Okay, went today - very interesting class and interesting group of people. Stan Lee was there from the Academy of St. Crispian (firearms training)
http://www.stcrispian.com/ , some boy scouts, a Vietnam Vet LRRP, a handful of other primitive survival instructors as well as miscellaneous members of the community. We met in the Angeles National Forest.
The class took the format of a nature walk. As we walked (near Switzer Picnic Area) in the Angeles National Forest, Nyerges stopped to show us various local plants and their uses.
First we wove twine out of yucca. Then we built a shelter as a group. Each student made a hearth for a bow drill out of willow as well as a hand drill or bow drill out of mulefat. I made both.
Each student also made a wire snare.
At the end of the class we ate a wild plant salad and everyone practiced lighting fires using various methods: bow drill, hand drill, flint & steel, steel wool & battery, with magnesium .
Very interesting class.