Advanced Training in Bushcraft : an educators toolkit , whether your a Grandfather, mother or a teacher in education , this will deepen your life skills and let you connect with the whole of humanity and the earth ...
Awaken your soul and senses to the earth
Awaken your soul and senses to the earth
4 weekends focusing on the Art of leadership and Deep
Nature Connection and re- cultural generaton To Inspire and Mentor Children
Nature Connection and re- cultural generaton To Inspire and Mentor Children
Johnny Tidd has been very lucky to study with master survival experts for ten years , culminating in him mainly teaching kids as his purpose for his life. He has seen that these teachings are exciting and adventurous for any age, he teaches the same skills to a 6 year old as to a 40 year old , we all need to learn the basics again, because they have been lost in time and polluted . Some tribes nowadays dont even know how to light a fire with sticks ..
People lived for tens of thousands of years , passing down techniques and ways to do things, and those things were golden cause they worked every time and this is why they must never be changed . But as humans we do change and pollute things , but there is a way back to the ancient past , to live , learn and breath that purity again.
Wildearthproject invites you to step back into these pure, empowering skill sets again , to re define us, to evolve us back into the past...some people say why do we need to go back to the past?
Well, tribes living in the wild are still living with each other in perfect harmony with each other and the land...so what can we learn from them? There must be secrets to there success? well if you come on the training you will find out...
We will feed you stories from Native American and African tribes, we will mentor you in the old ways of native elders and feed you the philosophy behind nature connection and Bushcraft. You will get a closer look into what its like being part of a lineage as old as the tress themselves and how that can enliven and inspire the people you are mentoring .
Re-cultural generation:
Re-cultural generation can only happen when we have a firm understanding of nature , our place in it , and what is needed to take care of it , its the first time in humanity's history that we have laid our animistic rituals , songs, prayers, dances and storytelling to waste. These are the back bone of culture , culture is not a red double decker bus or post box like many people think , culture has real meaning, purpose and depth, studied intimately by kids in tribes all over the world , so its never polluted or lost. We will go through some of these core principals , stories and prayers throughout the weekends. There are common threads and truths that run through tribes all over the world and these are the things we will focus on, giving us a new perseective on how , why and when to teach them .
Why I have made this training ?
I feel children, at least over 6 years old need to be given more responsibility, more knowledge from our ancient past, so i have made this training to give you many new tips and tricks for wilderness living and nature connection. The way i have been taught in the U.S.A has been life transforming and the skills are pure, alive and vibrant, with real depth and meaning behind them . Nothing was done in the past without awareness , or half heartedness and everything had a place, things had to be done right otherwise the skills would not work or the gods would be unhappy!
To teach these spiritual and practical physical skills to children is essential , it gives them boundaries , lessons in respect , and care taking our planet with action , not just words.
So come dive deep into the basics of bushcraft and become truly adept at your skills of fire , shelter, food and water . You will gain insights into how to run your groups using the tools and techniques passed down over 1000's of years of trial and error .
Please have a look at who i have studied with click here.
Who is it suitable for?
Anyone who is teaching already within the education system or someone who wants to start their own private school/after school club/survival club.
Anyone who is teaching or going to be teaching over 5/6 years olds. 5 year olds tend to not be big enough for bushcraft skills unless they are big for their age or particularly wild and strong! I do have the odd 5 year old if they are begging to learn!
This course can be for people wanting to learn the basics of bushcraft, ancient knowledge and tribal principals, whether your a parent with a child , wanting to learn more about mentoring them or a play worker who needs to advance in their skills to keep your kids enthralled, excited and hungering for more of your camps!
Here a video of the camp:
FIRST CAMP - 22 - 24 th July
Times : Arrive to set up camp at 6 / 7 pm Friday evening . Departure 6 / 7pm Sunday evening
Location : Come join us in the beautiful hills of Huntley, at May Hill in West Gloucestershire on a colossal 1500 acres of forest, with a sunset hill point, a witches cave and lots of monk-jack, deer , badgars and foxes ...its very wild !
**** COME TO AS MANY WEEKENDS AS YOU WISH . YOU DONT HAVE TO COME TO ALL OF THEM . EACH OF THE WEEKENDS HAS THEIR OWN UNIQUE SKILL SET .
Camping / Kit List : Please bring tent , campng gear , torch etc and food for all meals. Dry foods best , we do have a fridge but there is limited space there . We have a big kitchen in the scout hut to cook from .Full kit list to come after deposit is paid .
Lift share rides : I hope everyone can help each other get rideshare to the camp , there will be a whats up group for this once everyone has paid deposits .
Cost : 200 for the weekend including camping . Installments accepted .
** Deposit of 150 is needed to confirm your place .
Please send all payments to: Mr. J Tidd 07033203 089249 with reference to this course .
Please call me if you have any questions about payment / installments or general queries: 07474159371 JOHNNY or email us at bluemoon_johnny@yahoo.co.uk
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Cancellations more than 30 days before the retreat start date are eligible for a 50% refund (less the non-refundable deposit). No refunds will be issued for cancellations less than 14 days before the retreat start date.
If payments are not made in GBP then any bank fees incurred will be passed onto the attendee.
Food : Please bring food and we will all cook together on the fire and in the kitchen of the scout hut . There is a fridge and cupboard space to store the food in the scout hut .
It's a very quiet and primitive camping spot, but we feel experiencing truly how it is to be living in the wild is very important. There is a gas run hot shower and compost toliets , watch video below to see ..
Schedule:
* Preparation of wood for the fire - secrets to gathering wood , even in wet weather and what kind of wood to use for fires .
Gather together for fire, food and storytelling. Introduction to the lineage , our ancestors and the tribal ritual of talking stick circle.
* Wild food propagation and wild food talk.
* How , why, where and what if's of my own mentoring system for kids .
Saturday :
* Sit spot magic , storytelling and the power of graitude prayer/ introspection / bird language, bird song - with talking circle
* Games - Different Jedi games/ ninja games/ wide games
* Fire Craft : flint and steel - 8 methods/items of lighting with flint and steel , use of real flint to make fire . How to process certain tinders to light them . The long match - and the use of mushrooms for paleo life on the move.
Bow drill fire method - Technology of tinder bundles, we will go on a walk and i will show you every single resource i can find to make a great tinder bundle....then fire by friction stories - even if your kids are to small for this , they will be so impressed you can do it , you will see a spark in their eye! If you already know how to do this i will set you another fire challenge.
* Wild food walk - kids love wild food walks !! We will go over 12 or so plants over the weekend so you can see them in situ and learn how to teach the identification points thoroughly , how to pick them , when and how to process them for eating . You will be shown some poisonous ones to . You will begin understand the art of teaching wild food to people through the 5 senses . You will learn the unedible or poisonous look-a-likes , so by the end of the weekend you will be ready to teach all the plants to your students with real confidence .
*Use of knives , axes and saws - safety rules . Stories and techniques for having fun with all these tools.
* Rites of passage - blindfolded night time game.
* The art of questioning - game and history of ancient people and how and why they took this so seriously. Games around this art form .
* Nature museum - how to set one up and why .
* Regression to childhood game - the art of wonder , awe and reverance .
* Fire , dinner and storytelling
Sunday
* Sit spot magic and 5 senses and stalking / routines of invisibility - talking circle
* Games - more games! Tracking game, stalking games .
* Quickie bows - how to craft small bows for kids and how to make string .
* Arrows - how to make play arrows for kids
* Archery practise- basics of archery and how to teach kids .
* Archery battle game
* Wild food / herbal walk .
What you will get with the training:
* You will have the chance to come and volunteer at my school or survival club days or on the family camps i run , to get more experience and depth in your mentorship programme .
* 5 print outs of one day bushcraft events you can follow with storytelling and full guidance of how to run the classes.
* Print outs of more tips / games and techniques of ways to mentor children and the old ways in the subjects we have gone over on the weekend .
* List of the best bushcraft items for kids groups to buy and where to buy them .
* List of books and videos to watch
September 9 -11
Mushrooms , nuts , seeds, berries - 2 wild food walks to learn how to teach , process and cook in this abundant time of the year . How to identify wild food from the poisonous ones!
Traps and throwing sticks .
Cordage from barks and plants .
