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Way of the Warrior
Warrior
Workshops and Events
In ancient times, the Tantrik master was often a powerful
warrior-shaman. In fact, there are akharas - intensive
training grounds - scattered across India. These served
as martial training grounds for the warrior-monks of
the 10 orders of yogi renunciates (the dasnami). These
ascetics can still be seen in India carrying the various
weapons of their tradition as they wander the countryside.
The warrior tradition offers a unique path of self-realization
amongst the methodologies of Tantra. It is especially
suited to practitioners who like to “go it alone."
The student can practice meditation and technique once
a day and attend classes to deepen their knowledge and
experience by being in contact with the teacher and
other advanced students.
Don’t be confused: this is not martial arts or
martial sports. Authentic warrior traditions use the
medium of martial arts, meditation and warrior conduct
for the purpose of direct realization of our Essential
Nature.
Complete training in the warrior tradition has these
components equally emphasized:
- Breath practice
- Meditation and/or concentration practice
- Martial technique training
- Code of conduct or precepts of conduct
- Healing (most often bone setting & deep tissue massage,
but can include herbalism as well)
Trika Kula offers weekly classes in 3 types of martial
technique as a part of the Way of the Warrior curriculum
of courses and retreats. These are:
Stav – a Norwegian family transmitted system of warriorship
which is concerned with training in the classical weapons (not empty hand),
breath practice, healing, etc. This type of martial art is suitable to all ages
and physical conditions. It is not competitive and there is no contact.
Visit www.martensstav.org
to find out more information about the Märtens
Stav Group practicing in Northern California.
Dragon Style Gong Fu – This is a Chinese martial art
developed 400 years ago by a famous woman named Wu Mei. It emphasizes empty
hand technique. It trains the body in unique ways to generate speed and power
without developing gross musculature. Training also includes meditation, martial
qi gong (breath practice), healing of fractures, sprains and strains with bone
setting, massage and herbs.
Catch Wrestling – This is the premier style of martial
wrestling (submission grappling) which came over from England to the USA in
the 1700’s and was refined in the States in the late 1800’s early
1900’s. This is mixed freely with “Kushti” – the martial
wrestling tradition of India. Most of the conditioning exercises used in the
training sessions come directly from the powerful yoga systems developed by
the Indian wrestlers.
Weekly Class Schedule
Catch Wrestling, Stav and Gung Fu classes are currently
held at Trika
Warrior Arts, 3647 Martin Luther King in Oakland,
CA [Map]
Contact
us for updates.
Warrior
Workshops and Events
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