Embracing the Unexpected

This selection of Awareness Through Movement^® lessons are designed to prepare you for the 5 Winds Kata Series. Embodying all the principles of Judo, the 5 Winds Kata was deconstructed by Moshe Feldenkrais to make this traditional form accessible to an audience wider than one interested in martial arts. The 5 Winds Kata Series is a choreographed pattern of movements practiced either solo or in pairs which emphasizes the form and order of a process. A “Wind” is an invisible force of tradition which furnishes momentum to any art that incorporates it. Just as a leaf is propelled along by an invisible wind, so does a tradition whose influence is palpable but unseen, propel one along a path like Judo or the Feldenkrais Method^®.

Since the passing of Dennis Leri, I don’t know if or when the 5 Winds Kata will be published. I will keep you posted. – Al Wadleigh, GCFP.

Lessons include:

1. The Wave #1 – 59:01
2. Subtle Breathing #1 – 51:47
3. Hip Joints #1 – 50:03
4. Lifting Elbows – 42:21
5. Sawing Arms #1 – 57:09
6. The Wave #2 – 54:52
7. Subtle Breathing #2 – 51:55
8. Sawing Arms #2 – 40:37
9. Sawing Arms #3 – 55:10
10. Subtle Breathing #3 – 48:21
11. Sitting, Eyes – 50:31
12. Hip Joints #2 – 41:52
13. Sawing Arms #4 – 42:26
14. Eyeball Sculpting – 53:34
15. Hip Joints #3 – 58:57
16. Interlacing Toes – 43:43
17. The Wave #3: Arms Behind – 51:08
18. Subtle Breathing #4 – 46:55
19. Tongue – 46:55
20. Kata: A Glimps – 41:56