the workout lab

speed. agility. endurance. balance. power. philosophy. literature. history. martial arts. liberal arts. integrated.

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i got caught on the casco bay drawbridge as i was driving from south portland to portland. a lot of folks complain when the bridge goes up. i just get lot of my car and get in a little workout. (apologies for the poor video quality. this was originally shot as a facebook live feed, and then transferred)

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here is a look at some of the movement exploration that goes into the creation of fluid budō. i am taking exercises and drills from taijiquan, aikido, systema, aiki taiso, yoga, and parkour, and blending them together into a sequence to enhance and develop the attributes of a martial body: balance, agility, coordination, strength, fluidity, and functional range of motion. eastern promenade portland, maine

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what is yoga, really? "what did it mean that many of the poses i was teaching were identical to those developed by a scandinavian gymnastics teacher less than a century ago? this gymnast had not been to india and had never received any teaching in asana. and yet his system, with its five-count format, its abdominal “locks,” and its dynamic jumps in and out of those oh-so-familiar postures, looked uncannily like the vinyasa yoga system i knew so well."

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there is but one world and everything that is imaginable is necessary to it. for this world also which seems to us a thing of stone and flower and blood is not a thing at all but is a tale. and all in it is a tale and each tale the sum of all lesser tales and yet these are also the selfsame tale and contain as well all else within them. so everything is necessary. every least thing. this is the hard lesson.

cormac mccarthy the crossing

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the mind can go either direction under stress — toward positive or toward negative: on or off. think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. the way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training. frank herbert dune

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mitori keiko a nice demonstration of relaxation, efficiency, and structure.

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video study: hifumi abe

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video study: vasyl lomachenko music: the ecstasy of gold ennio morricone

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the human locomotion project dr. lou jacobs and I got together and filmed another video, showing some simple rotational movements in a supine position that can be used to enhance full body fluid connectivity.

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the human locomotion project in this video, i'm beginning to explore ways to release tension through the neck, shoulders, and back. i'm demonstrating a few simple rotational, helical, and spiral movements, showing how they engage the fascia and create fluid full body connectivity. eastern promenade portland, me

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the human locomotion project:

mitori keiko

here's an examination of a standing front shoulder roll and standing back shoulder roll. i'm trying to emphasize smoothness and roundness, initiating the movement by twisting and rotating the central axis, and allowing this internal connection to elicit a spiralling action of the limbs. lone pine aikido portland, me

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mitori keiko superb tai sabaki. exploration of the spiral chain. silk reeling in aikido.

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move well. move fluidly. move often. michael schwartz human locomotion analyst the workout lab portland, me

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mitori keiko detail: irimi-tenkan ashi sabaki

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mitori keiko a nice look at how aikido can develop internal power. sensitivity, muscles, connective tissue, skeletal alignment, intent, and breath are unified. uke provides external resistance, and nage moves from the dantian. i especially liked the tai sabaki demonstrated during the morotetori attack at 4.50.

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mitori keiko a close examination of how tai sabaki creates the technique. in this example, a detailed analysis of shihonage.

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mitori keiko a yokomenuchi shihonage masterclass. exploration of gedan, chudan, and jodan variations. tai sabaki makes the technique happen.