Stav
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Stav is a martial art taught by Ivar Hafskjold.
It uses runes and Norse Mythology in its teaching based on oral tradition preserved in his family.
In the 1990s, Ivar Hafskjold took on four personal apprentice students; Shaun Brassfield-Thorpe, Kolbjorn Märtens, David Watkinson and Graham Butcher. All contemporary Stav teachers belong to a teaching lineage directly from either Ivar Hafskjold and/or one of his first four students, each of whom are recognized as masters.
Stav resembles T'ai chi, with the student beginning with ritualized stances resembling the sixteen runes of the Younger Futhark
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It uses runes and Norse Mythology in its teaching based on oral tradition preserved in his family.
In the 1990s, Ivar Hafskjold took on four personal apprentice students; Shaun Brassfield-Thorpe, Kolbjorn Märtens, David Watkinson and Graham Butcher. All contemporary Stav teachers belong to a teaching lineage directly from either Ivar Hafskjold and/or one of his first four students, each of whom are recognized as masters.
Stav resembles T'ai chi, with the student beginning with ritualized stances resembling the sixteen runes of the Younger Futhark
Younger Futhark
The Younger Futhark, also called Scandinavian runes, is a runic alphabet, a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, consisting of only 16 characters, in use from ca. 800 CE...
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External links
- Stav Heimbu Ivar Hafskjold's personal Stav page.
- Stav International Information on upcoming events and how to get in touch with instructors.
- Yr Hov Kolbjorn Märtens' Stav page.
- Ice & Fire UK Graham Butcher's Stav page.
- Ice & Fire USA Articles and information on Stav courses held in the US.