The BADC wishes to pass on the sad news that Roy Goodall has died. Roy was a founding member of the Society of British Fight Directors, established in 1969 (which changed it’s name to the BADC in 1996) and as a Fellow of the academy remained closely involved with BADC throughout his life. Roy’s funeral, which will be a celebration of his life will be held on Thursday, 3rd May at St Laurence Church, Telscombe Village, Telscombe, East Sussex BN7 3HY. Family flowers only please but you may wish to make a donation to The Stroke Assocation or The British Heart Foundation, via the funeral director J Wagstaff, 231 South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8LB (Tel: 01273 582188)
If you are intending to attend please email info@badc.co.uk so that we can let Angela know to expect you.
BADC Spring Salute Workshop
Date: Sunday 15th April, 2012
Venue: MTA (http://www.themta.co.uk/contact-us/)
9:15 REGISTER
9:30-9:45 WARM UP
9:45-11:15 (1hr 30min) “Be Present” Exploring ways to become more aware while fighting. Using all your senses to realize you can do several things at once.
By Ruth Cooper-Brown
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-13:15 (1hr 45min) “Different ways of doing things” Exploring ways to discover how we can start choreographing an unarmed combat.
By Haruka Kuroda
13:15-14:00 Lunch- there are plenty of shops near the venue, but also a fridge and microwave if you like to bring your own.
14:00-16:00 (2hrs) “Acting the fight” Applying principals of the Meisner technique to bring more meaningful acting to the fight scene.
By Tim Klotz
THE END OF THE WORKSHOP for the swashbucklers and the members who are not Probational Teachers and Apprentices.
16:00- 18:00 (2hrs) Apprentice & Probational teacher workshop
By Rachel Bown-Williams
Please note that we have limited places. You must email Haruka (haruka.kuroda@badc.co,uk) if you intend to attend.
Finally the long cold winter is over and I hope you are all enjoying the glorious spring weather! I am yet to finalize the contents of our upcoming workshop, but I can assure you that it will be more exciting than ever!
Our winter workshop was a huge success and we nearly reached our full capacity, so registering your name is essential. If you would like to attend, you must let me know.
Please email me at: haruka.kuroda@badc.co.uk
The Spring Salute – Sunday 15th April – Free for all BADC members
9:15-4pm for all members
4-6pm Apprentice and Probation teacher only
@MTA London. N7 8LT
http://www.themta.co.uk/contact-us/
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Haruka Kuroda: BADC Workshop Officer
The Society of American Fight Directors – Abuse on the Job
Attached is an article written by an American actor in conjunction with Fight Director and BADC Fellow, J. Allen Suddeth which details the perils of working in theatre and film without the input of a fight director. Whilst the article is focused on the industry in the USA it is still highly relevant to the situation here in the U.K.
For those with an interest in the history of swords and duelling, our attention has been brought to the discount bookstore, Bibliophile Books. It stocks a number of rare and limited edition publications at affordable prices, including Joseph Hamilton’s The Duelling Handbook. Find it at. www.bibliophilebooks.com
Thank you to Phil Harris for this information.
The BADC Winter Warfare Workshop is fast approaching and is set to take place on Sunday 12th February at The MTA, 89 Holloway Rd, London. N7 8LT
Doors open 9:00 AM for 9:30 Warm-up. Training all day.
Classes include Single Sword, Sneaky Broadsword, and ‘How To Be A Samurai’
Tutors include Gordon Kemp (BADC Tutor), Andrew Balmforth (BADC Apprentice) and Mike Graham (Guest Tutor – Muso Shugyo Ryuu)
FREE to all BADC members!!!
For more info and to book your place email haruka.kuroda@badc.co.uk
The BADC wishes all of its members a very merry Christmas, and a happy New Year.
The dates for next year’s London workshops have been announced by Workshop Officer Haruka Kuroda.
WINTER WARFARE 12th Feb 2012
SPRING SALUTE 15th April 2012
AUTUMN AMBUSH 11th November 2012
Swashbuckling Membership is £15 per year to attend 3 FREE workshops a year!
PRO & APPREN 10th June 2012 (Probationary & Apprentice Teachers only)
GREENWOOD 30th Sep 2012 (BADC certified teachers only)
For more details on the BADC workshops contact: haruka.kuroda@badc.co.uk
Teachers, if you are considering running a mock fight test for your students, please be aware that you can now make a request for a trainee examiner. This will help with our examiners training program and can provide a useful outside eye for teachers in the run up to fight tests. Please contact the Examiners Training Officer, Dr Ian Stapleton for more details.
Our current Examinations Officer, Lewis Penfold has made the following request to all teachers regarding the booking of fight tests.
“Please submit an EBF (Exam Booking Form) to me at least one month prior to the examination date (I realise that this may not always be possible, e.g intensives, but please try to give as much notice as you can in those cases). Also, please submit the form as a PDF – this is incredibly helpful as there will be no formatting issues from those of you that use Mac, Windows or Linux spreadsheets. Its is also helpful as my phone can read PDF and it means I can send out examination requests to the examiners quickly.
Please double check information given on the form.
One last request, if you have more than one exam pending, please submit them on separate forms.”
Email any EBFs to lewis.penfold@badc.co.uk
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