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3.00 Credits
This is a hands-on course that focuses on the safe operation and practical use of a variety of camping stoves and other backcountry cooking methods to prepare meals in the backcountry. Topics covered will include: stove/method selection, safe and effective use of the chosen apparatus, backcountry nutrition and related considerations, water purifi cation, meal planning and preparation, food dehydration methods, non-cooked nutrition options and a variety of other factors and considerations. Students will be given a light-weight camp stove to keep. A course fee applies. Offered periodically (check SIS for detailed course listings) www.interactiveadventures.rit.edu.
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20.00 Credits
This 20-hour course is taught as a "hands-on" introduction to caring for andmaintaining your own bicycle. Students must bring their own bike that they currently ride to class. Course fee includes a bike repair kit that students can keep. The fi rst ten classes focus on using your repair kit to discover the mechanical systems of your bike: brakes, drive train, bearings, deraillers, and more. The fi nal classes focus on bicycle safety/sizing/fi tness/commuting, and riding techniques. The fi nal class will be a group ride/skills practicum. Note: repair kit tools are designed for bikes 1995 and newer. If your bicycle is older than 1995, you may be required to purchase the proper tools for your bicycle accordingly. A course fee applies. Check SIS for quarterly offerings.
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3.00 Credits
Course designed to help students increase their stamina, fl exibility and basic techniques in self-defense. Main course objectives: become more physically fi t to enhance self-esteem; develop self-confi dence to help students deal with every day situations; relieve stress by providing an outlet to "blow off steam";and to gain self-discipline to enable students develop better study, work and life habits. Course content: calisthenics; stretching; upper body/lower body exercises; kata (a prearranged set of movements which deal with being attacked). Course options include: Level I, Level II, (Advanced). Please note that students MUST have successfully completed a karate level I class before enrolling in a karate level II class. A course fee does apply. F, W, S, Su
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3.00 Credits
This empowering Self Defense course, exclusively for women, is designed to help students increase their stamina, fl exibility, and basic fundamental techniques needed to feel confi dent in the ability to protect oneself. In this positive, non-threatening environment, the class will teach proper use of hands and feet as weapons, how to fend off multiple attackers, as well as techniques that can be used against a person with a knife, gun or club. Main course objectives: become more physically fi t, enhance self-esteem and gain necessary awareness of potential dangers, develop confi dence and self-discipline to help deal with every day situations, relieve stress, provide resources needed to develop better study, work and life habits. A course fee applies. ( F, W, S)
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of Filipino Indigenous Martial Arts used in the Pre- Hispanic colonial periods of the Philippines known as Kali, Arnis and Eskrima. The practice of this art was trained in the guise of cultural dances and theatrical plays to hide the Martial applications from the colonial powers. This course will explore the system's unique training method that begins with weapons and transfers the same movement to empty handed defensive applications using a 3 dimensional thought provoking process of deciphering and understanding body mechanics. Class includes skills through the use of double/ single sticks in place of blades and use of these tools to develop plymetric and 2 man dynamic drills. Course fee applies (via SFS bill) (+20 rattan stick fee).
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Welcome to the Duteau Northern Shaolin Kung Fu Wu Su Academy. Typical classes are 1-2 hours, depending on the class-where all students work together. Most classes start with exercises, which are followed by the introduction of basic technique and their application. Students progress throughout the quarter learning more advanced skills and gain more self-discipline & confi dence. Kung Fu is an excellent method of getting in shape. Students will feel a defi - nite improvement in overall well-being as they develop their offensive and defensive abilities. Students can also learn the philosophy, history and analysis of Kung Fu techniques in the Review class (1113-032). For more detailed information about Kung Fu classes: http://www.rit.edu~kungfu/. Course fees apply. Check SIS for quarterly offerings.
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3.00 Credits
This class is designed to provide extra practice time for students outside of their regular class and to give students the opportunity to receive more individual instruction on techniques they have questions about or feel they need help with. Typically class will run for about an hour and 20 minutes, starting out with a set of warm-up exercises, which will then be followed by a review of techniques or 1-on-1 bouts with a senior instructor present. The format of the class is open, providing the opportunity for previous students to rejoin and refresh on techniques they may have learned several quarters, or years ago. All are welcome to register. For more information about this class or the Kung Fu Academy: http://www.rit.edu/~kungfu/. A course fee applies. Please check SIS for quarterly offerings.
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1.00 Credits
A typical review class will be about 1 hour and 20 minutes. The class consists mainly of lectures of philosophy, history, and analysis of Kung Fu techniques. This class is required for any students wishing to test for their fi rst rank, but would be benefi cial for any student wishing to learn more in the depth knowledge of this style of Kung Fu. For more information about this class or the Kung Fu Academy please visit: http://www.rit.edu/~kungfu. A course fee applies. Please check SIS for quarterly course offerings.
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3.00 Credits
The StreetSmarts SelfDefense class is designed to teach students the physical techniques and mental attitudes they need to protect themselves on campus and off. During class students will learn a variety of self-defense applications and techniques that can be used anywhere and in any situation. Over the course of the quarter students will gain an increase in physical fi tness, selfconfi dence, and awareness, which will better enable them to deal with any situation they may encounter-whether walking back to the dorms late at night or walking home to your off-campus apartment, you'll learn how to stay safe and out of trouble. To learn more about the program and the instructors visit: www.rit.edu/~kungfu. A course fee applies. Check SIS for listings.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to be a soft and continuous martial art that can be practiced by individuals of any age and/or skill level, focusing on physical, mental and spiritual dimensions of human development. Students will learn to balance the body with gentle movements that improve health conditions with each progressive section. Tai Chi was created 400 years ago and provides students with strong internal power as well as good external appearance. Students will be provided with the instruction to the more "freeform" of TaiChi that expands knowledge, strength and capabilities; thus bringing individuals to the next level of progression. The basic format: History of Tai Chi; health benefi ts; warm-up exercises; movement from the 'yang' form; cooldown; and use with special situations. A course fee applies. ( F, S)
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