Fighting Monkey / RootlessRoot

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.

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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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
—
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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ISTANBUL CALLING
Upcoming FM Physical workshop

EMBODIED INTELLIGENCE
Where imagination will anticipate
what's coming and play with prediction.

3 & 4 October 2026
Istanbul, Turkey
—
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.
—
Book your spot
→ https://bit.ly/4hon0Hh
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AMSTERDAM CALLING
Upcoming FM Physical workshop

EMBODIED INTELLIGENCE
Where elasticity will yield before breaking,
and reorganize before damage occurs.

26 & 27 September 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands
—
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.
—
Book your spot
→ https://bit.ly/4fdxqYR
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