November 2024 Advanced Unarmed Combat

Further Weapons Single Weapon Course: Unarmed

This course is fully booked. Waiting list spaces available

Hand to hand combat is an essential skill for anyone working as a stunt/special action performer, but even if you are not looking to specialise in combat roles unarmed combat is one of the most frequently used disciplines.
This 4 day course will continue your training, reinforcing your technique and understanding of how unarmed combat is applied to both stage and screen.
Training will include an exploration of strikes, grappling, falling, tumbling, takedowns and submissions, changing audience perspectives and how to play with bodily intention, reactions and pain.

Note: This course is open to any student who has previously obtained qualifications at at least the Standard Level grade, including those who obtained their grades during the pandemic and were unable to previously train in unarmed combat at the Standard Level.

** Unarmed Combat is an essential component of the Advanced Actor Combatant training system, and anyone looking to consolidate their distinctions into an overall Advanced grade must have a distinction in Unarmed Combat**

DATES:
Monday 11th to Thursday 14th November 2024
9am - 5pm.

VENUE:
The Thanet Youth & Community Centre, Malden Road, Herbert St, London NW5 4HD.

WHO IT’S FOR:
Anyone looking to gain their Intermediate or Advanced Fight status, either with a current Standard (Level 1) BADC qualification or looking to add to their current additional qualifications or improve level 2 and 3 results. Those with at least a Standard Level qualification from another Stage Combat training organisation (BASSC, APC) can be considered for the BADC Further Weapons training if their qualification is still valid.

WEAPONS COVERED:
This course will cover Unarmed Combat
This is an intensive course in which students will spend over 25 hours learning to safely perform fight choreography in the fight discipline stated above. This course will engage with the dramatic and martially specific elements of the unarmed combat, whilst presenting a technique that is hidden to the audience to create a fully committed, truthful performance. The exam performance will incorporate a script.

As the requirements to obtain Intermediate or Advanced Fighter status have now changed within the BADC (two distinctions needed after Standard level for Intermediate and a further two distinctions to become Advanced), this course offers those students looking to improve upon past qualifications the best chance to hone their skills, improve technique and combine it with the dramatic intent needed to operate at the top level.
A Distinction in Unarmed Combat at the Further Weapons level is mandatory for anyone wishing to consolidate their distinction grades into a full advanced certification.

Students will have the opportunity at the end of the course to certify with the British Academy of Dramatic Combat.
The test fee is included in the course price.

FEE:
Standard Price: £250