Material for the brain

My guest for the 14th episode is Wili Erber -  a martial artist, a coach and the co founder of science of jiu jitsu martial art gym. Wili holds a black belt in Japanese and Brazilian Jiu jitsu and a master degree in sport science.   

I met Wili 4.5 years ago when I started my own journey in the world of BJJ and nowadays I am training at in his gym under his guidance. What I really admire about Wili is how he manages to approach the hardship of training with ease and smile, finding a way to lighten up the toughest moments in the gym and transform them into pleasurable and playful challenges.  

In our conversation, we were looking at the question of how the deal with aggression, what does training has to do with character building and what are the foundations of self defence.   

Wili is a very humble guy, and as far as I am concern, a good example of everything he stands for. I was really happy for the opportunity to talk to him in person and I hope you too can benefit from everything he has to share.  

Connect to Wili: 

https://sojj.at

https://www.instagram.com/wilhelmerber 

https://www.facebook.com/wilhelm.erber

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My guest for the 13th episode is Richard Sarco-thomas, a life long martial artist and a social worker, working with youth and people with learning disabilities. Richard is a black belt in Aiki jiu jitsu and Aikido and in the last 15 years, beside marital arts, he has been practicing, teaching and organising contact improvisation events and festivals.  

Richard was born in a small working class town in the UK and grew up in quite rough and violent circumstances. His life story of building himself back up and becoming an example for his own students is quite astonishing.  

I met Richard 8 years ago and during the following years, he always impressed me with his ability to stay honest to himself even when his positions are lacking popularity and group conformity. His willingness to speak his mind even while facing adversity was a great inspiration for me personally, and is a much needed quality nowadays, as civil discourse is becoming more and more difficult to manage.  

I invited him to the podcast express his thoughts on the current debates that are taking place within the CI community and to explore together the question what is the appropriate place for politics within movement related spaces.  

Connect to Richard: 

https://www.facebook.com/richard.sarcothomas    

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My guest for the 12th episode is Sabine Parzer(AT), founder of the Holistic Dance Institute . Her professional experience spans over 30 years as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, bodyworker, author and organiser.  

Sabine does an incredible work in merging the world of dance with the world of therapy. She has an amazing capacity to create educational structures, and during the past 10 years, hundreds of participants from all over the world have attended her events and completed her teachers training.  

Sabine’s story is a mixture of self responsibility, hard work and dedication, side by side with compassion, care and attentiveness.  

Connect to Sabine: 

https://www.holistic-dance.at/ 

https://www.facebook.com/instituteholisticdance/  

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In this solo episode I am sharing a personal anecdote as a mean to examine the tension between our need for safety and our need for freedom and how it can manifest in our bodies, culture and more.

I find that this tension is very present nowadays as the Covid pandemic magnifies both the need for safety and the need for freedom. I am trying to offer a way to help us preserve the ability to communicate even while confronting the people with opposing values.

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For the 10th episode I have invited my friend Manon Siv Duquesnay. Manon is a French-Danish dancer, choreographer and teacher based in Spain. She has studied a BA in dance between Uniarts (SE) and Institut del Teatre (ES), and is currently completing her Master at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (DK).

I met Manon first time in 2012 and during the last 9 years we have played different rolls in each other’s life. She was my first long term student, who become my teaching assistant and later on grew into her own practice and now we consider each other as colleagues.

Manon has always been a big inspiration for me as she has an amazing talent in understanding people and forming relationships. She speaks 7 different languages and as far as I am concern, is an embodied example of multiculturalism.

I was super excited to reconnect to her and to hear her thoughts about verbal and physical communication, artistic life in the country side and to hear about her latest adventure of building a cultural centre in the mountains of Asturias.

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My guest for the 9th episode is Patrick Oancia(CA/JP) , founder of Baseworks - a movement system designed to increase your ability to sense, and improve motor and mental performance. 

Patrick diverse background is unique - a former punk musician, that for the last 30 immeshed himself in athletics, the study of Hatha yoga asana and martial arts while refining more-subtle contemplative practices.

I got to know Patrick in 2018. he invited me to teach a seminar in his studio in Tokyo for 10 days. During this short visit, I learnt so much from him, and was really impressed by all the things that he does. Every evening, we dived into conversations that lasted for hours and and I when I came back to Europe I had the feeling that he gave me some much to think about, that I needed about a year to digest these 10 days.

I was very excited by the opportunity to dive again into his complex mind and even more excited to share it with you all.

Learn more about Patrick's work:

https://baseworks.com

https://poancia.medium.com

https://medium.com/baseworks

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My guest for the 8th episode is Guillermo Justel (ES/UK). Guillermo is a Yoga and Hand balancing teacher and the co-founder of 'We-Guild' - a social network for self employed people that helps absorb financial blows through the power of community.

What I really admire in Guillermo is that he is the kind of thinker that doesn't shy away from confronting paradoxes and interacting with conflicting propositions. His engagements in the ream of social impact is a great example of his richness and complexion .

In our conversation we grappled with the question of how trust can be cultivated and how it relates to self responsibility and solidarity. Guillermo shared is perspective on the notion of spirituality and its vast array of potential expressions.

Connect to Guillermo:

https://www.instagram.com/guillermo_justel/

https://www.we-guild.com/

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My guest for the 7th episode is Outi Sulopuisto, a Finnish friend of mine who lives in Klagenfurt, Austria. Outi is a 4th dan black belt Aikidoka, she has training experience in somatic & dance, She is a certified physiotherapist and Feldenekrais practitioner. She holds a master degree in Health Care and currently is working as a Junior researcher at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences in the degree program disability and diversity studies.

Outi is the kind of person that won't push you in order to get her message through, but rather wait patiently for the right timing to speak. And in her special way, she shares with us the importance of softness as a physical and mental quality for a balanced life.

Connect to Outi:

https://www.facebook.com/outi.sulopuisto 

https://inbewegungvillach.com/

https://movingintosoftskills.com/

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In this solo episode, I am reflecting on the topic of authentic expression. I decided to take a personaI approach and to use some of my own life stories as reference points in order to examine the notion of authenticity and its expression and evolution. 

Key questions/topics I am talking about:

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In the 5th episode, I had the pleasure of talk with Shai Faran (IL/DE). Shai is a dancer, teacher and a choreographer based in Berlin. She has a large base of followers from all over the globe with whom she shares what she calls 'a life practice'. Shai is one of the most dedicated practitioner I have met and she lives her life in a very intense and interesting way.

In our conversation she shared what is a 'self practice' and how it can be connected our lives, what are the universal basics across disciplines  and how to train it, what 'dance' means for her and whether it has any significant importance and more.

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http://www.shaifaran.com/

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