FREE FLOW: physicality toward musicality by Wooguru Kw

FREE FLOW: Fundamental Movement Training for all levels in Tampere, Finland

February 24, 2020 Wooguru KwLeave a comment

FREE FLOW-Tampere-2020.JPG FREE FLOW on perustavanlaatuista liikeharjoittelua, joka tukee kehon optimaalisen tasapainon palauttamista ja ylläpitoa yksilöllisesti. FREE FLOW:n lähtökohtana on jokaisen osallistujan fyysisten lähtökohtien ja ominaisten liikeratojen arviointi. Harjoittelu parantaa yleiskuntoa, sekä pyrkii korjaamaan biomekanisia virheasentoja. FREE FLOW kehittää kehotietoisuutta, ja harjoittelu tarjoaa apua esimerkiksi kroonisen jännityksen lievittämiseen niska- ja hartiaseudulla tai kävely- ja juoksumekaniikan parantamiseen. FREE FLOW sessio koostuu hengitysharjoituksista eri asennoissa, keskustan aktivoimisesta, lantion ja rangan kiertoliikkeiden tutkimisesta, rytmillisestä jalkatyöskentelystä ja koko kehoa haastavista liikkeistä osallistujien henkilökohtaiset tarpeet huomioiden. Harjoitusten välillä ja tunnin lopussa tehdään lyhyitä improvisaatioharjoituksia, joiden tarkoituksena on löytää omaa orgaaninen tapa käyttää juuri käsiteltyjä, uusia liikeratoja. Kurssi sopii kaiken ikäisille ja kaiken tasoisille liikkujille. Wooguru KW etelä-korealainen, nykyisin Helsingissä asuva tanssitaiteilija, joka on kehittänyt liikeanalyysi- ja harjoittelumetodin <FREE FLOW: physicality toward musicality>. Hän on vetänyt FREE FLOW kursseja ja koulutusprojekteja Etelä-Koreassa, Saksassa, Ranskassa, Suomessa, Latviassa ja Liettuassa erilaisille ryhmille ammattitanssijoista ja muusikoista koululaisiin ja vanhuksiin. Lisätietoja: http://freeflowmethod.com

Ilmainen kokeilukerta 29. helmikuuta 10:00-12:00
Tunnit lauantaisin 10:00-12:00Taidetila Pelto (Pirkankatu 1, 33230 Tampere)Hinnasto:
1) Kertamaksu 25€
2) 5-kerran kortti 95 € (sisältäen henkilökohtaisen kirjallisen liikeanalyysin) Ilmoittautumiset: contact@freeflowmethod.com

Tervetuloa!

FREE FLOW aims to foster the ability to restore and maintain the optimal balance within the individual body. Thus, one’s physical characteristics and movement patterns are primarily assessed for the improvement of general fitness and biomechanical issues: relieving chronic tension in the neck and shoulders, postural correction, and walking/ running mechanics.
All age groups at various levels of physicality are welcome.
Woogur Kw is a movement educator, developed a physical education/ dance teaching method <FREE FLOW: physicality toward musicality>. Its educational projects and courses have been conducted in S.Korea, Germany, France, Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania in the context of alternative education for various groups, ranging from professionally-trained dancers and artists to elderly people.
More details are the following website.
http://freeflowmethod.com

Reflexive Responses and the rhythmicality of the individual body

February 9, 2020February 16, 2020 Wooguru KwLeave a comment

1) The human body develops itself in an ontogenetic manner that spontaneously distinguishes one from the others. Thereby, the physical characteristics and psychological traits of the individual are to be varied for becoming and functioning as an independent biological entity.
2) The concept of oneself arises from the distinctiveness initiated by the biological features of the human being. The uniqueness of a person manifests in the continuous sequences of voluntary actions for addressing the requirements in which one’s body involuntarily generates. Furthermore, one’s volitional action can be more specified as the voluntary action, particularly taken on the matter, prioritized over the other perceived needs. Hence, the perceptual and cognitive systems, which process and evaluate intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli, direct one’s volitional actions.
3) Body movements are the central agents that conduct all types of human actions. The various sequences of one’s actions, which recurrently appear, become habituated then turn into the movement patterns that represent one’s unique systems for achieving the optimal balance within oneself in a motoric manner.
4) The physical attributes of the individual body significantly affect the movement mechanism of which regulates itself. That is, the degrees of intensity, speed, frequency, flexibility, and stiffness, which can be used to assess the traits of human movements, are first determined by the physical characteristics of one’s body. Therefore, the organization of those elements of the own body generates a distinctive rhythmicality of its own.

FREE FLOW WORKSHOP at L’oiseau de feu in Brittany, France in December 2019

January 15, 2020February 19, 2020 Wooguru KwLeave a comment

: Analyzing the movements of ballet-technique-based dancers for developing the personalized training program to enhance what is neglected in traditional ballet training

: Understanding the following objectives

The mechanics of the rotational movements of the pelvis and its effect on contralateral movements
The sequence of relaxing movements, initiated by exhalation, in the following order: the diaphragmatic relaxation – expiration – the pelvic floor muscle groups – the lower body – the upper body
Utilizing flexion of the lumbar spine, induced by exhalation
The mechanics of turnout feet: the compensation for the insufficient amount of rotational movements of the torso which isometrically holds tension while dancing in a manner that inhibits the natural undulation of the abdomen
Enhancing the forward-leaning posture to activating forefoot movements and the posterior chain, and to addressing postural issues
Restoring the natural arm swing and forward propulsion
How to make the body responsive to respiratory regulation: postural factors to be understood and improved for enhancing the kinesthetic connection throughout the entire body

Joint Workshop: Rhythmic Meditation in collaboration with an environmental activist/ writer Hwang, Daekwon at the BAU Institute in S.Korea on Nov. 1~3 2019

October 24, 2019December 12, 2019 Wooguru KwLeave a comment

Meditation can be explained as the act of restoring the organic wholeness of the human body and the optimal balance within itself. Breathing techniques for reaching the state of being relaxed are the essential set of movements that most of the meditation practices emphasize and develop in various ways. In specific, one respiration comprises one inspiration and one expiration, which causes tension and relaxation, respectively. That is a continuous series of actions, led by abdominal muscles, where all types of physical movements derive.
The workshop named “Rhythmic Meditation” focuses on the respiratory rhythm of the individual body, which is to initiate and regulate its spontaneous movements, for attaining the holistically balanced state within itself. Biomechanical understanding of the body and its actions is used for promoting freedom of movement through the following courses: (1)Movement workshops, (2)Lectures combined with Dance Performance, (3)Rhythmic Meditation with live music.

Contents

1. How breathing regulates the body and its movements: understanding the fundamentals of biomechanics (Lecture combined with a dance performance) by Wooguru Kw

2. Movement workshop: Breathing and locomotion (rhythmic patterned movements)

3. The human body and natural environments: Lecture by Hwang, Daekwon

4. Rhythmic Meditation #1: Understanding meditation effects from the repetition of simple moves from the biomechanical viewpoint

5. Rhythmic Meditation #2: Freedom of Movement

Morning Class at Tanssille ry in Helsinki, Finland in October/ 2019

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Wooguru KwLeave a comment

Morning Class at Tanssille ry in Helsinki on 8th, 10th, and 15th of October, 2019 from 10:00 to 11:30
<FREE FLOW: physicality toward musicality> is a contemporary dance technique, focused on biomechanics for the actualization of the total freedom of the individual body and its integrity. The following are the contents of the morning classes.
(1)Warming-up with quadrupedal movement and its variations for enhancing contralateral movements of the torso, essential for the execution of complex motor tasks
(2)Jumping moves driven by the diaphragmatic breathing techniques
(3)Landing mechanics for converting impact force into the kinetic energy for the subsequent
(4)Rolling for promoting spontaneous actions: reflex & relaxation
(5)Improvising to enjoy one’s freedom of movement

http://tanssille.net/tapahtuma/nykytanssi-wooguru

Pivotal Moves, driven by forefoot movements

October 3, 2019 Wooguru KwLeave a comment

(1)The technical emphasis is on the forefoot movements that play as the base of support; the right foot is primarily anchored on the spot to facilitate the pivotal moves shown on the video. The kinetic energy, which drives the rotational and dragging moves of the left leg, is produced by and transmitted from the interaction between the right foot and the contact surface. The upper body mostly remains relaxed; however, abdominal muscles continuously regulate respiratory movements which initiate all types of movements, including the pivotal moves mentioned above.

(2)The excerpt from the ABSENCE OF SOUND: the Cold War history and its legacy, reinterpreted to pose a fundamental question: how are the ruling principles of the system intensified during the Cold War era still valid and restricting freedom of movement?

THE RESPIRATORY UNDULATION AND ITS RHYTHMICALITY

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Wooguru KwLeave a comment

THE RESPIRATORY UNDULATION AND ITS RHYTHMICALITY
The oscillatory cycle of respiration elicits two contrasting mechanical movements: expansion and compression; these actions are paired to form the constituent pattern that constantly repeats in a complementary manner that facilitates and regulates all types of kinetic movements. Thus, this elastic quality universally appears in a sequence of movements at various intensities and speeds; in doing so, what can be recognized as rhythmic flows physiologically arises in the body.
Rhythm can be defined as a phrase of physical movements, materially expressed with the combination of the strong and the weak elements. Furthermore, the biomechanical rhythmicality can be deliberately magnified and utilized for addressing expressive needs by interacting with musical instruments which are devised to convert touches into sounds.

Postural effects on the utilization of elastic strain energy and respiratory regulation

September 20, 2019September 26, 2019 Wooguru KwLeave a comment

(1)The Forward-Leaning Posture to Maximize the Use of Elastic Energy
Strain energy is released when the deformed elastic elements of the body recover their resting lengths and original shapes. The stretch-shortening cycle of the Achilles’ tendon is succinctly exhibiting the mechanics of this catapult action, which spontaneously occurs to be utilized as initiatory impulses for various locomotor movements. Walking, skipping, running, and jumping are bipedal movements critically driven by elastic energy.
The relaxation of the diaphragm catalyzes expiration, and the body gradually becomes relaxed, from the pelvic floor muscles, and bent forward to the ground in the concentric phase of exhalation. The forward-leaning posture is achieved through this chain reaction at various degrees of torso angle, upon diverse stances. Furthermore, the storage of strain energy increases, as the muscle-tendon units of the posterior chain are stretched.
In the forward-leaning posture, the body is highly responsive to respiratory stimuli. The following are the two determinants that enhance the connectivity of the upper and lower body parts: (a)compressed abdominal muscles that cause deep expiration setting up a new respiratory and postural balance to be maintained by subsequent inspiration (b)the forefoot bearing the significant amount of body weight upon itself, sufficient to play as the primary base of support.

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Anatomy & Physiology, Edited and Revised by Lindsay M. Biga, Sierra Dawson, Amy Harwell, Robin Hopkins, Joel Kaufmann, Mike LeMaster, Philip Matern, Katie Morrison-Graham, Devon Quick, Jon Runyeon Art edited and created by Leeah Whittier
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Take-off and landing forces in jumping frogs, Sandra Nauwelaerts1,* and Peter Aerts1,2 1Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (UIA), Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium and 2Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, University of Ghent, Watersportlaan 2, B-9000 Gent, Belgium, The Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 66-77 Published by The Company of Biologists 2006, doi:10.1242/jeb.01969

The Quadrupedal Nature of Human Bipedal Locomotion, E. Paul Zehr1,2,3, Sandra R. Hundza1,4, and Erin V. Vasudevan5,6 1Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria; 2International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Vancouver; 3Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria; 4CanAssist, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; 5Motion Analysis Lab, Kennedy Krieger Institute; and 6Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD ZEHR, E.P., S.R. HUNDZA, and E.V. VASUDEVAN

NYTKE Festival 2019 in Tampere, Finland

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 Wooguru KwLeave a comment

NYTKE festival is the contemporary dance festival, which took place on July 15-20, 2019 in Tampere, Finland. The workshops of the FREE FLOW: physicality toward musicality were delivered in two formats: (1)Professionally trained group (2)Open Level. Plus, the showcase for a duet piece with Nelly Hakkarainen was held on the last day of the festival at Tanssiteatteri MD. The following are the pictures taken by Raf Mielczarek and Matti Kilponen (chilpura on Instagram).

photographed by Raf Mielczarek

photographed by Matti Kilponen

WORKSHOP ON BIOMECHANICS

September 10, 2019September 20, 2019 Wooguru KwLeave a comment

Patterned Movement is the term referring to the sets of the elementary moves: breathing, crawling, standing, walking, running, and jumping. Those are foundational and critical for the execution of complex motor tasks; however, the significance of the basic tends to be neglected as techniques are mastered to be used and performed at professional levels. Technically speaking, respiratory regulation, postural control, and contralateral movements are the notions that specify the essential principles of the biomechanics of human movements, which regulate and sustain the body in a concerted manner.

The workshop that took place at ARTWEEN STUDIO in Seoul, S.Korea on July 7, 2019, was to remind experienced performing artists <bboys, contemporary dancers, mime artists> of the fundamentals of movements, universal to the human body, regardless of style and discipline.