Kung Fu Clowning w/ BrentlyMD

KUNG FU CLOWNING is exactly what is sounds like: Kung Fu + Clowning. Combining martial arts techniques with a myriad of clowning, dance, and acting methods liberates the player to become perfectly silly. Utilizing fun & focus as tools of wellness, BrentlyMD has developed an inspiriting practice with Humor as a means of Self Defense. Clowns are genuine warriors of the heart who use the gut as a wellspring to release of tension, sadness, and stuck energies.  Kung Fu is a practice of harmony and "effortless effort" in balance with the Tao.  The result is a practice of peacemaking and conflict resolution through play, discipline, and laughter.



Ongoing classes are 10-35$ sliding scale starting Monday, April 27th beginning at 1:30pm for warm ups with 40 min drop in sessions till 6:00pm. Serious students may RVSP with Brently for dinner at Sirius Ecovillage for 8$ at 6:30 and stay for story telling share time. Sunday, Wed, & Fri nights sauna practice is available for 5$.

Kung Fu has many definitions. In Kung Fu Clowning we are focusing on the simplest translation of Kung Fu as "Just So" or "Perfection." Clowns are purposefully imperfect and so must precisely perform dangerous chaotic stunts to dispel dark forces by inducing laughter. Kung Fu masters do the same, only in the opposite direction. Meet in the middle with BrentlyMD. Examples of Kung Fu Clowning are Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Marcel Marceau, and Charlie Chaplin.

BrentlyMD has studied, practiced, and performed martial and circus arts since 1973. Brently's mime teacher was Michael Jackson's mime teacher, and his ballet teacher was Prince's ballet teacher. He was Woody Harrelson's Prop Master, the Chief Fire Clown in The Secret Circus, and is the producer of "Cirque du Salad: a Cornucopiastic Cavalcade of Salady Cirque spilling forth from a Bottomless Bowl of Buffoonery." His practice includes Tai Chi Chuan Yang short and long styles, Chuan Ju Chou (Sichuan Opera Style Clowning), Wushu, Qigong, Kung Fu, Ali, Karate, and Judo martial arts. In clowning, dance, mime, acting, and movement he is adept at Lecoq, Marceau, Margolis, Copeau, Decroix, Commedia dell'Arte, Grotowski, Butoh, Noh, Alexander, Contact Improv, Ballet, Tango, Blues, Jazz, Tap, Aerial, Balance, Flow Poi, Hooping, Magic, Juggling, Storytelling, and Pie Throwing. In healing arts practice includes Yoga, AnMa Massage, Trigger Point Release, Qigong, Pilates, and Kinesthetic Reconditioning techniques.

Classes are sliding scale 10-35$ and run from 1-4 hours depending on schedule, interest, and space availability. Initial classes will be held at Sirius Ecovillage Community Center 72 Baker Road Shutesbury, MA 01072. Additional workshops, classes, and training may be scheduled anywhere, anytime by contacting Brently via this ad. Classes are held in a supportive, engaging, and safe space utilizing the natural environment as stage space. Dress to move and bring water, a towel, and nourishment. Barter, trade, and teaching assistant volunteer positions available.

Prepare to be ENTERTAINING!

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Kung Fu Clowning w/ BrentlyMD starting Monday April 27th 1:30-6pm Sirius Ecovillage Community Center 72 Baker Rd. Shutesbury, MA 01072.





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