Ancestral Survival Arts (ASAP) - The Way of the Woods

All Day Major • Ages 10-14

David Ott Pam MacDonald

This class will focus on deepening student’s knowledge and awareness of woods wisdom through more in-depth experience, exploration and play - games that also awaken the senses and hone awareness while cultivating a cooperative community experience. Students will learn bowdrill (friction fire technique), build shelters, create cordage from raw materials, practice ancestral weaponry, explore tracking (compression shapes and gaits), while immersing themselves in the woods of the farm with awareness practices and games. We Will learn natural camouflage & rely on the interdependence of the class community as we learn how to stalk animals and move across the landscape with minimal disturbance.