Classical Bridging Course 

Module One May 5-7  & Module Two July 14-16 

Cost: £1050.00

Early Bird Price £900.00 (*Please Use discount code MKPCB on booking page: Book Before Feb 1st 2017)

 

Syllabus of Classical Pilates Bridge Course - An Outline.
written by Michael Fritzke and Ton Voogt

We believe in order for us to move the Pilates method and its teachers forward we need to know where we came from. That means mapping our Pilates DNA or understanding what the term “Classical Pilates” means. Our “Classical Pilates” starts with Joseph Pilates himself and the lineage continues via Clara Pilates, the Elders, and onwards to all of us. 

It is important to understand that Joseph Pilates did not pass his method on to just one person. Joe taught several protégés and each one of them had a very different experience working with Joseph and Clara. They each came to him with different issues, strengths, weaknesses and needs. In the beginning Joe taught them what they needed for their bodies. Later, when they assisted Joe and Clara teaching in their studio, they were taught what the clients in the studio needed. So to truly understand “Classical Pilates” you need to have an understanding of Joe and all of his protégés. 

We were very fortunate to have had unlimited access to watch and study Joe’s archival material when we worked and studied with Romana Kryzanowska in NYC, enabling us to study “directly” from Joseph and Clara. We were also privileged to work with many of the Elders directly or their direct protégées. This has given us a very unique and complete picture of “Classical Pilates”. It is not just one persons experience with Joe and Clara, it is the totality of all the experiences!  

In this two 3-day weekend you will experience the “Classical Pilates Mat” in the most inclusive and complete way possible. We will cover Joe’s vision and Joe’s, Clara’s and the Elders teaching methods. We will go far beyond just the variations in choreography; we will analyze and discuss in depth styles and influences and what the differences mean for the body. We will look at the purpose and function of the exercises and the ultimate version and goal of each exercise.

At the end of the second three day intensive you will know what “Classical Pilates” truly means, and have a deeper understanding of the depth of the work and a historical and practical knowledge of the classical exercises from all the various perspectives of our lineage.

Set up / Structure:

• two 3-day weekends
• evaluation will take place at the end of the course 

Prerequisites:

• The attendee must be fully trainied in the Pilates matwork Repertoire through MK Pilates Matwork Stages 01, 02 and 03 or and equivalent certification.  Evidence of certification will be required. 

Must have read:

Return to life through contrology and Your Health by Joseph Pilates.

• Preferably NOT the combination book “The Complete Writings of Joseph H. Pilates: Your Health/Return to Life Through Contrology”. This book has been edited.  

Manual:

A printed manual will be provided on day one of the first weekend. 

Michael and Ton:

Michael Fritzke and Ton Voogt are longtime veterans of the Pilates Method. Their main teacher/mentor was Romana Kryzanowska. Romana took them under her wings and they apprenticed with her everyday, without manuals, for a year before she certified them as Pilates Teachers. Michael and Ton then started to work full-time at the Pilates Studio of NYC, the headquarters of Romana’s original certification program in NYC. Five years later Romana asked them to become Teacher Trainers for her original certification program. Again they apprenticed with Romana for a year and were certified by her as Teacher Trainers. For the next several years they worked closely together with Romana and her daughter Sari, guiding hundreds of students through their apprenticeship, teaching certification seminars, and administering the exams.During their time in NYC Michael and Ton had unlimited access to the archival material Romana inherited from Joseph Pilates and together with Romana they studied this material extensively.

While they acknowledge the amazing knowledge and responsibility Romana entrusted them with, Michael and Ton realized that there were many different interpretations of Joseph Pilates’ work that would give them a broader understanding of the depth of the method. In 2003 they left Romana’s organization to openly explore and study the work of Kathy Grant, Ron Fletcher, Lolita San Miguel, Carola Trier, Eve Gentry and Bruce King. They were privileged to have the opportunity to experience these differences first hand with Kathy Grant, Lolita San Miguel and Ron Fletcher. With Carola Trier and Eve Gentry they experienced their work from their direct protégées.

Today, Michael and Ton’s interpretation of the Classical Pilates Method is an accumulation of the work from Joseph Pilates and all the Pilates Elders. This expertise and knowledge of the various versions of the classical Pilates repertoire makes them highly sought after International presenters.

They have set up independently run Classical Pilates Certification programs in Norway, Austria, The Netherlands, Portugal, England and Costa Rica. They served on a task force for Inner IDEA, advisory board of AFPA and consultants for the set up of the National Pilates Program at Equinox. Together they devotedly created the revolutionary TRIADBALL™ (the first ball of its size created specifically for the Pilates method), the Pilates TRIADBALL™ manual, plus many commercial and educational DVDs.

Their work has been featured in dozens of publications internationally. In their private practice they have worked with numerous A-list celebrities in New York and LA, with professional athletes, and have collaborated with Physical Therapists for over 20 years by integrating the Pilates method into patient-based therapy programs. They currently are studying Spiraldynamik® and recently completed the basic course and are looking forward to the intermediate course and training. Their work can also be seen on the website Pilates Anytime. 

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