Workshops - Movement / PlayFight / Breath

During this workshop, we were practicing Movement not limited to one tradition or style but drawing on diverse techniques and modes of transmission. Through "movement puzzles" and coordination and motor exercises, we were working on improving the integration of both brain hemispheres, which is important for movement efficiency and motor behaviours. Together, we will discover authentic ways to express ourselves through movement.

We were also pushed the boundaries of traditional training through Playfight, a blend of games and tasks intended to improve mindfulness, presence, movement patterns, habits and the awareness of each other’s space.

Rooted in our natural vocabulary of movement and in martial arts such as wrestling, judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and capoeira, Playfight is not about hurting or winning.

It is about developing cleverness, movement strategy, movement variety and dialogue and about daring exploration of the zone of discomfort in a safe environment.
We were also focused on super important subject of breath, learning exercises meant to deepen the state of relaxation, reduce oxidative stress and restore harmony.

Participants also learned about functional breathing patterns and their importance for our health. The workshop helped reduce shortness of breath (dyspnoea), breathlessness, stage fright and stress during physical exercise by method of Buteyko Clinic International, Oxygen Advantage and also our breathing research.

Leader: Jakub Gontarski
Assistant: Mertcan Semerci

video: Piotr Bartos

music: Sound Creator/Claps Drums Stomps (Full)

Workshops - Movement / PlayFight / Breath is a part of:
MartialPartnering / PlayFight practice based in The Grotowski Institute in Poland