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Post by aribjorn on Nov 4, 2011 13:30:31 GMT -5
StavFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search Stav Focus Weaponry Country of origin Norway Olympic sport No
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.[1][2][3]
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.[4][5][6]
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