FM INTENSIVE 2024
5 - 10 August 2024

We invite courageous athletes, poets, movers, artists, and healers
to join us in testing, discussing and experiencing sparks of new creative impulses
that embrace and push the boundaries of human cognitive and physical limits
to the edge of the impossible.
Šamorín, Slovakia
2,600

Practical Info

  • Event Dates

    Workshop:
    Monday 5th of August to
    Saturday 10th of August
    * Training schedule & breaks:
    To Be Announced

    Hotel Arrival:
    Check-in → Sunday 4th August

    Hotel Departure:
    Checkout → Sunday 11th August

  • What is included

    → 6 full workshop days /
    50+ hours of training

    → 3 Meals per day (full board / breakfast, lunch & dinner)
    from
    5th to 10th August

    Plus dinner on 4th August &
    breakfast on 11th August

    → Accommodation for 7 nights in double rooms (paired with another Intensive participant)

  • Teachers

    The FM INTENSIVE is led by the founders of FM Practice:
    Jozef Fruček & Linda Kapetanea

    Together with this year’s guest teachers:
    Vassilis Mantzoukis,
    Dimitris Psomas &
    Ľudmila Machatsová

  • * Note *

    For any further details about the event & to book your spot please contact us at:
    [email protected]

    If you know who you want to be paired with in the double room and if you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies please email us at: [email protected]

Event Dates

Workshop:
Monday 5th of August to
Saturday 10th of August
* Training schedule & breaks:
To Be Announced

Hotel Arrival:
Check-in → Sunday 4th August

Hotel Departure:
Checkout → Sunday 11th August

What is included

→ 6 full workshop days /
50+ hours of training

→ 3 Meals per day (full board / breakfast, lunch & dinner)
from
5th to 10th August

Plus dinner on 4th August &
breakfast on 11th August

→ Accommodation for 7 nights in double rooms (paired with another Intensive participant)

Teachers

The FM INTENSIVE is led by the founders of FM Practice:
Jozef Fruček & Linda Kapetanea

Together with this year’s guest teachers:
Vassilis Mantzoukis,
Dimitris Psomas &
Ľudmila Machatsová

* Note *

For any further details about the event & to book your spot please contact us at:
[email protected]

If you know who you want to be paired with in the double room and if you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies please email us at: [email protected]

Beauty in imperfect impermanent and incomplete

Change is the invariant.
Some elements, objects or situations
change faster, some slower.
Some changes are surprising, but could have been predicted.
Others are utterly unexpected.
Some changes require response, some can be ignored.
And those that we ignored yesterday
might need our attention today.

Throughout the flux, we try to make sense of it all.
We continue striving to comprehend the world.
This learning process, too, is fluctuating.
Sometimes we understand immediately.
Some understanding requires time.
Some things we learn once and for all.
Some things we have learned need to be updated.
Some things need to be unlearned in order to learn anew.

All along, we attend to what we believe
will bring reliable information
and often ignore places and situations
where our expectation of precision is low.
Yet many times we are wrong,
because life is so messy, noisy and ambiguous.

But this is not a cause for worry.
We needn’t strive for perfection.
Rather we can be invigorated by our imperfection
and the incompleteness of our knowledge.
Through the feedback we receive
we are able to improve and develop.
Through thoughtfully structured practice,
and the search for what is missing,
we can refine the dynamic push and pull
between the strength of maintaining our integrity,
and the suppleness of finding alternative pathways.
We can enhance our abilities to relate with agility
to a constantly shifting world and its requirements,
constraints and opportunities.

Above all, we can find joy in honing
the endless act of modulation
in the parade of life’s impermanence.

GUEST TEACHERS

Prof. Dr. med Philipp F. W. Erben
Medical Researcher & Movement Explorer

With a deep background in academic medicine, systems theory, and oncology, Philipp brings a rich interdisciplinary perspective to the world of movement. Alongside his career as a physician and researcher, he has spent decades engaging in embodiment practices—from Tango Argentino to 5Rhythms and Open Floor Dance—and is trained in mindful self-compassion and somatic coaching.

His work explores how complex systems and structural patterns influence transformation, resilience, and innovation—both in the body and in society. Philipp will share his experience at the intersection of science, movement, and human development, inviting participants into a dialogue between structure, sensation, and change.

Natália Hejková
Master Coach in Leadership & Team Dynamics

With a career spanning nearly four decades, Hejková is one of the most accomplished figures in European basketball history. She led teams to multiple national and international championships, including five EuroLeague titles with three different clubs.

Her ability to guide teams through adversity, build long-term excellence, and foster resilience has made her a role model not only in sport but in life. Natália’s session will be a rare opportunity to learn from a master of leadership, rhythm, and human connection—lessons that extend far beyond the court.

Ľudmila Machatsová
Voice Teacher & Communication Specialist

As a voice technique teacher at the Academy of Music and Drama Arts in Bratislava, Ľudmila brings decades of expertise in vocal expression, presence, and the nuanced art of communication. Her work bridges the technical with the personal—exploring how the voice reflects inner states, intention, and connection. Through her lectures and training in both verbal and non-verbal communication, she invites participants to experience voice not just as sound, but as a living, moving extension of the self.

In her session, she will guide us in tuning the voice as both instrument and interface—amplifying clarity, presence, and authenticity in how we relate to others and to ourselves.

Dimitris Psomas
Freestyle Wrestling Coach

A former freestyle wrestling champion, Dimitris discovered that winning titles was only the beginning. As his practice deepened, so did his questions—what lies beyond victory? What happens when combat turns into conversation?

Over time, his focus shifted from tactics to the subtle choreography of motion, from domination to dialogue. He found joy not in control, but in the shared flow with a partner—the exchange of force, energy, and intention. In that discovery, Dimitris uncovered the deeper purpose of martial arts: connection, communication, and creativity. Today, he shares this embodied understanding with others, inviting us to experience movement as a form of presence and play.

THE VENUE

THE CITY

location

Dubová street no. 33/A 931 01 Šamorín, Slovakia

Venue & Hotel : x-bionic® sphere

Closest international airports:
Bratislava airport (30 min. by car)
Vienna airport (60 min. by car)

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FAQ

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for more details, please contact us at

[email protected]