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Tibi is teaching at camp in Greece
After a longer period of observation, I started learning Russian Systema. This system teaches how to cope with stress, calm down, deal with pain & shock. To be smooth & relaxed. I am proud to be a certified instructor by master Vladimir Vasiliev. I had a privilege to learn also from master Mikhail Rybko,
Modern Systema comes from Cossack’s tradition, where is saved old Slavic culture and philosophy. The root of Slavic culture (included fight & dance) comes from Vedic culture. I am lucky, that could learn Cossack’s culture from masters as Georgy Funtikov (Егор Гамаюн), Sergey Makarov, Vladimir Kurovskij and A.V. Černikov.
I am also studying a functional Chi Kung / Qigong : Zhang Xin Dao – I Liq Chuan (Martial Art of Awareness) from GM Sam Chin and from master Joshua Craig.
Grand Master Sam Chin is teaching Tibi I Liq Chuan – Zhang Xin Dao (functional Chi Kung).
I love Dance! I grew up on Hip hop and Break-dance.
Since I tried Bruno Caverna’s Play-fight , I really enjoy expressing myself at Contact Improvisation.
If there’s any chance, I love dancing in clubs, however, I am often just dancing at home… And of course, I dance when I practice Martial Arts.
In my opinion, every movement has done smoothly and with elegance, we can call ‘dance’.
I’ve always been active- gymnastics, athletics, swimming, cycling, skiing, football, tennis, basketball, & many others.
When I was about 11 years old I fell in love with Martial Arts (MA) and I found Goju Riu Karate.
I then started to train in Kick-boxing, classic Boxing and Thai boxing.
As part of the Slovakian National Kickboxing Team, in 2000 I became the Slovakian Kick-boxing champion.
I was also selected for the Slovakian National Karate Team and in 2002 I was the Karate Champion.
Then I found Ip Man Leung Ting Wing Tsun Kung Fu and during my first contact with a master, I realise that hardness doesn’t work with liquid (internal systems).
What I experienced was that he was going through my defences like a knife through butter and after the last 16 years of hard training I couldn’t ignore this fact. As easily as water behaves when it encounters something hard, it just flows around it.
I became a student of Sifu Richard Kapalko, and other masters in Wing Tsun: Dai-Sifu Oliver Konig & GM Prof. Keith R. Kernspecht.
In 2005 moved to the UK, and continue to study Wing Tsun to this day with the highly experienced Master Andrew Cameron.
To experience different MA, I have also trained in Escrima (Master Bill Newman), Aikido, Taekwondo, BJJ, Judo, Ju Jitsu, and Wrestling amongst others.
My strategy is to learn with an open mind, learning skills from every source of MA. Aiming for permanent progress-tomorrow I want to be better than today.
The desire to make my body more efficient means I am a regular on the massage couch as a patient. After years I took a course and became a professional massage therapist.
However just a course didn’t make me a good massage therapist, I continue to learn and now have 15 years of practice and experience..
I love this job for freeing people from pain and tension.
It’s also allowed me to develop my feeling and helps me to better understand the human body from different perspectives.
The system based also on modern progressive physiology developed by scientific methods.
Exploration of our movements brought me a few years ago to a Tom Myers book: Anatomy Trains. This book massively changed my perception of our movements. It helped me to see the whole human body much more holistically. Instead of separated muscles, I see the united body, with a myofascial network across the whole of it.
Therefore I attended a course ‘Anatomy Trains in Motion’ made by Tom Myer and Karin Gurtner.
For us, movers are important to understanding how the human body – tensegrity works in motion; how moving patterns affect your body and vice versa – how any unbalance of your body affects your movements.
The new perception of the body helped me to better understand body mechanics as a martial artist & a dancer. It’s also helping me diagnosticated problem of my massage therapy patients.
I am also a therapist/instructor at Slavic tool called a ‘Pravilo’. Translated into English it would mean ‘Corrector’ or ‘Adjuster’.
Pravilo holistically stretches all of your myofascial tracks across your body like nothing else!
Pravilo also strengthens us in unique ways…
The Pravilo pulls from every corner equally, so if you have an imbalance in your body it will naturally balance your body.
Our bodies naturally shrink and crystalise. The Pravilo slow this process down, or even reverses it. It expands you. It opens our bodies and increases the flow of Jang energy.
Pravilo is an ancient Slavic health tool translated into English it would mean ‘Corrector’ or ‘Adjustor’.Pravilo holistically stretches all of your myofascial tracks across your body like nothing else!It stretches every joint, tendon, ligament, muscle and fascia between your toes and fingers. Normally it’s quite difficult to stretch the spine, but with the Pravilo you stretch your spine safely in a really natural way. It takes the pressure of bodyweight which pushes us down all the time whether we stand or sit. Pravilo also strengthens us in unique ways…Firstly, passively, when you just hang down on your tendons, ligaments, joints and bones..In the beginning, you feel nice and warm across your body.., later on, your tendons start burning – that’s the moment when it makes you stronger.Then you can also actively contract your muscles what lift you higher or turn you.The Pravilo pulls from every corner equally, so if you have an imbalance in your body it will naturally balance your body.Our bodies naturally shrink and crystalise. The Pravilo slow this process down, or even reverses it. It expands you. It opens our bodies and increases the flow of Jang energy.Unfortunately, nearly every human tool can be used well or badly. The same as fire, knife or electricity, the Pravilo has been used to torture and kill.Now is the time to use it nicely to heal and develop our power.I believe that every traditional culture had the same methods to keep the body vital and healthy.From India, we have Yoga, from China Qi-Kung.Pravilo is a really nice contribution from the Slavic world.We are lucky that we live in an age when we have access to the knowledge of many cultures, so we can take all that knowledge to be healthy and to vitalise us.I could write a few pages about the Pravilo, but the best idea is to find the closest one to you and test it. The feeling is indescribable. I could explain the training but as usual, the best way is to try it.The good news is that I have built one in Tunbridge Wells & one is under construction in London!Music – a new beginning – bensound.com
Posted by Pravilo on Wednesday, July 10, 2019
I’ve developed a practical understanding of hand-to-hand combat and street-fighting situations as I have worked as a bouncer/doorman for over 15 years. I still work as a doorman from time to time to ensure my techniques have real-world applicability.
Tibi as security for Tom Zanetti
