The Artist vs. the Athlete
Margot Ciccarelli They are both labels by themselves, but if you could only pick one, which one would you choose? Jiu-jitsu is one of those things that encompasses both artistry and innovation, but yet still remains to be an athletic endeavour. It isn’t to say jiu-jitsu is uniquely the only art that intertwines both […]
A Man Waves
Nick Konow View this post on Instagram Maybe the best Monday morning tutorial most of you WON’T DO. #DANCEMINUTE got you feeling self conscious, grappling with your idea(s) about what expression should look like? Begin with a limb. And follow that limb, fight that limb, consider the relationship of that limb […]
We Must Feel
Nick Konow When practicing a skill, hunt for the feeling. A stretch is present in all the yielding, pushing, reaching, grasping and pulling that we do. We just might not be looking for it. If we search for the stretched tissue, we can get clearer on the contraction we are producing […]
This Also May Be God
Nick Konow This also may be god. Why Fitness is basic and physical attributes are shiny, empty, ribbons. I don’t believe in the value of attaining the Attributes of strength, power, conditioning and mobility. (in and of themselves.) It’s akin to chasing the attitude of happiness, asserting our willpower over […]
Keep Doing Things
Nick Konow K E E P D O I N G T H I N G S. // Do them past boredom. Far past it. Do them while being hung up on what they really mean to you, and even more so when struggling with what YOU really mean to IT. Do them as […]
It’s All Art
Stephanie Lee I am drawn to the undeniable human experience. The guttural, heart-wrenching physical assertions of the body. For me, few things are as addictive as the pleasure of moving across the floor, twisting my limbs, expanding breath and energy through my body, and carving previously unseen pathways in space. Because I love to […]
Movement Confidence
Nick Konow S E L F G U I D E D E X P E R I M E N T A T I O N. // A Curiosity of Spirit, an Openness to a process, a willingness to give over to it and the audacity to also question it. The primary […]
Emotion and Self-Expression
Christian Paev From a young age, most of us (hopefully) engage in some type of physical practice. Then it changes. When we are kids, it comes naturally, easy and meaningful despite the obvious lack of ability to explain what we’re doing. We’re basically just playing, exploring, being – who cares about developing qualities, exercising, winning, […]
Constraints
Nick Konow On a Tuesday evening this past winter, I danced to maybe 10 songs in a bar, in the middle of a modest crowd, in a rather shit part of downtown Los Angeles. Context is everything. The context in this instance, is that the behavior of me choosing to partake in anything that might […]
Roundtable #1 – Role of Music
Feature Photo by Anthony DELANOIX on Unsplash. WHAT ROLE DOES MUSIC PLAY IN YOUR TEACHING/ PERSONAL PRACTICE? Do you like to move with or without music, and why? Music plays an important part in my movement practice, be it teaching or moving for myself. This said it needs to be music that inspires […]
Think Like a Poet and Move Better
by Nicki Miller How are you reading this? If you’re sitting on a chair, notice where your hip bones make contact with the chair. Imagine yourself as only a skeleton. No muscle, no organs, just a skeleton. Feel the space between your hip bones, are you clenching it? Imagine that space is filled with light and […]