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Mercenary Leadership Workshop -- Building a Free Company
How to build, supply, and command a private army. Recruitment, pay structure, loyalty management, negotiating with patrons. I conquered Valencia with a freelance army because no king would give me one. Tip: Pay your men on time, every time. A soldier who trusts your purse will trust your orders.
Naginata Training -- The Warrior Woman's Weapon
The naginata -- a curved blade on a long pole, the traditional weapon of the onna-bugeisha (female warrior). Sweeping cuts, thrusts, and the devastating ankle strikes that unhorse mounted samurai. I will teach you the kata and free sparring. Tip: Reach defeats strength. Keep them at naginata distance and they cannot touch you with a sword.
Yumi Longbow (Japanese, Asymmetric, 7-foot)
Traditional Japanese yumi, 7 feet tall, bamboo and wood laminate. The asymmetric grip (held at the lower third) allows shooting from horseback. My mounted archery was accurate at 100 yards at full gallop. The yumi requires years to master -- start with standing shots.
O-Yoroi Samurai Armor Set (Display & Training)
Full o-yoroi great armor -- lamellar plates, silk lacing, iron kabuto helmet with menpo face guard. Designed for mounted archery. The wide shoulder guards deflect arrows from above. Heavy but magnificent. I wore armor like this when I took heads at Awazu.
Arabian Cavalry Tactics -- Speed & Initiative
Light cavalry on Arabian horses -- the fastest, most enduring mounts in the world. Flanking attacks, pursuit, feigned retreat, desert crossing at forced march. At Yarmouk, my cavalry reserves struck the Byzantine flank at the decisive moment. Tip: Reserves are not idle men. They are the hammer you hold behind your back.
Desert Crossing & Forced March Workshop
I crossed the Syrian Desert in 6 days -- 500 miles through waterless waste with an army. Water caching, camel logistics, march discipline, heat management. The Byzantines thought the desert protected their flank. They were wrong. Tip: The impossible route is undefended because the enemy thinks no one can take it.
Shawnee War Tomahawk & Trade Knife Set
Forged iron tomahawk (throwing and hand combat) and trade knife in leather sheath. The tomahawk is balanced for both throwing and fighting. The trade knife is the everyday tool of the woodlands. I will teach you the standing throw at 15 paces and the fighting grip for close work.
Woodland Warfare & Ambush Tactics
Fighting in the eastern forests. Ambush placement, tree-line defense, river crossing interdiction. The Shawnee were masters of woodland warfare -- we knew every trail, every crossing, every blind turn. Tip: In the forest, the defender is invisible and the attacker is blind. Make the forest your ally.
Oratory & Persuasion Workshop -- Speak to Move Nations
My speeches are still quoted 200 years later. I spoke to warriors, chiefs, governors, and generals. Every audience is different. Learn to read the room, find the emotional truth, and deliver it with the force of a war cry. Tip: Speak from the heart and the words will take care of themselves.
Essay Writing Workshop -- Truth as a Weapon
The essay is the most dangerous literary form because it requires you to think clearly and say what you mean. No hiding behind characters. No hiding behind metaphor. Just you and the truth and the page. I'll teach you to write sentences that change the temperature in the room.
Open Tuning Guitar Workshop -- Beyond Standard
I play in fifty different tunings because standard tuning bored me. I'll teach you DADGAD, open D, open C, and my own tunings that don't have names. Different tunings make the guitar a different instrument. One guitar, fifty voices.
Short Fiction Workshop -- Labyrinths of the Mind
We write stories that are puzzles. Stories where the form IS the content. A detective story that is also a metaphysical treatise. A book review of a book that doesn't exist. I'll teach you to write fiction that makes the reader think they are dreaming while fully awake.
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