🤼‍♂️ Mindful Martial Arts - Turtle Edition 🐢

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🤼‍♂️ MINDFUL MARTIAL ARTS – Turtle Edition ⚠️

⚠️ Due to a logistical error, I cannot give the class I had planned. Instead, we will work with another theme:

🔒 Locks and Strangles 🪢

What happens when we approach grappling not as a fight to win, but as a field for exploration?

In this workshop, you will be introduced to the art of submissions. They come in two basic flavours: joint locks and strangleholds. Both require supreme precision and accuracy to perform well, and practicing them invites deep sensitivity of your own body and your partner's. By working with these techniques, you learn about your boundaries and respecting those of others. You will also learn a lot about your personal style, since your submission of choice is a highly personal one. You don't choose your submission, your submission chooses you! 🪄

Inspiration is drawn from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo. For this workshop we work primarily with exploratory, experimental energy.

Throughout the practice, we bring our attention to our own movement and breathing, helping us to stay present, regulate the intensity and move safely together.

For this workshop there will be no free sparring.

🎒 What should I bring?
-comfortable (sports) clothes which allow for free movement
-water bottle
-leave jewellery at home, especially earrings

Optional:
-knee pads
-rash guard
-yoga pants or spats

🚪 Doors open at 14:00

💪 Fitness requirements:
This workshop is open to all fitness levels. We will, however, engage in full-body, full-contact grappling activities.

If you are recovering from a serious injury, this workshop may not be for you. Minor injuries can often be worked around, and guidance will be provided to help participants move safely and reduce the risk of injury as much as possible.

You are invited to listen to your body, respect your own boundaries and communicate clearly throughout the practice.

Participation is at your own risk. The facilitator cannot be held responsible for any injury, damage or loss incurred during the workshop.

🎟️ Tickets are limited to 8 spots to ensure freedom of movement!

💰 Exchange:
Free donation. The more you give, the more I can dedicate myself to facilitating these workshops.

People usually donate around €25-40

✨ About the facilitator:

Léon van der Sande is a Movement practitioner in every sense of the word. He is constantly searching for movement in physical, emotional and energetic planes, and explores various methods to allow these aspects of our Being to converge.

His favourite tool is ‘stoeien’ – a Dutch word meaning something in between wrestling and rough and tumble play – which he bases on his wide knowledge and experience of various Martial Arts and Mindfulness traditions.

During his workshops, he opens a field of exploration in which he helps people to remember their natural strength and agility, become aware of their ego and to heal their relationship with learning.

Léon invites you to let go of your preconceptions about what you can and cannot do, surrender yourself to the unknown and open yourself to the magic of pure, performance-free learning. 🌱