For now it's Aikido and tango, for 4 reason 1. Footwork: both have very complex footwork patterns with an emphasis on maintaining the contrat axis of the body straight. 2. The way Aikido uses cooperation in movement as a tool for an opposit end is outside of the binary way of classifying things into working with or against a partner. Cooperating with the partners' movement to achieve a goal against his/her will is a new concept for me. 3. There is a huge emphasis in traditional japanese martial arts on temporality and the strategic use or time and rhythms. 4. Tango is cool, and improvisational. So, I'm working on footwork in the warm up, between sets and after training plus two dedicated sessions per week. Still looking for a good Aikido teacher (and no hope for a tango teacher, none is in the city) Also, a side quest, I'm working on achieving an 11 steps horse stance for 10 min by the end of 2023, just because. 5 to 10 sets of 30s to 1 min, waving the intensity over 6 days.

Working on calisthenics/compound lifts coupled with capoeira and hand balancing!

nothing 😇

Yoga!

i work on my movement capacity in different directions using my small and whilst using also expanding my vocabulary and understanding.

Thanks Danni! So far I've found more success with faster videos rather than slower ones, but I'll definitely do my best to have more graphics in future videos!

@@BrenVez the pace is great but graphics/visual aid would certainly be appreciated! Perhaps even a downloadable frame work if you really feel like spoiling us

@@lightbodylive ahahahah. Well I just added chapters, so that's a start, and here's a link to the full video script, which can be read at any speed you guys may prefer ;). docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSmPUc6AGS9HH9oPIhyx4K9qBQPvfxw2-qZBDd617xbxVrmp_yV3wflhFx6B_ZldSybVLxD-UQWLXc8/pub

You got it Naufal! Get yourself one good program now and get to work ;)

You're very welcome Michael!

Thanks Bro! :)

Glad it was helpful Tatiana!

Awesome! Let me know if you have any questions :)

Thanks for the kind words! Definitely- though I'm experimenting with increasing the production speed and this was about the limit of what I can put out on my own in 1 week (at least after starting a significant chunk of the scripting, brainstorming for a video like this usually takes at least a month). I really only spent 5 hours editing this video, which is a drop in the bucket compared to what I've put into all the other long form videos, even when I've had other editors helping me. anyway I totally agree and will do my best to get more b roll and graphics in each video (like all the previous ones). But I'm going to also try to continue putting out 1 video a week for the next few weeks, even if they aren't as perfect as I'd like, and see how that goes! Hopefully you will enjoy the extra content more than the lack of graphics for now, and in the future we'll get the production workflow figured out better and hopefully not have to compromise :).

@@BrenVez thank you for the detailed answer!!! Alrighty, I'm excited to hear and see more of you sharing all this valuable information 🙂 And that doesn't depend on the way you present it. It's gonna be awesome anyways! 😉

The parallels are real! Super fascinating

@Lightbody Not just parallels! you can make a good claim that everything is within movement, but music really is- for instance I would say it primarily challenges our axes of: musicality, fine motor control, and interfacing. :)

Musicians are athletes!

Drummer here. And ditto

Thanks Cheeks!

Ahahah- Nice.

ahaha. Thanks Danni

Thanks Dylan!

ahahah

I'm a long time fan of Dan John's work. I love his "reasonable" approach towards strength and conditioning. His blind spots, I would say, are mobility work (to the degree of flexibility needed for a more varied "movement" approach) and bodyweight exercises - which isn't a criticism, since he comes from a different world with different aims and requirements. To the extent that he seems to be pushing Easy Strength as a "cure all" approach to health and longevity these days, enriching that with a few ideas from the movement culture would be a really good idea IMO. I'm not quite sure how feasible the Easy Strength approach is for SASS work; since I agree with Philipp Chubb that dynamic variations are more effective for building straight arm strength than the static holds anyway (and here's one of the few occasions were tempo prescriptions with quite slow eccentrics or even pauses definitely make sense) it might be worth a shot to try to Easy Strength them. The main benefit would be the ability to maximize training time for what Bren calls the "software" qualities. From my own experience with Ido Portal (and various teachers inspired by him) 5-7 years ago, the strength training volume is quite excessive compared to what would be necessary to induce progress in most people. And tbh, unless one specifically wants to be a "mover" and acquire some of these more advanced gymnastic strength skills, I have my doubts how necessary it really is to pursue SASS work. I think Easy Strength + better mobility work + fundamental human movements (sitting in a squat and on the floor, hanging, walking, breakfalls) + some fundamental prehab/coordination stuff from the movement culture (spinal waves) + rotating through different sports/disciplines, training them 2-3x per week = most of the benefits of the movement approach, and more doable for most people.

Thanks Abdullah! Everything. Literally every word. I spend a lot of time writing the scripts, usually a good chunk editing as well, and then I read it aloud a few times and make any more final tweaks as I do, and then once I start filming I don't have to think about what I'm going to say, I can just focus on reading passionately, clearly, and quickly. Getting a teleprompter was probably the best single thing I've done for my videos, though it's definitely taken some time to get good with it.

Hey Lukas! You're very welcome. Yes energy is used in both, and it's also not like there's no overlap whatsoever between push pull, and especially between (most) anterior posterior chain exercises, so at very high intensities, this can become a bit of an issue. Still, I really wouldn't go above a 3 min rest interval in this sort of structure unless training time is absolutely not a factor for you and you're getting lots of sets in. especially you've been doing this structure for a while, I think you'll have more success dropping the weight or reps so that you can drop the rest interval, and potentially get more sets in. Keep the intensity manageable!

Stalder Presses ;)

The overhead squat really helps to resolve many squat issues, along with the goblet squat. I would just spend more time sitting in the position and play around with it

@@nathanbateman4255 i appreciate the reply, thanks

@@fantasticsituation9461 Sorry it's not so detailed! Bren may be able to provide more in depth advice (Or have a video to refer you to).

Interesting. Could you expand on what you might see as cognitive axes? Is there research on this?

@@BrenVez I don't know of any research on this, but I am thinking that focus (mind centering) and creativity (mind wandering) could be components. I really don't know, but it'd be terrific if this could be well understood because then you could take care for of all the human axes. Also, I know they mention that the brain has different regions for different processes, so in theory you could create a few complex skills (like music) that cover nearly all your bases.

​@@BrenVez Yes. I read recently that there are three main types of cognitive styles: spatial, verbal, and object visual. Spatial reasoning seems like it'd be the most involved in movement and mathematics, verbal is words, and object visual is like people who are able to keep a really clear image in their minds' eye. So spatial ability would be associated with navigational ability and things like that. I read somewhere that the brain's regions responsible for these abilities are largely anatomically independent. www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mkozhevnlab/?page_id=663 nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mkozhevnlab/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Blazhenkova_Kozhevnikov_OSV_2009.pdf

Around 3 hours! any longer than that and it's really tough to maintain quality focus sustainably.

@@BrenVez Thanks!

Yeah! That would be because I spent about 5 seconds each describing them ahaha. more detail soon but basically orientation becomes more like air awareness in gymnastics and acrobatics, maintaining your understanding of where you are while you spin, roll, twist, or flip, especially for extended periods without getting nauseous. Interfacing is more about how you configure your body with the external environment- think rock climbing, Grappling, contact improv etc.

@@BrenVezThanks for the answer. Man, if I may just say, I wish I was living in your vicinity so I could train with you. You have embarked on a great journey so it seems, and I would have been able to learn from you a lot. I would also be more than happy to invest in that path of yours, as I am sure people like yourself are what this world need more of. Peace out and hope our paths cross one day dear dude.

Thanks Ron! I'll try to organize a workshop or intensive soon, stay tuned for that :)

ahahahah, thanks Kasper, hope the video serves you well into the future :)

@@BrenVezfor sure, watching this over again😊it’s free knowlegde