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SWORD
FIGHTING
learn about and test your skill at the ancient art of man to
man sword fighting.
Requires: quick thinking of alternatives, restraint/self control.
Long pants and shirt recommended. Helmet provided.
 MIDIEVAL
LONGBOW
Handle the ancient weapon
that has won more wars than guns - the bow and arrow.
Requires: high responsibility,teachability.
TOMAHAWK
THROWING
Throw a Daniel Boone Tomahawk dead on the end of an old
stump.
Requires: teachability, judgment and use of problem solving
skills. TUG
OF WAR
the classic test of unity through balancing the sides.
Requires: perseverance and reliance on more than might to
win. TWO
MAN SAW
challenge other father/son teams. Sign and date your disk and
keep as a reward and memory.
Requires: teamwork, timing, and mutual submission.
 BOXING
BASICS
learn the basics and build your skill
and strength as a gentleman boxer.
Requires: quick thinking of alternatives, restraint/self control.
moderate to strenuous workout.
BALLOON
BATTLEFIELD
Teams make super
water balloon launchers in preparation for war. Then, after
filling a zillion water balloons, we all meet on the battlefield
and shoot at opposing teams that have soldiers that stand still
with back as targets (STINGS! DO AT YOUR OWN RISK. NOT AT CLOSE
RANGE. WORSE THAN A PAINT BALL). If you hit then, you get a point,
if they move, you get a point. Great on hot days.
Requires: fun attitude, humility CAPTURE
THE FLAG
Break up into different
camps made up of father/son tribes, setup your headquarters, post
your flag and let the strategery begin. The team with
the most flags or prisoners wins!
Requires: strategic thinking, team work, sacrifice SLACKLINING
difficulty depends on the team building excersize slected from
beginner to advanced. harder than it looks. as fun as it looks.
Requires: balance. trust. plain fun.  FALCONRY
the basics
of falconry, handle a bird at rest, learn the apprenticeship
process.
Requires: respect.
SURVIVAL
SKILLS
father and sons learn and apply various survival techniques to
help prepare them for a survival expedition.
Requires: teamwork, coordination, mutual submission. LOG
ROLLING
Two contestants roll on the same log in the water, trying to get the other off
balance without crossing the center.
Requires: coordination, quick thinking, mutual respect.  BLANKET
TOSS
fathers and sons circle the blanket and share the burden to
lift up a brother to greater heights.
Requires: teamwork, self control.
ROCK
CLIMBING
sons learn trust and faith lessons as their father uses his
newly learned skill of belaying his own son on a rope.
Requires: communication, submission/trust.
SHIELD
MAKING
father and sons make their own wooden shield for use with
their training swords and gear at home.
Requires: adherence to safety rules, use of tools.
VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE
father and sons tune up an old car, change the oil and rortate
a tire.
Requires: teachability, use of tools.
FAITH
BUILDING ACTIVITIES
hearing our fathers voice and following not by sight, trust
fall, etc.
Requires: humility, trust, teachability. EXTREME
OBSTACLE COURSE
for MANCAMPS that are held near and include the Warrior Dash,
run as a group over a 3 mile extreme obstacle course.
Requires: Father/Son Team Cooperation, selflessness, knowing
your limits.
 BLACKSMITHING
BASICS
hearing our fathers voice and following not by sight, trust
fall, etc.
Requires: humility, trust, teachability.
AND/OR
OTHER ACTIVITIES
based on group, location and climate.
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