North Star Stav Club - Minneapolis/St. Paul official web site
adding to my Völva stav offerings!

Stav, European Martial Arts
"A pan-Germanic art with roots in the pre-Celtic and Indo-Aryan cultures. Stav is based on the mysical 16 runes and the Norse caste system." from the DVD.

The North Star Stav Club was begun by Peter and Martha Laudert as the Midwest branch of Ice and Fire, Stav in the US, begun by Miki Tracy in 2005 (official web site for Ice and Fire) Both sites have wonderful descriptions of the history, methods, and spiritual aspects of this martial arts system. We hope to have Ms Tracy to the Twin Cities to teach in the fall of 2008.

My involvement with stav came intuitively. I began my martial arts training in 1982 with Karate and Fencing. I competed in both through High School and College and then began Tai Chi Chuan in 1990. My Rune studies began in College in 1987. Combining Bo Staff and Rune Postures was intuitive. I developed my own body/mind meditations combining runes and staff.

In 2003 I was encouraged to explore Stav in creating rhythm for chant, song, trance and ceremony. I began to research the use of Stav throughout the Sagas and Eddas, use it in performance, and write songs and chants specifically for Staving. In 2006 I came accross this system of Stav that I had unwittingly begun to develop on my own. Procuring materials from the official system and joining the North Star Stav Club were among my top priorities. I met Peter and Martha in the fall of 2007 after the Scandinavian service at Pilgrim Lutheran Church where I performed with Stav and Chant. Hurray!

Contact us!
We are excited to collaborate within the North Star Stav Club with people
from any spiritual, martial arts, or healing tradition who wish to explore this system.

Other classes and offerings in Stav rhythm and Seidr work - see my Völva Pages!

I also reccomend taking Scandinavian dance classes to integrate music, ancient dance steps, body movement and vocabulary for all of this.

karitauring@yahoo.com
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(612) 729-4019 USA