Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Frucek are the founders of Fighting Monkey Practice. They are both professionally involved in art, athletics and movement research. Since 2002 Linda and Jozef have been developing the Fighting Monkey Practice through a deep study of cross motion analysis, with the aim to understand principles of human movement, communication and the ageing process.
Linda Kapetanea
Jozef Frucek
The quest for better communication
FM Practice research is centred around communication, physical dexterity and creative thinking and moving to be capable of solving real life problems and thrive in life.
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Practice should have 3 fundamental building blocks to offer you capacity to cope with changing and challenging lives we live:
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Feedback
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Better planning
It should provoke creativity and ingenuity to keep the window of plasticity open. This allows you to keep learning and improving your knowing and responding, and helps you to plan and prepare better for an enjoyable future.
Zero forms
Zero Forms are Structural and Kinetic Hygiene practices for better performance, life and ageing that support your physiological integrity to heal, prevent and diminish your future injuries.
They are engineered to create a dynamically coordinated structure that can effectively accommodate the forces which are acting upon us.
Movement situations
Life rarely happens as you expect.
Most of the time it is unpredictable. Movement Situations serve to develop a tolerance of the irregular and the capacity to handle life’s earthquakes.
Movement Situations are obstacle games designed to test the validity of your knowledge in various conditions and to evaluate how creatively adaptable you are in complex situations.
Communication strategies
Study how you communicate.
Observe what dialogue you enact with yourself and others in times of crisis or when you are challenged.
Question what you already know and how this shapes your future learning, how you acquire new knowledge, how you break habits and create better ones.
Research what strategies you can use for more efficient learning to cultivate versatile qualities rather than fixed skills and drills.
fm instructors
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Europe & Middle East
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Natalia Pieczuro
Belgium, Brussels
FM teacher
Artist
Performer and teacher, also known as the “polish hammer”. Rooted herself with FM practice. She shares FM practice traveling all around the globe and in cyberspace by the online guidance.
Natalia would not mind being a bird or an ocean –but she is the happiest when she can be herself. As a stray dog she is of grandparents from French gypsies with roots in pointer’s, father from Italian mafia and mother with blood of German shepherds.
Currently busy with FM, stillness, TCM and joy of life.
If she would be asked to close with a quote she would say:
“All I ask is that you step with me into the boundlessness, where constancy, quietude and peace, infinite emptiness reign.”Email: natalia.pieczuro@gmail.com
Instagram: @natalia.pieczuro
Website: pieczuro.comLocation: Brussels & everywhere and nowhere
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Jakub Zeman
Czech Republic, Prague
FM teacher
Practitioner, Mover
Jakub is a practitioner and educator with background in martial arts, capoeira, dance and sports. He is also professionally involved in information technology and change in organisations. Looking how to create a meaningful practice and practical philosophy that will be supporting us in our ever changing life circumstances. A practice to keep us inspired and love life despite lack of appreciation, impossible challenges and stupid rules.
Email: jakubzemantraining@gmail.com
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Anna Mahalia Rose
Germany, Berlin
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Dance artist, Director, Singer
Raised in the Shawangunk mountains of New York, Anna is a dance artist, choreographer, singer, and FM practitioner. Anna has performed and taught extensively at festivals and schools across the US, and has worked with a variety of choreographers at home and abroad. She holds her BFA in dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her own creations exist in the realms of dance film / theatre, and have been presented around the EU, US and UK. Anna is happiest by the ocean, roving with her pack of 3 brothers, collaborating, laughing and sweating with others.
Instagram: @_lady_the_rose/
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Bart Biermasz
Netherlands, Arnhem
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Teacher, Coach, Therapist
Bart practices life in the Netherlands. He enjoys a wholehearted and playful exploration of different schools, styles and wisdom traditions through which he aims to be of service to anyone interested. He works as a teacher, coach and therapist. In these roles he assists in the process of inner and outer motion.
Throughout my adult life I studied Art and Illustration, Martial Arts, Depth Psychology and ventured into dance, movement and the FM practice.
Finding the connections and overlap between different fields and how they create an integral approach to life’s questions is something I love sharing.
Taking my time to take things very serious while simultaneously trying to nourish the inner child’s perpetual quest for light-hearted curiosity and play.Email: bartbiermasz@gmail.com
Instagram: seity.bartbiermasz
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Ben Medder
UK, London
9 Speedtool Instructor
Founder of Ben Medder Coaching
Ben is a father of 3 and movement coach focused on facilitating playful & meaningful practice, mainly in outdoor spaces in dialogue and context with the seasons. He invites people to refresh innate play drives – to run, jump, climb, wrestle and dance. He sees movement practice as a vehicle for personal and social development and discovery, a chance to reconnect and observe relationships with yourself, each other and your surroundings, with play being an opportunity to cultivate creative capacity with one’s environment. Ben draws inspiration from his children, having the privilege to glimpse at the world through their eyes to rediscover childlike qualities we admire and embrace.
Email: info@benmedder.com
Instagram: @benmedder
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Campbell Caspary
Germany, Berlin / Karlsruhe
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Actor (MA), Performer
I work as an actor in theatre and film. Beforehand I studied Scenography, creating fictional spaces and stories and communicating those via visual arts.
I started breakdancing when I was 14 Years old and had my first encounter with Fighting Monkey 2013. From there on I dived into multiple physical practices like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing, Contemporary Dance.
Currently I’m part of the Ensemble at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe, act in German and international TV-Shows and research intensively into acting techniques, voice development and communication.Email: campbell-leo@hotmail.de
Instagram: @campbellcaspary/
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Dana Iova-Koga
Switzerland & New York
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Performer, Teacher, Maker, Poet
Dana has been a polymorph since an early age and it is through FM that she has been able to better understand the meaning and potential of the ability to shape shift. Her formative training in movement was with Japanese dancer Min Tanaka. She lived and worked for several years with him on his farm- dancing, farming and studying nature of all kinds. She has been a member of dance/theater company inkBoat since 2006. Dana is forever inspired by the complexity and diversity of life in all its forms, is fascinated by the phenomenon of creativity, and above all enjoys playing in the space occupied by the questions.
Email: daisy@inkboat.com
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Dario Feola
ITALY, NAPOLI
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Member of the “Jatobá” Capoeira Group, Co-Founder of the “Três Ondas” movement (to bring honesty and a broader vision in capoeira in Italy and abroad), Eternal student & researcher
“Mandinga è saber fazer do que tem pouco, muito”
“Magic is knowing how to make a lot out of a little”
A capoeira teacher with 15 years collecting and sharing experience, teaching all over capoeira events in italy and europe, bringing the tools from play and dance to athletes, businesses and to one2one coaching,
With a particular attention into building a fruitful relationship between agent and environment to let the individual prosper and grow in the context of the action.Email: dario.feola@mailbox.org
Website: Www.tresondas.org
Instagram: Www.instagram.com/marinhe_d
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Eliška Benešová
Czech Republic, Prague
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Dancer, teacher
Eliška Benešová is dancer, performer and movement teacher. She has been sharing her experience from the dance and „Fighting Monkey Practice“ at various schools and academies in Europe and Latin America. She keeps on with her education within the FM.
Story-tellers sharing messages based on passion to discover what does it mean to be a human creature in its whole complexity. And to give support if you feel you need to make a step towards yourself or to explore unknown territories. -
Erla Rut Mathiesen
Iceland, Reykjavik
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Dancer, performer, teacher, coach
I’m a dancer born and based in Iceland. The island in the north where the sun disappears behind the mountains over the winter, then slowly fills the days until there is no darkness left, and then again. FM practice within the fields of sports and art. Working with kids and teens to understand the way their own body works, how to approach practice both physically and mentally, and how to nurture their motivation for movement.
Searching for the beautiful and finding the ugly, accepting that there is not one without the other wanting more. Questioning the fixed path, the roadmaps, the knowledge.Email: erlarutmat@gmail.com
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Filip Droszcz
Poland, Warsaw
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Artist (researcher, practitioner, teacher) BS. Physical Education
Since seven years fully committed to discovering how can we improve ourselves through physical practice. On a quest for a better communication as the central point in his life – communication with himself and the socio-physical landscape he is operating in. Filip has an interest in science of dance, motor learning and motor control. Collaborates with other practitioners and researchers – as he believes that only through collaboration and dialog it is possible to find the best solution for a given problem. He applies his experience and knowledge teaching regular classes in Warsaw and offers his support to people from different walks of life.Email: filipdroszcz@gmail.com
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Francesca Turchi
Italy, Milan
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Psychologist, Contemporary dancer and teacher, movement practitioner
I’m a Psychologist, and dance teacher. Moving and teaching movement is first of all about creativity, about giving myself and my students a space to feel connected, to feel surprised, to be playful, to stay curious. It is about growing and evolving as human beings, as individuals and as a community. It is about communication, about telling stories, including our own story, through gestures, actions, distance or closeness, musicality, rhythm, and touch, rather than just through words.
Email: francescaturchi@hotmail.com
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Giorgio Ferrè
Italy, Arona / Lago Maggiore / Varese
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Founder of One Animal Movement Training,
Parkour & Movement coach
I was born in 1981, from an early age I practiced martial arts and boxing.
Since 2006 practitioner of parkour, the discipline that outlines my conception of movement.
Since 2013 I am Head Coach of ParkourWave, of which I am one of the founding members.
I study strength and conditioning and functional training.
I am passionate about outdoor sports and the mountains, hiking and alpinism, where I find new areas of challenge.
In 2018 I met Fighting Monkey practice and fell in love with it, discovering new artistic expression.
In 2020 I propose my synthesis of these experiences with the name “ONE ANIMAL”.
I regularly run classes, workshops and online classes of Parkour And Movement.Father of one, Degree in computer engineering,
eternal student and always in search
i love to solve life problems and to help people to do itEmail : giorgio@parkourwave.com
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Jade van den Hout
Netherlands, Tilburg
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Artist (performer, teacher, maker)
Active as a performer, maker and teacher in the field of art and movement. Shifting gears between those activities, just as the weather throughout the seasons (certainly irregular), but always returning back to dance and a curiosity for human interaction. Initiator of DaybyDay, under which various 24-hour research projects are carried out.
FM has an increasing influence on my physical development, creative reflection and perspective on life. It offers me a complex but cheerful learning environment. Which makes me feel humbled, wildly confused every once in a while, as well as deeply nourished and rooted. It’s a joy to share, celebrate and dive into this practice with others.
An act of joining, where surprising and playful encounters can reveal us to new understandings. Where akin and unfamiliar meet.– Teaching Inspire by FM
– Initiator of DaybyDay
– Performer/dancer at The100HandsEmail: vandenhout.jade@gmail.com
IG: @jade_vandenhout
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Jorge Ortiz
Germany, Berlin
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Movement and sports practitioner, teacher, coach, artist Jorge’s journey began as a child at a unique playground, the Colombian amazon. He has a long and intense history in competitive sports like mountain biking and squash and has proven many times that he can start fresh and reinvent himself. After moving to Germany, he became passionate about Capoeira, Dance and the Fighting Monkey practice. You can currently find Jorge in Berlin, where he works as movement and sports Coach based on his own experience and the principles of the Fighting Monkey practice. Among other roles, he is also an experienced software engineer and a father.Email: jortizromo@gmail.com
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Julian Goldstein
Germany, Hamburg
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Dancer, Artist, Educator
A lifelong traveler through physical, natural & artistic landscapes.
Through my background in Dance, Martial Arts and Psychology, my practice serves sensing, perceiving and being open to the possibilities of the world.
With deep interest in human nature, its different cultural expressions and our movement in the environment we create and inhabit, my work aims to brings forward a deeper understanding of our personal and shared context.Email: julian.goldstein@outlook.com
Instagram: juliangold.stein
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Justas Kučinskas
Lithuania, Vilnius
9 Speedtool Instructor
Co-founder of Movement Vilnius
Having been a professional dancer (3 times European Silver, 2 times World Finals in South American Showdance), having finished my doctoral studies in philosophy at Vilnius University, having worked as facilitator and a host (Art of Hosting community), studying with the greatest teachers in the field of movement I ended up co-creating something where all of the above came together – Movement Vilnius, a movement school providing a holistic movement education. With FM I grow since 2018. Ever since I am grateful for being supported and challenged in becoming the best version of myself.
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Karīna Lapšina
Latvia, Riga
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Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher
She discovers and explores worlds greatness through movement, creativity and science. She loves to challenge her art practice on the stage, creating co-collaboration contemporary dance and movement pieces with professional dancers, musicians and athletes. It is the outcome of match made in her education having two master degrees one in choreography and other in entrepreneurship. On daily basis she works with kids and youth communicating with them through FM practice and contemporary dance languages.
Her natural state of the body – to be always in the movement.Email: karina.lapsina@gmail.com
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Kris Rai
UK, London & UAE, Dubai
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Research collaborator, Osteopath
Born and raised in London, sport and motion has been a focal part of my life. Playing a number of sports to a high level through my developing years, at 18 my path turned to finding ways for other people to reach their physical potential as an Osteopath. Over the last 18 years, mostly unknowingly, I have been in the pursuit of singularity. For me, this pursuit of singularity is to find a collective personal truth in the different paths that I walk, a truth that resonates in all that I do, to live a philosophy that resonates across my life, my work, how I move and my relationships.
Email: kris@jointspace.ae
Instagram: @krisrai_
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Kristijan Ivančić
UK (Scotland), Glasgow
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Movement Practitioner and Facilitator
Movement practitioner and facilitator with a background in martial arts, specifically Karate and Krav Maga. Finds deep inspiration in various contemplative practices and is always looking for ways to combine phenomenological investigation with movement and play.
Focusing on helping beginners develop a meaningful and personal practice while also teaching principles of movement that are often not articulated in mainstream exercise culture. A computer scientist by trade, he is also keen to help analytically-minded people unify the body and mind with all the richness, depth, and joy this entails.
Εmail: kristijan.ivancic90@gmail.com
Twitter: @kristijan_moves*photo credit @brais.pinheiro
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Lourenço de Azevedo
Portugal, Braga
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Researcher, Author, Educator, Chinese Medicine Geek
There is a line that unites us as humans. This line doesn’t define or choose borders or culture and informs and liberates us instead of restricting and limiting our choices of movement. Since 1998, I’ve been learning Traditional Healing practices having Chinese Medicine as a starting point. If I had to define right now what I’m doing would be something like a body sustainability adviser and researcher for a healing language that is not from east or west, it’s rooted in our deep DNA, long before Man drew lines in the maps and mess with his internal and external landscape at large scale.
Email: lourenco.azevedo@regenerar.pt
Websites: https://regenerar.pt,
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Luc Tranchet
Switzerland, Geneva
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Yoga & Movement teacher
My movement journey started on skis, waiting, looking and searching for the snow to draw curves on the mountain slopes.
Once gone, I would ride a bike, a skateborad, a surfborad. Different toys, different environment, different elements.
These activities were my life and the question was always the same:
How can I be creative? What can I do to make it different? What if I would do it this way?
When I met Linda and Jozef, I immediately fell for the practice, it opens doors, asks questions and makes you think. I understood that playing with the others would help me to better understand myself.
So let’s play !
Because through playing, we move, we learn, we share, we create, we heal…Email: luc.tranchet@gmail.com
Facebook: luc.tranchet
Instagman: luc.tranchet
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Maarten Krielen
Germany, Berlin
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Artist
Born and climbed on his feet in Holland. Maarten made his way to Berlin to continue his pathway as performer, facilitator and maker. His artistic approach incorporates his background in Hip Hop, percussion and passion for movement and improvisation.
Being interested and fascinated by the human body, creativity and healing capacity through movement he finds a lifelong research in the Fighting Monkey practice.Email: mjkkrielen@gmail.com -
Manuel Bohn
Austria, Krems / Vienna
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Research collaborator, Physiotherapist, Holistic Biomechanics Teacher
As physiotherapist I’ve been working with pain clients and sports related injuries for more than a decade. Ever since specializing in joint integrity and holistic health, I was always cautious about what and how to exercise – knowing that It’s the way we move in our daily lives and sports that shapes our future health rather than this or that exercise. The body mirroring the qualities of past experiences. FM-Practice perfectly fits into that and enhances physiotherapy greatly – It’s become more individualized and playful – more alive.
Email: manuel.bohn@gmx.at, manuel@physio-erlebnis.at
Website: Manuelbohn.info
Facebook: facebook.com/physioerlebnis
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Miguel Viero
Spain, Barcelona & Brazil, Porto Alegre
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Moov Movement School – Founder
Miguel’s passion is to research, learn and share about movement and its applications to make our everyday lives easier and better. Developing a practice which can serve as a feedback system and provide us with the energy to enjoy life.It all started around 16 years ago in Brazil (Miguel’s country of origin), leading to a few years in Australia and lastly, to Spain, where he has lived since 2011.
In 2015, in Barcelona, Miguel created Moov, a movement school project in which he guides private and group classes, and workshops. Moov is his laboratory and houses his research on movement and creative exploration.Email: miguelviero@gmail.com
Instagram: @miguelviero_
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Mikko Rinnevuori
Finland, Helsinki
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M. Ed. Headmaster, Writer, Circus Artist
Mikko Rinnevuori (M. Ed.) is the co-founder and headmaster of the Parkour Academy and Circus School of Helsinki. He also works as a writer and a circus artist. In addition to educational sciences background he has faculty studies in sport sciences, dramaturgy and languages. Author of two books about acrobatics and handbalancing, he has competed in the Finland gymnastics national team and performed around the world in different performances.
Achievements: Two-time Finnish champion in Teamgym gymnastics, author of two books.
Email: mrinnevuori@gmail.com
Websites: parkourakatemia.fi/lauttasaari, mikkorinnevuori.fi
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Olivier Goetgeluck
Belgium, Antwerp
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Research collaborator, Elite Athletes Co-Owner, Elite Academy, Play-Performance Director
Olivier Goetgeluck’s research and curiosity hover around in the mapping of ‘body’ in relation to its influence on and inspiration of creative human becoming. In practical terms he has been working in the domain of youth sports coaching and teaching since 2011, when he founded “Elite Athletes” in Belgium. As the Play-Performance Director for their basketball academy he aims to constantly innovate how physical education can be re-thought in a way that it nourishes and supports kids’ intuition, creativity, expression and emotional-resilience.
Websites: oliviergoetgeluck.com, Eliteathletes.be, Eliteathletesonline.com, Eliteacademy.be
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Ozana Marginean
Spain, Barcelona
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Coach
90s born in a small city in Romania, Oz grew up on the basketball court in her hometown..She moved to New York at the age of 19 to pursue her dream of playing D1 Basketball and dancing the streets of Brooklyn. Upon retirement from elite sport, and passing through different movement practices, she found the FM practice which brought her closer to her authentic self and passion for play, athletic development and embodiment. She is now living in Barcelona, coaching, and contributing to building a more compassionate world of sport through her work with the True Athlete Project.
Email : ozana.marginean@gmail.com
Instagram: @oz.marginean
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Roberto Regueiro
UK, London & Spain
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Parkour Master Coach, Rowing Coach, Artist
After 3.8 Billion years this is what the search for homeostasis has to offer.
I’m looking for another way to do things,
I try to make impossible things
I accept failure as part of the process
the problem is that I don’t know what success or failure are.I look back to understand the present,
I work on a strategy,
I look into the past and it has changed.I’m on a quest for better communication & longevity
I’m not looking for more minutes
I’m looking for longer minutes.I’ve been in Barcelona, NYC and now in London, where I’m working as a movement and parkour coach using the Fighting Monkey principles as core of my practice and keeping my little baby girl undomesticated.
Instagram: @roberto.uzc
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Samantha Emanuel
UK & France
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Dancer, Movement Coach, Performance Artist
Mother of two. A stray dog since I was 16 years old, moving through various hands-on métiers, finally discovering dance & martial arts in my early 20s. I have performed in live theatrical shows and taught workshops in over 42 countries. My dedication to movement and its power to connect people from all continents kept me on the move, until January 2018 when a serious accident left me in a wheelchair. I discovered FM and the practice helped me reconnect to my physicality, to trust my body’s capacity and to get back to dancing on stage again within the same year. Currently teaching movement at a local physiotherapy clinic, guiding people of all ages and varied disorders ranging from back pain to neurodegenerative disease, stroke survivors, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.
BJEPS Educateur Sportif Européen. Activités de la Forme. Cours Collectifs.
Certified FRCms® Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist.
Qualified Level 3 Mat Pilates instructor VTCV City and Guilds.Email: vagabondprincess@me.com
Websites: www.dancesynthesis.com, www.samanthaemanuel.com
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Stefan Crainic
Germany, Berlin
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Movement Facilitator, Movement Artist
His journey into the world of movement started as a swimmer. Growing around an active father, his interests into various sports was cultivated from an early age. During the last 10 years he explored many disciplines, focusing mainly on capoeira, dance and gymnastics.
Curious about arts and scien.ce, he studied music as a teenager and medicine later in life. At 24 years old he quit med school and decided to take another path, spreading the love for movement and educating people towards a more artistic engagement with life and their practice.email: stefancrainic2@gmail.com
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Thales Manuel Weilinger
Austria, Vienna / Klagenfurt
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BA Theory and History of Dramatic Art, Pilates Instructor, Dance Diploma
Born and raised in Austria. Wandering through life. Experiencing the stage with a violin and later on by singing. Dedicating my studies to the theory and history of dramatic art and working in different fields of the theatre. At the age of 25 I found dance and movement and the unknown turned into something real and present. I came in touch with FM Practice during my dance education and I started to discover myself through practice and movement. FM gave me the vision to be the creator of my own universe. Dedication, curiosity and the path in uncertain territory for a better understanding of myself and a deeper connection with my environment.
Email: thales.weilinger@gmail.com
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Tobias Portella
Germany, Berlin
9 Speedtool Instructor
FR manual therapist, Physiotherapist, Trainer
Born and raised in Berlin, multilingual and multicultural. I hold/teach group classes on locomotion, mobility and movement games in Berlin to offer a different perspective on how to enjoy your ability to move and learn permanently. I also work with patients/clients individually to help them deal with obstacles they encountered and learn about their own ways and resources to overcome them.
Instagram: @tobiportella
Email: askeokineo@gmail.com
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Yeli Beurskens
Netherlands, Arnhem
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Dancer, performer, teacher, maker
Working as a freelance dancer in the field of dance and art. Interested in health, movement and people.
The Fighting Monkey practice reawakened my interest for the body and all its potential. Exploring the possibilities of serving and challenging this beautiful complex system. Reminding the fact that we learn about ourselves through others.
FM teaches me to allow vulnerability through playfulness. I aim to support others in their process of learning, growth and discovery.Email: yeli-beurskens@hotmail.com
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Zuzana Handzusova
Slovakia, Banska Bystrica
Inspire By FM Instructor / FM Kids & Youth Instructor
Mother of two. Former athlete with the heart of a dancer.
She finished her university studies in public economy and non-profit organizations and keeps working in this field with different projects.
Her interest is in understanding of herself and the others, in finding a meaningful relations across different fields and creating a nourishing environment for humankind to grow.Email: zuzana.handzus@gmail.com
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Ada Ho
Canada, Toronto
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Movement Practitioner, Artist (Circus, Dance), Teacher
Ada is a movement practitioner, circus artist, teacher, and lifelong student. Although she is an engineer and scientist by education, she found her home in physical research.
With a background in sports and swimming, she discovered dance, circus arts, and movement work in adulthood.
Her love of discovery and learning has driven her to study, train, and teach with coaches, circus schools, and in workshops around the world.
She is endlessly evolving her practice, exploring possibilities, and pushing limits with equal parts persistence and incorrigible laughter.E-mail: adaho42@gmail.com
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Alanna Kraaijeveld
Canada, Montréal
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Artist
Kraaijeveld is a contemporary dance artist and instructor. Her grit, adaptability, intelligence and sense of humor have supported her work in diverse projects. She toured internationally with many artists. She has a Master of Arts degree in Dance Pedagogy, and has taught at institutions and organizations across Canada, in Europe, and the United States.
Email: alannakraaijeveld@gmail.com
Instagram: alannakraaijeveld
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Andre Talbot
Canada, Toronto
Inspire By FM Instructor / 9Speedtool Instructor
Movement & Mindset Coach, Studio Director
Andre enjoyed-endured a 10-year career as a professional football player in the CFL achieving numerous accolades including Grey Cup Champion & Team Captain, as well as, an illustrious university athletics career at Wilfrid Laurier. He is Founder/Director of the Spirit Loft Movement Centre in Toronto, Canada, a studio which embraces a rich tapestry of varied movement, stillness and community-based practices. Andre uses his rich athletic experience, specialized trainings and the Fighting Monkey methodology as foundational tools to skillfully assess, train and help human beings in the fields of sport-specific performance, rehabilitation and optimization for life.
Achievements: Grey Cup Champion, 10 Seasons Played in the CFL
Email: andre@spiritloft.com
Instagram: @spiritloft
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Arielle Warnke St-Pierre
Canada, Quebec
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Movement facilitator & Artist
The evolution of humans, their potential for transformation intrigues and fascinates me. The past 20 years have been dedicated to creating through the art of dance; performer, choreographer, teacher, artistic director, driven by joy and a visceral love of movement. I conceive human being, world, as a whole where each of its parts are unique and inseparable, carrying within them an opportunity for a singular and precious contribution to life. I am driven by the medicine of things; movement, intuition, voice, plants, rituals and celebrations. The desire to link these inspirations is manifested through my teaching of movement and the exploration of rituals and sharing circles. Through the spaces of movement that I set up, I cherish the autonomy of transformation and the development of each person’s unique creative potential in relation to the environment in which they evolve. In my understanding of the Continuum and Fighting monkey body approaches, I was able to find grounds for exploration that deeply nurture these necessities. These playgrounds are for me invitations to intuitive, spontaneous and functional movement, and bring a significant positive impact on individual and, by extension, collective well-being. Combined with these tools, I accompany people individually or in group workshops in their search for movement in their life.
Email: rivieredepassage@gmail.com
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Cristóbal Griñó
Chile, Santiago
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Circus and Movement teacher/Artist, Sound Engineer
Hailing from Chile, I’ve dedicated over a decade to the circus, specializing in “Aerial Straps.” As a movement enthusiast, I find fascination in locomotion, soft acrobatics, and the beauty of harmoniously communicated simple and complex movements, perpetually driven by the thrill of learning. As a movement educator I’m guiding individuals of all ages—children to seniors—towards cultivating a healthy and intelligent practice, fostering well-communicated bodies and a harmonious mind-body relationship. Also I’m teaching in the national circus school of Chile, “Circo del Mundo” as a specialist of aerial straps.
Deeply influenced by FM, both philosophically and practically, this journey has been transformative—nurturing not only physical but also creative growth and now is a fundamental pillar in my teaching methodologies and personal practice.I founded the cultural center, “La Pirueta,” dedicated to promoting education around movement and well-being. With 8 years of operation, it’s a space where the joy of exploration converges with a commitment to holistic health, reflecting the passion for nurturing a community that thrives both physically and creatively.Email : cristobal.grh@gmail.com
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Elke Schroeder
Canada, Toronto/Nomadic
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Dance Artist
Elke is a Fighting Monkey student and instructor. Her movement background includes dance, floorwork, acrobatics, yoga, archery and martial arts. She leads practices that are fluid, strong, creative, full of Play, rough-housing, and curiosity, tempered with attunement to self-awareness. Because tomorrow never knows.
Email: elkebschroeder@gmail.com
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Luke C White
USA, New York & Asheville, NC
9 Speedtool Instructor
Retruvianllc: Owner/ Lead Educator
I have been on a ravenous journey of discovery since the age of 9, when I found Okinawan Karate and meditation. Since that time, I have sought truth and embodied knowledge through studying human movement and other artistic expressions. In addition to being a U.S. 9Speedtool Instructor, I have a blackbelt in Warangdo Combat Jiu Jitsu, am a First Generation Certified Wim Hof Method Instructor, a 500+ Hour Therapeutic Yoga Instructor, and a personal trainer with a focus on strength and conditioning.
Email: Luke@Retruvian.com
Instagram: @re_truvian
Website: www.retruvian.com/
Facebook: Luke C White
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Asia-Pacific
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Dean Philp
Australia, Adelaide
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Founder of Moving Puzzles, Coach, Facilitator
Dean founded his business called Moving Puzzles to help humans explore problems collaboratively using the power of serious play and moving mindfulness.
During his 10 years coaching sports teams, Dean knows the deep focus and connection among humans that emerges when they tackle challenges together.
Inspired by FM philosophy, Dean uses handcrafted movement situations to help individuals and teams navigate unexplored paths through their own puzzles. Regardless of if they are workplace or movement puzzles, Dean’s approach brings a welcome sense of creativity and fun.
Expanding ideas from sport and FM into the workplace, Dean has facilitated workshops for strategy, communication, culture and even employee induction.
He loves the outdoors, where you might find him playing with unnecessary obstacles, coaching FM groups or 1-1 sessions.
He is a Parkour coach in his 40s, Artificial Intelligence Researcher and partner to Emily, where they both live in Adelaide.Email: dean@movingpuzzles.com.au
Website: movingpuzzles.com.au
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Eduardo Sacoo Caprotti
Australia, Adelaide
Inspire By FM Instructor / 9Speedtool Instructor
M.Sc. Sport Science, Movement Development Coach
I am a father of two, a coach and an eager researcher at heart. I am a stray dog, a wanderer in the territory of human development. I believe that we can learn way more than exercises through physical training. Moving our body is life experience in itself. Through the motion of our body we can look at living in its entire meaning if we wish to do so. I aim to improve lives through individual and interactive movement situations. I invite to explore and broaden bodily possibilities in a safe environment through a playful attitude. I promote ageless athleticism.
Email: eduardosaccocaprotti@gmail.com
Website: eduardosaccocaprotti.com
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Emma Robson
Australia, Perth
Inspire By FM Instructor
Personal Trainer, Managing Director of Aspen Coaching
Emma is Co-founder and Director of Aspen Coaching in Perth, Australia, a space for everyday people to move, learn and be supported to create a healthy physical practice.
She has been a trainer since 2007 and has continually developed her approach to help people achieve balance in their life and body. Emma’s wants to help people rediscover autonomy and create a sense of ownership for their body. She believes that things must be experienced to be learnt and there is no better vehicle for this than movement itself. Emma attended her first Fighting Monkey event in 2016 and her feet have been firmly planted on their path since.
Email: emma@aspencoaching.com.au
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Daniel Strange
Hong Kong & Asia-Pacific
9 Speedtool Instructor
MSc Sports Science, AQ Strong, AQ Academy
Daniel Strange, a.k.a Doctor Strange offers over 10 years experience in the movement science and fitness industry. Born in Hong Kong and proven ability in HK youth and UK university level basketball pipelines, fitness and sports coaching was a seamless transition. Suffering from sports overuse injuries, the development process with FM practice in Europe offered healing pathways, performance longevity, and perception expansion of what is capable for the human body. Diving into the world of academia at the Masters level in Sports Science, focusing on research in ecological dynamics for youth sport evolution and the importance of gait factors in the ageing process. As the Play-Athleticism-Elasticity director for AQ Strong, he aims to innovate how to support youth physical development and healthy ageing by integrating non-linear principles of teaching, moving, and communicating into the design of physical education ecosystems.
Email: daniel@strange.asia
Instagram: @doct8rstrange
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Hyunjung “LiJo” Moon
SOUTH KOREA, SEOUL
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Body Communication Educator, Body-Conscious Design Researcher
At the age of 2, Taekwondo Dojang became my first kindergarten, giving me the taste of an exhilarating playground and a caring local community. Through the people that expanded and deepened my physical relationships with the world, I could navigate through the most challenging times, reignite the joy of living, and most importantly, realize I am worthy of care and love. I strive to create a society where people have access to inspiring experiences of being in touch with themselves and discovering never-ending possibilities, as well as complex contexts of life, through kind, loving, and daring interactions with one’s own body, other people, and nature. Empowered by FM, together with Yoonil and Sumin, we are developing the education of Body Communication in Korea.
Email: contact@walldaam.com
Instagram: @wall_daam
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Luke Sebastiani
Australia, Adelaide
9 Speedtool Instructor / FM Kids & Youth Instructor
Partner & Head Coach @ Adelaide Tennis Academy
Raised in the South of Australia, I have been on a long journey as a tennis player/coach. This individual sport has taught me a great deal about responsibility and resilience, while providing me the opportunity to connect and share my passions with others, leading me to many great people. I am nothing without the people around me, I am fortunate enough to have met such influential people, who express such a love for life. This has shaped me to be a curious individual wanting to break the conventional way, allowing new ways to emerge. I hope to give back to others what has been given to me.
Achievements:
Tennis Australia Junior Development Coach
Bachelor in Education (Primary/Middle) University of South AustraliaEmail: luke.sebastiani04@gmail.com
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Masa Suzuki
Japan, Tokyo
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Sports Performance Coach, Movement teacher
Masa is a ex-professional Parkour Athlete, ex-professional dancer, Martial artists and a Strength and Conditioning specialist.
He is now known in Japan as one of the pioneering Movement teacher and Sports performance coach who specializes in Combat and Contact sports.
Masa has been working with Jozef and Linda for many years and he strives to spread the philosophy that “Movement practice” provides throughout Japan.Email: shinobimover@gmail.com
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Oliver Zafiridis
Australia, Adelaide
Inspire By FM Instructor / 9 Speedtool Instructor
Still a Soccer Player, while coaching and developing athletes. Working towards creating something new and dynamic, you must stray off the path of the known. I have been a trainer since 2018 and the learning curve has been exponential. Learning over the recent years of practice and diving into FM, I have shifted more from the known into the unknown and from being specific to being less specific. Thinking there was a one size fits all for everyone to now humbly understanding there is not, which has made my mission for people to experience and increase their love for life.
Email: ozafiridis@hotmail.com
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Soisci Porchetta
Australia, Canberra / Sydney / Newcastle
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Movement Teacher
Soisci’s work guides students through embodiment practices to upgrade their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual states.
Her journey began 20 years ago with martial arts, with her biggest accomplishment being in Muay Thai when she won a world title belt in 2011.
She then ventured into the fitness world, and eventually into generalist movement and rehabilitation practices.
In 2020 she began integrateing meditation and spiritual practices into her teaching, thus facilitating a journey for students to “move towards the higher Self.”
Soisci met Jozef 2013, and became an FM ‘stray dog’ hosting and attending live FM events as well as online coaching, and completed the FM mentorship program in 2022.
FM materials and concepts make up a large proportion of her physical practice, and through them she constantly adapts and evolves.Email: contact@soisci.com
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Sumin Cho
SOUTH KOREA, SEOUL
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Designer, Play Educator, Animal Communication Student
After completing the education that taught me various skills for self-sustainability and community-building, I have found my sincere desire to pursue joy in moving in/with my body – from crafting, farming to acting, playing and making music, dancing, and connecting with other beings, especially animals. I am blessed with the people that notice and nurture my strengths – observing, listening, calm playfulness, and resiliency. I would love to continue learning and sharing joyful, respectful, beautiful ways of communicating through our body with the immense world full of diversity and surprises. Empowered by FM, together with LiJo and Yoonil, we are developing the education of Body Communication in Korea.
Email: contact@walldaam.com
Instagram: @wall_daam
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Yoonil Kim
SOUTH KOREA, SEOUL
INSPIRE BY FM INSTRUCTOR
Play Researcher, Early Development Educator, Writer
My love for education that promotes risk-taking play stems from my dear childhood memories of unsupervised play and freely roaming along the ocean and mountains of Korea. Risk is an integral part of play, in testing boundaries, trying new things, exploring the unknown and of course, learning from mistakes. Life is a series of risk-taking plays. Truly embracing that notion has allowed me a greater empathy toward myself, my life journey, as well as others, especially the young. I hope to continue the experiments that make the world a more welcoming place for everyone’s, as well as children’s, play and adventure. Empowered by FM, together with LiJo and Sumin, we are developing the education of Body Communication in Korea.
Email: contact@walldaam.com
Instagram: @u_nil
Website: walldaam.com
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