March 10, 2022

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What is Vision? What is Seeing? 

The Many Functions of the Eyes
The eyes see, take in sensory information, anchor us in time, express emotions, organize our movement, and are part of our thinking. This article will primarily focus on the actions of the eyes related to seeing.

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January 22, 2022

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Self-Image and the Modeling Process

Alfred Korzybski – The map is not the territory. Moshe Feldenkrais – People act according to their self-image (brain map). The map IS the way we know the territory. Every map—be it the self-image or linguistic—has deletions, distortions, and generalizations. Feldenkrais practitioners are in the business of remodeling internal maps—filling in the deleted parts, clarifying the distortions, and refining the generalizations. 

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January 13, 2022

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An Archeology of the Feldenkrais Method

Roger Russell reviews Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense by Moshe Feldenkrais and Moti Nativ. Moti is an archiologist of the Feldenkrais Method.

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December 9, 2021

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David Kaetz Reviews Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense

Many thanks to Moti Nativ and Al Wadleigh for their re-publication of Feldenkrais’ illustrated guide to unarmed combat, Jui-Jitsu and Self Defense (1930)….

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August 31, 2021

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Moti Nativ Talks About Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense

Moti Nativ talks about discovering an original copy of Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense by Moshe Feldenkrais. And how it lead him to understand the links between Feldenkrais’s martial arts background and his development of the Feldenkrais Method. The book is based on the unique approach where the first movement of defense is the instinctive movement

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