Fight Sunday December: Firearms and Martial Arts

Come to learn about stage combat to our Fight Sunday! 

This time is best for those who are looking forward to becoming the next action heroes of Finnish cinema but also to those who wish to practice their skills as faceless lackeys or simply practice moving with theatrical guns!

We will all start together at Pylkkänen rehearsal studio splitting then into two groups that will separately go deeper in gun-handling techniques and safety, and martial arts. For the last hour we will meet again all together to do some choreography.

Place: Aleksanterin teatteri, Bulevardi 23-27

Timetable: 11-13, lunch break, 14-16

Teacher: Oula Kitti, Ville Seivo

Subject: Firearms and Martial Arts

Cost & Payment: 22€ for members of Dramatic Combat Finland and/or Nordic Stage Fight Society and 27€ for non-members. Pay prior to the workshop to FI82 6601 0001 0767 36 / Dramatic Combat Finland ry. Referense number: 20213.

What to have with you:

- comfortable clothes

- shoes that don't leave any marks on the floor

- gloves in case we work with weapons

- water bottle!

And please let us know if you are coming by clicking the RSVP button!

VILLE SEIVO has studied under Nordic Stage Fight Society since 2011, and he is a firearms instructor. He also works as a fight director, recent works including Turku City Theatre and Vaasa City Theatre and the short film WMAO, where he also acted and fight-performed.

OULA KITTI is Finnish Actor, Stunt, Fight Director, and NSFS Stage Combat Instructor with a wide history in physical theatre. He graduated as a Master of Arts in acting from Tampere University at 2004 and has since worked both as an actor and fight director in theaters all around Finland. He has taught stage combat and directed fights on stage since 2003. As a NSFS instructor, he graduated from the NSFS mentor program at 2011 with Peppe Östensson as his mentor. As a stunt performer and fight coordinator he works for the main Finnish stunt company Stunt and FX Artists Finland. Oula is a founding member of Finnish Stage Combat Society and an Honorary Fight Director at the Fight directors Canada . He was also a member of NSFS´s Research and Education board for years and NSFS representative at the Worlds comitee. Currently Oula works as an freelance stunt performer and fight director and as a resident stage combat instructor for the Helsinki Theater Academy.

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Fight Sundays are open level workshops dedicated to various themes related to the art of stage and screen fight. Every Fight Sunday offers a great opportunity to introduce yourself to the field, learn new skills or practice the techniques you are already familiar with.

Whether you are a theatre, dance or circus professional, or you are an enthusiast, who always wanted to learn about performing and creating stories of violence - come to the workshop! The training is sure to be both fun and useful as you learn partnering, cooperation and coordination skills, agility, precision and spatial awareness.

It is especially good for those who are new to our system, but it is also an excellent opportunity for more advanced fighters to remind themselves of the fundamental principals of performing violence and keep up the essential skills!

Come to learn, and come to play! We teach in English and/or Finnish, depending on the needs of the group.