Why Practices beyond style?
Styles are great, we love styles but arguing about 'which style is best' is just dull. Much more interesting to focus on what works across styles, and what is interesting beyond styles as well as within them.
If you're a martial artist who's been around the block and has had enough of the bickering, welcome!
If you are new to martial arts but you've seen the mess egos and politics make out of learning and don't want to deal with that while learning new skills, then welcome!
We bring together martial artists to refine our skills and explore the philosophy and principles of our practices, so that we can develop a deeper understanding of ourselves and apply our arts across all the contexts of our lives, regardless of style.
There are courses here that are paid, and also high quality information that is free.
You can join, see if it's for you and decide if you want to stay and take part.
What's good here?
Practices beyond style is committed to quality over quantity. That's quality of information, quality of members and quality of conversations. What we want is to help you and other members:
- Deepen your understanding and mastery of your chosen martial art(s) through shared practice and knowledge exchange - online mostly but live where possible.
- Explore and apply the philosophical principles of martial arts, fostering personal growth and self-reflection.
- Connect and collaborate with fellow practitioners to support and encourage each other across the changing terrain of our lives.
- We also have some excellent bad jokes, and some reasonable good jokes.
When You Join Today
When you join Practices beyond style today, you’ll get access to all this:
- Martial Arts Courses: Engage in well structured courses. The lessons here allow newcomers to gain a comprehensive understanding of different martial disciplines and strategies at their own pace. Learn key details of body use, power development, breathing, theory philosophy and technique. Skim the surface or dig deep into Bagua, Xingyi, Tai Chi or the combination that you want.
- Great conversations between Martial Artists: Join (live) chats and discussions with experienced martial artists who can share their insights and provide guidance on different techniques. You won't be lectured at, you will be listened to. It's an opportunity to gain feedback and understanding to further hone your martial arts skills.
- Good people: Take your part in a network of martial artists who understand we get better by helping each other get better. We share interests, but we don't expect each other to be the same. Get support on creating practice groups, upgrading your fitness, developing skill and approaches that help you learn more easily.
Also...
No bullshit, no guru games, no conspiracy theories, no relentless upselling. Come with goodwill and be received with goodwill.
