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Looking at the Tarot
with Enrique Enriquez
Saturday January 10 2009   2 - 5pm

Feet are Fundamental I

  Michelle Gay, CMA,RSME/T

Saturday January 17, 24, 31 and Feb. 7 2-5pm

 4 classes: $80.00 / single class: $25.00

 

Instructor Series:

3-Dimensional Space

Sunday January 25th, 10pm - 1pm

$75.00 

 

 
 

Instructor Highlight

Sensei David Sheeger Kumite No Tachi   
Sensei David began his martial arts training at World Oyama Karate Headquarters in Manhattan in 1986. He currently holds a 4th degree black belt in this style. He was a member of the World Oyama Karate Full Contact Team from 1992-1997 and competed Nationally and Internationally in the Light Weight Division.
 
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The "Good Guy/Bad Guy" self-defense workshops E-mail
This workshop,  taught by Maria Van Dessel ,a  high ranking jujitsu and karate instructor, and Michelle Gay, a karate instructor and Laban Movement Analyst, combines the principles outlined in Gavin De Becker's - The Gift of Fear:  Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence ,  Laban Movement Analysis, and traditional sefl defense techniques. It is presented as a  combination of video and discussion,   movement based experientials, and practical release and run self-defense techniques.  
  • Learn why saying "No." is an important self-defense skill and how to say it like you mean it.
  • Learn the basic social techniques employed by predators  and the movement components which accompany them. 
  • Learn to identify and assess the risk potential of  new social situations.
  • Learn to utilize your natural defense skills to avoid the neccessity of dangerous physical confrontation.
  • Learn to listen to the intelligence of  fear and intuition.
  • Learn the importance of situational context.
  • Increae your self-defense skills with simple release and run techniques.
If you are interested in arranging this workshop for your employees or students, please contact Michelle Gay at info@sfmai.org.
 
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Events

Experiential Anatomy and Movement Observation Workshops* - taught by Michelle Gay -CMA, RSME/T, ACE, sensei,

Sundays  10:00am - 1:00pm.

In these workshops, participants will be introduced to a bias-free movement language, gain insight into their own movement patterns and preferences, increase and sharpen their observational skills, and develop alternative strategies for coaching and teaching. They will investigate and analyze the fundamental anatomical principles and movement dynamics underlying their respective movement arts and fitness specialties.
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Past Events

"Still Moving" workshops were developed to explore the idea of "cross practice" similar to principles of athletic "cross training". The current series uses the inner focus, consciousness and sustained quality of yoga practice as a preparation for the quick, goal oriented, and externally focused practice of karate.
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