013) a number of Forge members went to a Western Martial Arts tournament in Edmonton, AB hosted by the Academy of European Swordsmanship (www.swordsmanship.ca).
Congratulations to Gareth for Gold in Intermediate Shortsword and Tim for Silver in Senior Dagger.
Thanks to all of our participants and thanks to AES Edmonton for hosting the tournament. We look forward to next year!
Our February 24th Fight the Bite: A Zombie Survival Workshop was a raving success with students! Everyone in attendance (including instructors and Zombies) had a lot of fun and we’re looking forward to doing it again in the Spring! Stay tuned here or on our Facebook page for more details.
For some great photos of the event please check out our Facebook Page and give us a like while you’re there!
http://www.facebook.com/TheForgeWMA
As you may or may not know our martial teachings cover a wide range of Historical European Martial Arts, as well as, modern self defence techniques. One of the disciplines we draw upon is that of Krav Panim El-Panim (face-to-face fighting otherwise knowns as “KAPAP”. One of our instructors, Tim, is the only KAPAP-certified instructor in Alberta!
Come May 4th & 5th The Forge will be hosting a KAPAP seminar with Maj. Avi Nardia (retired IDF). We expect to have participants from a number of local schools. If you’re interested please drop us a line. Cost for the 2 day seminar is $150.00 CAD / student. Any and all are welcome. Location and times are pending and will be posted here. Stay tuned for more information!
Check out Mr. Avi Nardia’s site here: http://www.avinardia.com/
Hey Everyone,
You’ll be happy to hear that The Forge: Western Martial Arts has launched it’s Facebook Page. Head on over there for the latest and greatest news and musings from The Forge!
http://www.facebook.com/TheForgeWMA
Yes! We have confirmed our next “Fight the Bite! A Zombie Survival Workshop”.
People will be learning how to survive and thrive in a Zombie apocalypse on Sunday, February 24th, 2013. This will be an all day session starting at 10:00 and going to 17:00 hrs MST.
It will be held at Highland Park Community Hall in N.W. Calgary.
Please Contact us if you would to get more information or enrol!
We were lucky enough to have Char from www.incaseofsurvival.com take part in our first Fight the Bite! class. And she’s been kind enough to show case the class in three postings on their web site:
Fight the Bite – Interview with The Forge: Western Martial Arts:
http://incaseofsurvival.com/fight-the-bite-interview-with-the-forge-western-martial-arts/5578
Fight the Bite, Part 2 – The First Class:
http://incaseofsurvival.com/fight-the-bite-part-2-the-first-class/5583
Our zombie-themed self defence class, “Fight the Bite! A Zombie Survival Workshop” made local news.
Check it out here:
A Zombie Survival Workshop
October 22nd and 29th, 2012 8:00pm to 11:00pm
Come and learn real world self-defence skills that you’ll need during the Zombie Apocalypse!