From: Peter A. Kautz

Hello!  I’d like to invite you to join us for Seeking The Path, the first official Alliance Spring Event we’re holding here in Ithaca, NY on March 21-22, 2009.

For some it might cause a renewed interest in training; a new spark to explore different avenues of expression.  For others it might mean going outside the arts to expand your abilities there.  It may lead to more training on the physical side or the mental side, only you will know.  For some it will open new vistas of possibility or even new enterprise while for others it might be as simple as making time for their kids or spouse every day.  I do not know what it might be for you, but I know it will all be good.

On the tactical side, we'll be doing 12 hours of hands-on intensive training covering advanced focus mitts, applied trapping hands and weapon trapping, the art of flow, weapon & unarmed core skill matrix, hellbow shields, recombination & binary sequencing for maximizing elements, attribute training, connecting drills and concepts you may know but in ways and much more with knife, stick, double knife, double stick, stick and knife, two-hands and more!

I am pulling out all the stops here and planning on presenting more of the combative side of the curriculum than at previous events where I was limited by a historical or single-theme topic.  This will be a tactical buffet more like the format at the Riddle of Steel or other advanced camps, and so ideally you should have some martial arts background before attending because we are going be covering a LOT of material.  Everyone is free to go at their own pace when we train, but if in doubt please e-mail me to ask before signing up.