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by AlainG
Wed Nov 17, 2021 2:28 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: In and Up
Replies: 1
Views: 3160

In and Up

"In and Up" has been the first thing that I´ve heard, many years ago, from Philippe Taupin (Romana´s lineage). In my martial arts practice, I´ve came to a similar concept. The so called "internal martial arts" are linked, in my understanding, to the ability to displace the viscer...
by AlainG
Tue Oct 19, 2021 2:27 am
Forum: Main
Topic: What are the differences between teaching "Classical Pilates" versus the "Original Method"?
Replies: 2
Views: 4102

Re: What are the differences between teaching "Classical Pilates" versus the "Original Method"?

Hi Javier, Glad to read you, and that you train apprentices. Also, so true what you´ve written about goals and methods. It reminds me of another saying: "method of no method". As said by a man who used to call himself "contradictory old man" (Wang Xiangzhai), and that also knew h...
by AlainG
Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:01 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: No equipment Pilates standing work
Replies: 4
Views: 6294

Re: No equipment Pilates standing work

Thanks again Javier. I don´t think you are being secretive at all. You offer very much knowledge on this site and forum! Precious. I have to say that it changes progressively the way I see and understand Pilates method. Since the beginning of our "pandemic era", I´m more than ever sitting ...
by AlainG
Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:42 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: No equipment Pilates standing work
Replies: 4
Views: 6294

Re: No equipment Pilates standing work

Thank you for this post, Javier.
Every bit of knowledge.
May it continues to be transmitted!
Greetings,
Alain
by AlainG
Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:54 am
Forum: Main
Topic: No equipment Pilates standing work
Replies: 4
Views: 6294

No equipment Pilates standing work

Hi Javier, Do you know if there is written documents, films, photos, or evidences about Pilates standing work (without equipment) other than the film about Jacob Pillow in 1932? In Brazil, it´s starting the teaching of Pilates standing work entirely based on this Jacob Pillow film. I myself practice...
by AlainG
Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:56 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Feet, stability and articulation.
Replies: 4
Views: 5679

Re: Feet, stability and articulation.

Thank you Javier for the didactic post. I´ve appreciated very much the explanations and the videos for these feet exercises. I realize now that it´s so easy to underestimate the importance of the mobility condition of the feet. As an example, recently, I was demonstrating to a friend, and training p...
by AlainG
Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:08 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Practice over time
Replies: 2
Views: 4373

Re: Practice over time

No doubt, you have answered my questions! Thank you Javier. Regarding simplicity, I often tend to practice relatively few exercises. I have neither the time nor the energy to engage in rather long sequences of exercises. Of course, I could practice routines, like classical sequences" labelled b...
by AlainG
Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:25 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: weights/springs, pull/push, rocking/rolling
Replies: 11
Views: 13276

Re: weights/springs, pull/push, rocking/rolling

Yes. So many teachers hardly practice themselves. Others still do. By the way, I´ve read in an interview of Joseph Pilates for a newspaper that he didn´t practice himself! Because, as he had declared, "he didn´t believe in training". Of course, I realize that this provocative declaration s...
by AlainG
Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:43 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Practice over time
Replies: 2
Views: 4373

Practice over time

Javier, you are in the process of writing a very extensive and documented book about Joseph Pilates method. Can you here say what you think about Joseph Pilates own evolution in the long course regarding his teaching and his practice. What stages he had gone through, what he had eventually changed, ...
by AlainG
Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:10 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: weights/springs, pull/push, rocking/rolling
Replies: 11
Views: 13276

Re: weights/springs, pull/push, rocking/rolling

Two quotes of yours that resonate in my mind: EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO EXPERIENCE AND APPRECIATE -or not- SOMETHING HE OR SHE IGNORES. We mustn't be snobs. Even the most uneducated person in the world should be allowed to walk into a contemporary museum and have an opinion, a feeling and a reaction ab...