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.
Listen to a Sample
Lessons include:
- The Wave #1 – 59:01
- Subtle Breathing #1 – 51:47
- Hip Joints #1 – 50:03
- Lifting Elbows – 42:21
- Sawing Arms #1 – 57:09
- The Wave #2 – 54:52
- Subtle Breathing #2 – 51:55
- Sawing Arms #2 – 40:37
- Sawing Arms #3 – 55:10
- Subtle Breathing #3 – 48:21
- Sitting, Eyes – 50:31
- Hip Joints #2 – 41:52
- Sawing Arms #4 – 42:26
- Eyeball Sculpting – 53:34
- Hip Joints #3 – 58:57
- Interlacing Toes – 43:43
- The Wave #3: Arms Behind – 51:08
- Subtle Breathing #4 – 46:55
- Tongue – 46:55
- Kata: A Glimps – 41:56
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