[Nordskogen] Otsukimi-This Saturday! Classes and Fighting and Bardic oh my!

[ester030 at umn.edu]

Greetings Nobles of Northshield,

This Saturday is Otsukimi, the Tor Aerie Japanese event. There are about 
half of the seats still available for feast as well as many positions still 
open for volunteering. The all day Bardic area will be run by the lovely 
Cicilia from Nordley. A&S entries will be displayed along the wall in the 
main hall with a bean count and a prize of a Kaiawase or Go set. Come see 
the puppet play, or just come to play games and enjoy the festival with 
your friends and aquaintences.

Please see our website for lots of great details including directions and 
spaces for volunteering. http://www.tc.umn.edu/~sca/tsuki.html

Fighting will be outdoors, but the weather lately has been still nice 
enough to go fight.

Keeping with tradition we ask that you bring a lunch with you to picknic on 
during the festival noon-time or go to several local vendors to eat.

There are several great classes being offered.

Fujiwara No Nagamochi 
Kosode construction with an overview of period Japanese fashion?
Duration 1 hour
Time: 10:00-11:00
Space: Red Room 
People: 20person max

Ikeda Masahera
Ninja: Myth and Mystery 
Time: 1 hour
10:00-11:00
Space: Blue room 

Toshikage
Go Playtime 
Duration: (1 hour)
Time: 10:00-11:00
Space: Gold room

Do you know how to play Go? Do you want to learn? I've got a few books on 
the subject and a couple of go sets, but I'm *very* rusty and can't 
remember much about it. If you've got a go set, please bring it! If you 
play regularly, please come teach others!

Toshikage
Bugeisha Roundtable 
Duration:(1+ hours)
Time: 11:00-12:00
Space: Blue Room


Do you have a Japanese persona and want to make your SCA combat sports 
experience more... Japanese? Do you practice a Japanese martial art outside 
the SCA and want to know how you can bring it into your SCA experience? 
Come to a roundtable discussion where we can share what we know, and look 
at ways to bring together our delight for things Japanese and things 
combative within the context of the SCA.


Fujiwara No Nagamochi 
Heian era poetry
Duration 1 hour
Time: 11:00-12:00 
Space: Red Room
People: 20person max

Mistress Giovanna and Mistress Manthra 
Feast Organization and Appreciateion
Duration 1.5 hours
Time: 2:00-3:30pm 
Space: Green Room

Toshikage
Introductory Hanbojutsu 
Duration: (2 hours, but can be an entire day, easily!)
Time: 2:00-4:00
Space: Blue Room

Drawn from the material in "Stick Fighting: Techniques of Self-Defense" by 
Masaaki Hatsumi and Quintin Chambers, this class presents an introduction 
to Kukishin-ryu hanbojutsu. Participants should bring a wooden 
dowel(roughly 3'long, 3/4 to 1-1/4" diameter). Notebooks and writing 
utensils are recommended. Participants should wear clothing that they can 
move easily in and expect to possibly do some falling and rolling.

Constanza
Basic Japanese Clothing Construction
Druration: 1 hour
Time: 2:00-3:00
Space: Red Room

Elizabeth Upton
Sui-e: Ink Painting
Duration 1 hour
Time: 3:00-4:00
Space: Red Room

Gudrun
Basic Japanese
Duration: 1 hour
Time: 2:00-3:00
Room: purple


Toshikage
A Brief Introduction to Japanese Calligraphy 
Duration: (1/2 hour)
Time: 4:00-4:30

Are you interested in learning about Japanese Calligraphy? This class will 
give you an introduction to some books you may want to consider looking at, 
and places to get some basic equipment. If people bring supplies, we may be 
able to have a bit of introductory exploration as well.


Introduction to Shogi by Lord Oswald Frank

Shogi or Japanese Chess, traces its roots through China to the game 
chaturanga from India, much like western chess. The rules, pieces and board 
changed over the centuries, adding and removing pieces and spaces. History 
is not very clear, but the modern rules are thought to have been largely 
fixed by around 1550.

Shogi is the only major chess variant in which you can use your opponent's 
pieces against him later in the game. In this session, you'll be given a 
paper board and westernized pieces to cut out, as well as a the rules of 
the modern game. We'll spend a few minutes on the game's history and get 
right into playing a game.

Thank you to everyone who has helped out to make this event possible,
Elizabeth Upton