About Gote
A couple of weeks ago we had (very inspiring, and thought-stimulating <3) private students over and there was a whole day nerding about Gote. There […]
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On practice and patience
Here is the question I got from a friend who is also a rope bottom, and I think it is relatable to many of us: […]
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On rope bottoming and asking questions
In the foreword to my book, Joseph Kramer wrote “we all are rope bottoms”. I fully understood his meaning only later. We all are learning […]
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“my model is bored”
During one of the last Semenawa Labs in KOR Berlin a lovely couple caught my attention: they are practicing some floorwork, and yet keeping the […]
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Feeling hashira deeply
Here is some sharing from our Hashira workshop earlier this year. It was about feeling more and feeling deeper about what is happening during tying […]
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Ichinawa: thoughts from the receiving end of the rope
The other week we did Ichinawa class, at the special request of our students. I was skeptical first, as for me personally a lot of […]
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Somatics vs. Dogmatics :)
In our workshop in VoxBody I was asked how somatics influences my rope bottoming / teaching approach. Whilst there was no space for lengthy discussion […]
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Shrinking Spaces
For me, and for Merriam-Webster, “Bondage” means slavery, it means restraining someone, taking away their freedom, their power. This is a criminal act unless it’s […]
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On tension
I failed to write this week. But I still like to show up and say “hi”. I wanted to write so much about surrender after […]
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