Transform Yourself Through Movement, Not Exercise!
Choosing Movement Over Exercise. Humans are wildly curious, passionate, and intelligent creatures. The bodies we find ourselves in have been forged by millions of years of evolution to fit the [...]
The Ecology of Self Transformation with Simon Thakur: Evolve Move Play Podcast 22
Humans are complex and so is the world through which we navigate. Often times the things we don’t pay attention to have an astounding influence on our ability to accomplish our goals and [...]
Inspiration 10/14/14 Jogo De Baloa(Partner acrobatics)
Yesterday I was introduced to the Jogo De Baloa in capoeira which means the play of ballons but Baloa here refers to throws or partner acrobatics, these seem to be used as way to develop [...]
Inspiration 10/21/14 Be a Mover(Ido Portal)
Ido Portal released a new video sunday. It’s very worthwhile to watch for movement inspiration. If you have been following the Evolve Move Play blog for awhile you will know the admiration [...]
Movement Inspiration 8/25/14 Play Fight, Dance, Flip and Flow
In 2005 I was introduced to parkour and one of the first events, the nascent parkour community of Seattle, got together for was a viewing of Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak,which featured some of the [...]
Movement inspiration 4/18/14 Climb ups and pass unders
While I believe parkour is the closest discipline to an ideal approach to locomotive training it is missing pieces, at least as commonly practiced, one of those pieces is strength development [...]
Movement Inspiration 3/16/2014 Ground Flow, Dance, Flip
We have repeatedly touched the value of ground flow movement development, we have also talked allot about dance, and just recently on acrobatics. Today our inspiration is this amazing video which [...]