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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...
- 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: 4115
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...
- Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:01 pm
- Forum: Main
- Topic: No equipment Pilates standing work
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6314
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 ...
- Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:42 pm
- Forum: Main
- Topic: No equipment Pilates standing work
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6314
Re: No equipment Pilates standing work
Thank you for this post, Javier.
Every bit of knowledge.
May it continues to be transmitted!
Greetings,
Alain
Every bit of knowledge.
May it continues to be transmitted!
Greetings,
Alain
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:54 am
- Forum: Main
- Topic: No equipment Pilates standing work
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6314
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...
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:56 pm
- Forum: Main
- Topic: Feet, stability and articulation.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5688
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...
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:08 pm
- Forum: Main
- Topic: Practice over time
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4387
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...
- Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:25 pm
- Forum: Main
- Topic: weights/springs, pull/push, rocking/rolling
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13335
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...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:43 pm
- Forum: Main
- Topic: Practice over time
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4387
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, ...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:10 pm
- Forum: Main
- Topic: weights/springs, pull/push, rocking/rolling
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13335
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...