NW GATHERING
2022
1st Weekend: 13.-14. AUG
Northstar Weaponry Seminar 1
Long Pole & Straight Sword
OPEN FOR ALL STYLES
every day joyful & friendly combat-experience
TEST YOUR SKILLS
WITHIN A FRIENDLY
SAFE ATMOSPHERE

NW GATHERING
2022
Northstar Weaponry Seminar 2
Long Pole & Straight Sword
2nd Weekend: 20.-21. AUG
Everyone is welcome, any style or Lineage!
Pure learning
Exchange, meeting new friends, discovering & discussing new techniques & strategies
9 DAYS FULL FUN
NW GATHERING 2022
Crete Island - Chania City - Greece
Seminar 1
LONG POLE
Get Your Distance Done!
The skill and ability of closing the gab quickly and safely!

Friendly Combat & Exchange
Combat with ANY weapon!
Use your weapon of choice and get into it!

Seminar 1
Seminar 2
Saturday - Sunday
Saturday - Sunday
- Long Pole - Six Shieldings
- Shielding Enters vs Outer Strikes
- Spear Attacks
- Lan Na Zha Defence Method (Locking-Controlling-Thrusting)
- 3 Essential Distance Enters using Lan Na Zha
- The Concept of Up-Shielding (JIA Principles)
- Closing the Gap using JIA
- Soft Transitions / Hand- & Side Changes
-The ability to rapidly switch sides & counter with LUN-DIAN follow-ups (Twisting-Strikes)
- How to change the Defence into Offence (Up-Shielding vs. Up-Shielding)
- 5 highly effective Enters from the Infight using the Long Pole
- 3 Distances of The Sword
- Bagua Distance & 8 Trigrams
- Tai Ji Distance & Yin Yang Offence
- Wu Ji Distance - Immobilisation Techniques
- 9 Directions & their essential combat applicability
- 3 most basic but same time most important Partner-Flows of Northstar Weaponry Jian Fa (Sword)
- Secret of Catching the 7 Stars
- Step work that changes the whole Game
- 5 Strategies - Make your Opponent always be one step too late
- Space Control via in-depth fundamental Step Work - Make the ground yours!
- Concept of 'pulling' your opponent into your distance, and using angles to escape after a clean cut
In between the Weekends
- COMBAT - EXCHANGE
- 5 Days
- 20 Rounds each day
- Weapon of your Choice
- Sword, Long Pole, Sticks, Long Sword, Tomahawks, Deer-Horn-Knives, Duan Bing (Shoulder High Cane), .. and more...
- Friendly Atmosphere
- Try out your most favorite techniques
- Light- or Full-contact
- Learning by doing
- Professional Protective Gear
- At your own discretion - friendly & humble
- MEETING - The community
- 9 Days - All In
- Meet new friends and Training-Partners
- See new Weapons & Fighting Gear
- Discover other styles and concepts
- Have Fun and Enjoy the Experience
One Weekend 200,- Euros
Both Weekends 350,- Euros
The whole Gathering -
9 DAYS:
- LONG POLE SEMINAR
- SWORD SEMINAR
- COMBAT GATHERING & EXCHANGE WITH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
ALL IN ALL: 400,- Euros
Monthly payment is possible!
ASK FOR IT!