This 4-hour seminar explores how the quality of touch shapes sensitivity, awareness, and martial skill. Rather than focusing on techniques, we will examine the how and why behind effective bodywork. Together we will work with presence, the nervous system, and the ways bodywork principles seamlessly translate into martial arts movement. Through guided practice, you will discover how observation, intelligent pressure, and sensitivity cultivate freedom in both bodywork and martial contexts.

You’ll explore:

• Solo cultivation practices for sensitivity, structure, and awareness

• Massage applications in training: preparation, recovery, stress inoculation

• Adapting pressure to the nervous system and psyche

• Changing with change: adapting to context and need

• How bodywork sensitivity translates into martial movement

• Understanding various types and depths of pressure and their uses

About the instructor: 
Pasquale has trained in Systema since 2009 and has been a certified instructor under Vladimir Vasiliev since 2012. Before Systema, he studied various martial arts and earned a black belt in Aikido. He owns and operates Jiyu Holistic Wellness, where he offers manual therapy, breathwork, movement classes, yoga, and corporate wellness programs.