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Training led by Piotr Masztalerz, assisted by Przemys³aw B³aszczak Fri-Sun 11–13 April 2014, 9am–11am Na Grobli Studio Contact and application Please send your completed application form to Izabela M³ynarz at iza@grotowski-institute.art.pl by 7 April 2014. The number of places is limited. Applicants will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. Training will be conducted in English and Polish. Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art with roots in fencing and jujutsu. Its basic techniques include throws, joint locks and pins. Students are also taught rolls and falling skills. Weapons used include swords, sticks and knives. The goal is to bring the attacker under control by redirecting or neutralizing his/her energy. Aikido eschews competition – training is an end in itself. It can be practised by everyone, irrespective of age, sex, physical ability or health. Training is supported by meditation sessions.  Piotr Masztalerz holds a 5th dan in the Japanese martial art of aikido, and is a certified instructor (shidoin). He started aikido training in 1988 with Daniel Brunner Shihan (6 dan). From 1999 to 2000 he trained with Kanetsuka Shihan in London. He was also a student (uchideshi) of Gabriel Valibouse Shihan (France, 2001), Juba Nour Shihan (USA, 2007) and Kazuo Chiba Shihan (USA). He taught at the University of Wroc³aw (2003–2004), and currently teaches at the Wroclaw University of Technology (since 2003). Piotr conducts classes and practice sessions in Poland and abroad. He is Chair of the Polish Birankai Technical Committee. Przemys³aw B³aszczak is an actor who has been associated with the Grotowski Institute since 1995. From 1996 to 1999 he worked with Song of the Goat Theatre, where he performed in Song of the Goat – Dithyramb. Between 2002 and 2003 he created the solo performance Ecco Homo. Since 2004, he has been an actor with Teatr ZAR, led by Jaros³aw Fret, the resident theatre company of the Grotowski Institute. Przemek performs in the Gospels of Childhood triptych (Gospels of Childhood: Overture, Caesarean Section: Essays on Suicide and Anhelli: The Calling). He is currently involved in the creation of Teatr ZAR’s new performance, Armine, Sister. In 2012 he performed in the premiere of Heiner Müller’s Mauser directed by Theodoros Terzopoulos. Since 2005, Przemek has studied the Japanese martial art of aikido under Sensei Piotr Masztalerz (5th dan). In 2011 he studied under Juba Nour Shihan (6th dan) in Baja California, Mexico. He is currently training to become an aikido teacher. In 2005 he went to Japan, invited by Toshi Tushitori, where he practiced shintaido, a Japanese system that integrates voice and body through training based on traditional Japanese karate. He leads Two Paths Studio, which operates as part of the BodyConstitution research programme of the Grotowski Institute. As part of BodyConstitution, practical seminal |