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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

Jucao holds the rank of fifth degree black belt professor. In his 30 years of training and teaching ju jitsu. Professor Jucao fas formed internationally recognized athletes, both as champions and professors of ju jitsu, capable of teaching and fighting anywhere in the world. As a competitor, he has been in over 1000 ju jitsu matches, won gold medals at the Pan American Games in Los Angeles in 1995 and 1996, and took the gold medal at the European Championships in Portugal in 2004.
 
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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

Saturday, February 17, 2007, 2pm - 5pm @ SFMAI, 4 West 18th St., 3rd fl. NY, NY 10011. In Anatomy & Kinesiology in the Martial Arts: The Foot, we will examine the foot as the foundation for explosive and accurate kicking technique. The class will include an introduction to the bones and muscles of the foot using textbooks, models, and palpation.
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