Europe for Budokon Training

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London:

• The British Museum

• Jivamukti Yoga with Harriet Bone @ The Life Centre, Islington

• Space & Flow with Raphan Kebe @ Indaba Studio

• The Horniman Museum and Gardens - Butterfly House

• Contemporary with Stuart Thomas @ Danceworks

• New Roots' vegan camembert cheese from Whole Foods #freethecow

Brussels:

• Foundation Frison Horta "A Living Museum" @ Rue Lebeau

• Yyoga Sainte Catherine

• Yoga Room Defacqz

Nuremberg for 50-HR BUDOKON MOBILITY TT

Some notes:

1. Moving your own body

2. Moving an object

3. Moving a moving object

4. Moving a moving object trying to kill you

= to learn about our bodies and refine those movements for martial arts (jiujitsu specifically).

• Free Form Movement or Mobility in BDK has no formal application in this sense, but then the transitions can be applied to any sport/ action/ craft.

• See - Say - DO.

• 5 primary positions of the body: Supine/ Prone/ Side Body/ Upright/ Invert.

• Combine the qualities of yoga with the expression of freeform - utilise every moment to find the greatest stretch, pacing and speed can dictate stylistic expression, dance-like/ Capoeira.

• Let mobility inform yoga practice: a conversation between shapes, complementary and collaborative.

• Mobility as priming the body. Athletic + therapeutic. Can be used as recovery.

• Find opportunities to fail. Exercises that you can fail at are worth it + valuable.

• Momentum as a rolling ball, direction and constant falling into the flow as apposed to a wet blanket that lays flat and stops.

• "If you see the Buddha in the road, kill the Buddha".

• Harmless vs. Peaceful - a conscious choice of ability.

• Teaching as potency - do your job well. Understand how the world works: construct, reconstruct, and reformulate.

• Mobility Chains: relationships and interpretation of where the body moves next. A complicated language of connections, can be predicable or spontaneous.

• Repetitive patterns to build a new habit. Alignment - Structure - Function - Execution - then Execution with Power (eg. jiujitsu).

• Absolute vs. Relative truths in everyday life.

• The Vertical Leap - a good measure of overall athleticism: speed/ stamina/ agility/ leaping + lift-off power.

• "I wish you all great suffering" - resilience/ disturbance/ acceptance/ growth + strength.

Teaching Mobility Chains:

1. isolate technique and keep it moving in a repetitive loop to clarify and refine.

2. fall into landings and continue the momentum/ flow. No full-stops.

3. cycle finishes ready to begin the 2nd side - seamless.

4. symmetry takes away from the flow of movement - can be a learning technique but not smooth in an actual chain of flow.

5. good stress and loads for healthy joints.

6. accurate angles.

7. distribution of weight - safe and intentional.

8. lines of direction clear + functional.

9. hands close-by ready for the next move.

10. scale of movement - big & small, contract & expand.

11. mobility expression comes down to an individual's style: background of movement/ strength vs. flexibility/ body type/ personality.

12. "You are a mechanic moving a machine you know very well." - make it look effortless.

Germany with the family:

• Cologne Sculpture Park

• Ox & Klee, Cologne

• K21 Kunstsammlung, Dusseldorf

• Haus der Kunst, Munich

• English Gardens, Munich

• The Studio, Munich

• Assam Kirche, Munich

*Awesome BDK Mobility Training. BDK Events in HK coming soon!*