This List is not exhaustive:-
Knife Law
Knife/Sharp tool Maintenance
Safe cutting Techniques for Knife, pen-knife, Folding saw, Bow saw & Axe
Knife and whittling skills
Fire Lighting – Methods (percussion, friction, solar, chemical, electrical etc.), History, how to identify materials and make your own friction fire kits
Fire lays and uses; including pot hangers, stands and cooking methods
Foraging – Including Laws, safety, sustainable harvesting, identification of Trees and plants for inland & coastal areas and uses: Edible, Medicinal, Practical & Toxic
Cordage – Identification of materials, history, cordage creation, uses, knots & lashings, Net making, Rock sling making
Shelter Building – Safety, Placement, type, natural shelter construction, tarps & tarpology
Natural Navigation (and traditional) – Identifiers, day & night navigation & compass work
Camp Cooking – Prep of Feather, Fish & Fur, Hygiene, Safety & Cooking methods
Wilderness Hunting & Trapping – SURVIVAL USE ONLY – Including relevant UK Laws, examine different methods of hunting & trapping game from around the globe.
Tracking – Including animal print, spore ID and man tracking
Water – Safe collection and preparation methods when harvesting water from a natural water sources
Simple basket and Traditional Fish trap construction
Bone & Antler tool making
Net making- Net bags, flat nets, gill nets, purse nets, poke nets. Including how to carve the tools to make them
Natural Pigments, Dyes & Inks
Art charcoal making (Charcoal making on a small scale)
Birch Bark containers
Pewter casting
Flint knapping
Slate Tools
Knots & Splicing – including ‘whoopie sling’ construction
Tarpology – with and without toggles
Camp Hygiene – an important but often overlooked subject (aka How to **** in the woods!)
Introduction to camping – Want to go camping and have no idea what kit you need – knowledge weighs nothing and it can save you a lot of money. Tent & Hammock, solo to family, Stealth to Vehicle.
Rock Sling Masterclass- Learn a number of different ways to make a sling culminating in making a split basket rock sling and soft ammo (for safety)
Bhutanese Bow making – A great place to start learning how to make bows. You learn all the basic skills required to start your bow making journey. All the techniques learned are used in creation of any bow.
Atlatl making – survival, basket maker or even a custom side spur style. You can make a spear thrower and a dart to go with it
Reconnect with Nature – Woodland games and challenges to get to know nature
Have a Go Archery – Try your first shot and have some fun. (Qualified ArcheryGB Instructor)
Have a Go Slingshot – Make like it is 1860 with all new rubber bands!
HEMA – Introduction to Fiore- Abrazare (Hand to Hand), Unarmed vs Dagger, Dagger Vs Dagger, Sword in one hand, Sword in Two Hands, Spear & Poleaxe
Introduction to Bartitsu – Learn to fight like the suffragettes, using bare hands, walking canes & umbrellas
Introduction to MSI33 – Sword & Buckler
(Also I teach Guitar & Music Theory)