ONLINE CLASS
AX SKILLS
Split firewood with ease, make kindling safely, clear fallen trees like a pro.
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Learn the ergonomic techniques that make your ax swing powerful and keep your body strong.
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Discover how to select, sharpen, and maintain the right ax for you.
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Discover Your Inner Badass.
Our ax course in digital form! Stop struggling with your ax and learn the powerful and safe ways to use this amazing tool.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“Great range of basic skills and exposure to the full process of making ‘trees’ into ‘wood’.”
SOPHIE
AX SKILLS PARTICIPANT
“Loved it – empowering, validating, supportive.”
MEG
AX SKILLS PARTICIPANT
“I loved the multiple ‘chapters’ of how to use an ax: fell, buck, split wood, etc. I didn’t just learn to do one thing.”
IRENE
AX SKILLS PARTICIPANT
THE DETAILS
This course is for you if:
- You wants to learn excellent ax technique.
- You aren't super brawny and want to work smarter, not harder.
- You want to learn ax skills from someone who is not a cis/het dude-bro.
- You want insight into the cultural and spiritual history of the ax as a human tool.
- You want to be in thoughtful relationship with the trees whose wood you are shaping and using.
What you get:
- This is a comprehensive online course with video lessons you can complete on your own schedule.
- Anyone can join this class, and it is especially designed for marginalized genders (women, trans people, and non-binary folks).
- No experience necessary, we explain all the basics.
- Watch the lessons on your computer or download the Kajabi App to watch on your smartphone.
- Murphy will teach you the correct form from the beginning, so your ax swing will be safe, accurate, and ergonomic.
- We'll cover good safety practices in detail.
- You'll learn the tips & tricks that make ax work easy & effective!
How much is it?
The ax skills online course is $75. You get access for as long as we offer the course. BIPOC reparations scholarships are available (see registration page).
“All the Mountainsong Expeditions classes I have taken meet each student where they are at, teaching them the skills outlined and much more.
The courses and instructors always seem to focus on the deeper meaning of the course material...I’d recommend these courses to anyone!”
—Nora, MSX Student
“This was a huge leap in knowledge and skill and confidence in just one day! I was like a door opening to a whole new world of outdoor fun and home competence!”
—Catherine, Ax Skills Student
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Murphy Robinson
They/Them
Murphy Robinson is the founder of Mountainsong Expeditions and has been working in outdoor leadership since 2005.
Murphy is a queer transmasculine wilderness guide who has been teaching ax skills since 2013. They learned their ax skills in the California Conservation Corps and from various woodsy friends.
They heat their home entirely with hand-split firewood.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN...
This comprehensive online course has 18 short digestible videos on the core ax techniques and how to use your ax thoughtfully in a colonized world. Here's the syllabus for this unique class.
AX BASICS
Getting Started with Your Ax:
- History & Cultural Meaning of Axes
- How to get the most out of this course
- About Your Instructor
- Selecting An Ax
- Ax Safety
AX TECHNIQUES
Splitting, Limbing, and Bucking:
- Splitting Firewood
- Making Kindling
- Limbing Trees
- Bucking Logs
AX CARE
Sharpening & Maintaining Your Ax:
- Sharpening Stones, Files, and Honing Oil
- Sharpening Technique
- Storage & Transport
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