Pathfinder - Nature Connection & Earthskills: The Rabbit Stick
Description:
Get ready for an exciting journey back in time! We're teaching you how to create one of humanity's oldest hunting tools - the throwing stick. These instruments, from simple throw clubs to sophisticated rabbit sticks, have been central to cultures worldwide!
Join our thrilling class that offers a detailed guide on crafting your very own survival throwing stick. We'll lead you in choosing the ideal wood, show you the ropes of knife and hatchet safety, and demonstrate the perfect throwing technique. By the end of this exhilarating course, you'll proudly take home at least one personally carved rabbit stick or throwing club. Plus, you'll have gained carving and throwing skills and basic tracking abilities. It's not just an educational experience, but a fun-filled adventure that connects you with human history and nature!
When: Oct 27th 2024, 10 am-4pm
Registration Fee: $35-$75 Sliding Scale (*Sliding scale you choose per person what you want or can afford. General admission is our suggested fee per person)
Location: Bowie/Lanham
Age: 16 - 70+
Meet the Staff
Ben Kamm - Lead Instructor
Raised in the DMV, Ben spent his summers camping and hiking all over the east coast, even to Canada. He developed skills in plant ID and tracking, on these trips, and continued to draw inspiration from his childhood experiences as he was mentored by Ancestral Knowledge Staff. During this mentor-ship, Ben honed his skills around fire making and carving, with a strong focus on friction fire (Bow Drill method).
Ben is passionate about History and the way that ancient people lived, he strives to share the ways that our ancestors used to thrive and survive. As a home schooler and one of seven, Ben has experience with mentoring younger children and working in a group!
Always an active person, Ben enjoys weight lifting and exploring his local landscape.
Bill Kaczor - Co-Founder/ CEO 2007-Present
Bill is the CEO and co-founder of Ancestral Knowledge. Bill has worked and studied intensively with the masters in the fields of; youth mentoring, naturalist studies, primitive technology and tracking. He has been teaching children and adults in these subjects since 1998 — Bill was a lead instructor at Children of the Earth Foundations- Coyote Tracks summer camps for 5 years, and two years as the assistant director. He has instructed students at the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, Rivercane & Falling Leaves Rendezvous, Mid-Atlantic Primitive Skills Gathering (MAPS Meet), Bill can often be found instructing at Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School teaching primitive traps, bow making, flint knapping, pottery and hide tanning. In 1999 after 11 years, Bill chose to leave his skateboard/snowboard business and dedicate his life to helping people connect with the Earth through ancient skills. Shortly afterwards, Bill designed and was granted an after school and summer program for the 21st Century Learning Community in Public School District 150 of Peoria, Illinois. This program was successful in that it led the children to a respect for nature, respect for themselves and others, self-discipline and adventure. Bill is a specialist in bow making, stone tool technologies, hide tanning, fire by friction and hunting and experienced in many more skills.
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