HEL WEEKEND TRAINING AND GRADING by Tyr Neilsen

Last year a US production company sent a film team to Norway to make a documentary about Academy instructor Bjørn Braathen, training and taking a grading in the ancient Viking martial art of Laustak.

Before Bjørn went into the military, he took his grading in sport and combat Laustak, a 2 day training and grading course called Hel Weekend! The film team flew to Norway and filmed the whole weekend. The first was Viking wrestling inside a nice warm building with mats. The second day was combat Laustak outside on snow and ice .

At the end of the grueling weekend, several Academy students received diplomas and belts from instructors Lars Gulbrandsen and Bjørn.

Bjørn is 2 x Norwegian Glima Championship Gold medal winner and 3 X Junior Norwegian Glima Champion. He was also Gudvangen Glima Champion in 2017 and was responsible for the Borre Glima Championship in 2018. To see how Bjørn does in his Hel Weekend grading, check out the documentary at the links.

https://watch.insight.tv/power/season:2/videos/glima-bjorn-braathen