Fighting Monkey / RootlessRoot
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Movement research practice
developed by Linda Kapetanea & Jozef Fruček. Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Frucek are the founders of Fighting Monkey Practice.
They are both professionally involved in art, athletics and movement research. Since 2002 Linda and Jozef have been developing the Fighting Monkey Practice through a deep study of cross motion analysis, with the aim to understand principles of human movement, communication and the ageing process.
Don't let experience
become a limitation.
Be a curious creature and
question what you already know
in order to explore
what else is possible.
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UPCOMING FM WORKSHOPS
→ link in bio
Amsterdam | 26, 27 September
Istanbul | 3, 4 October
Milan | 17, 18 October
Athens | 28, 29 November
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Play can open up
a great variety of possibilities,
inviting us to explore
endless motion creative solutions
while developing adaptability
and willingness to learn.
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UPCOMING FM WORKSHOPS
→ fightingmonkey.net/upcoming-workshops/
Amsterdam | 26, 27 September
Istanbul | 3, 4 October
Milan | 17, 18 October
Athens | 28, 29 November
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The idea is to work
with one arm moving freely
through space,
and explore what it can do.
The arm does not work alone.
The whole body responds to it—the spine,
the pelvis, the legs.
We explore not only the arm,
but also how the whole body moves
and adapts around it.
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UPCOMING FM WORKSHOPS
→ fightingmonkey.net/upcoming-workshops/
Amsterdam | 26, 27 September
Istanbul | 3, 4 October
Milan | 17, 18 October
Athens | 28, 29 November
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Make the belt move.
Never stop.
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UPCOMING FM WORKSHOPS
→ fightingmonkey.net/upcoming-workshops/
Amsterdam | 26, 27 September
Istanbul | 3, 4 October
Milan | 17, 18 October
Athens | 28, 29 November
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Improve your balance
while being unstable.
As you move, observe your
mobility, stability, and openness.
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UPCOMING FM WORKSHOPS
→ fightingmonkey.net/upcoming-workshops/
Shanghai | 2, 3 September
Shenzhen | 5, 6 September
Beijing | 12, 13 September
Amsterdam | 26, 27 September
Istanbul | 3, 4 October
Milan | 17, 18 October
Athens | 28, 29 November
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06/09/2026
What happens when movement science, physics, engineering, haptics, computational life science, and neuropsychology meet inside a living practice?
Together with André Seyfarth, Philipp Erben, Lucia Seminara, Benedetto Piaggio, and Katerina Fotopoulou, we used FM Practice as a shared laboratory to explore one question:
How can embodied practice strengthen agency, adaptability and empowerment in mental health?
Stay tuned!
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/ André Seyfarth. Head of the Institute of Sport Science at TU Darmstadt and Founder of Movement Academy.
/ Philipp Erben. Professor at the University of Linz (Austria) working in Transformation research: computational life science and experimental medicine, Mannheim, Heidelberg University (Germany); Chairmen: Movement Dialogues Association.
/ Lucia Seminara. Physicist focusing on haptic technologies and human-human/robot interaction. Founder of TACTA and HYBRID (integration of humans and machines).
/ Benedetto Piaggio. Engineering Researcher at the University of Genoa, focusing on the design, modelling, and control of dynamic systems.
/ Katerina Fotopoulou. Professor at UCL, London, working at the crossroads between physical and mental health.
03/09/2026
UPDATE ALERT
Our November workshops in Tokyo and Chuncheon
have been postponed to 2027.
Come join us in one
of our other upcoming cities.
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UPCOMING FM WORKSHOPS
→ fightingmonkey.net/upcoming-workshops/
Shanghai | 2, 3 September
Shenzhen | 5, 6 September
Beijing | 12, 13 September
Amsterdam | 26, 27 September
Istanbul | 3, 4 October
Milan | 17, 18 October
Athens | 28, 29 November
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01/09/2026
MILAN CALLING
Upcoming FM Physical workshop
EMBODIED INTELLIGENCE
Where creativity will compose
new actions in real time,
and turn surprise into advantage.
17 & 18 October 2026
Milan, Italy
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Control, fixed forms, and protocols
are myths of the tired.
We choose another route.
We train perception, not perfection.
We move to understand what moves us.
We embrace the unstable,
turn mistakes into orientation,
use dialogue as calibration,
uncertainty as a teacher.
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Book your spot
→ https://bit.ly/4ftospk
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Zero Forms
can also be described as mapping,
gaining a clearer idea of
how we coordinate ourselves through
movement and how movement
in many ways affects our thinking,
cognition, relation, and communication in general.
When beginning to map the process
you might feel pain in places
you had never felt pain before, you discover
the limitations and actual age of your joints.
It might be unpleasant at first
but you keep exploring.
You become aware of tensions
and you try to release them.
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UPCOMING FM WORKSHOPS
→ fightingmonkey.net/upcoming-workshops/
Shanghai | 2, 3 September
Shenzhen | 5, 6 September
Beijing | 12, 13 September
Amsterdam | 26, 27 September
Istanbul | 3, 4 October
Milan | 17, 18 October
Tokyo | 14, 15 November
Chuncheon | 21, 22 November
Athens | 28, 29 November
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Experiment with
various sequencing orders, and
unexpected connections
to expand your creative thinking,
enrich your movement vocabulary
and your ability to search
and create movement materials
that respond to the context
and the situations you are part of.
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UPCOMING FM WORKSHOPS
→ fightingmonkey.net/upcoming-workshops/
Shanghai | 2, 3 September
Shenzhen | 5, 6 September
Beijing | 12, 13 September
Amsterdam | 26, 27 September
Istanbul | 3, 4 October
Milan | 17, 18 October
Tokyo | 14, 15 November
Chuncheon | 21, 22 November
Athens | 28, 29 November
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