At SHIFT we move as animals, as mountains, as rivers, as trees, we learn to use our bodies powerfully and gracefully, whether in self-defense, or in moving like ghosts in the wilderness (urban or otherwise).

We dance and play as otter.
We gruffly stamp as bear.
We stand immovable as mountain.
We breathe and shelter like cedar.
We drum our rhythm like ocean.

We SHIFT into the wild.

At SHIFT you play intuitive theater games, you find and use your center to become immovable (and easily move others), you practice filipino stick fighting, grappling, kickboxing, you dance, you play, so you can take your skills out onto the street and into the woods to keep yourself safe and having fun.

WHO: All ages, all fitness levels. We play as rigorously or gently as the participant’s fitness dictates.

WHERE AND WHEN: Mondays 7pm-8:30pm (kickboxing, stick-fighting), Thursdays 7pm-8:30pm (Standing/Chigung, Animal forms, Stalking, Feral movement, kickboxing, stick-fighting) at the TrackersNW Scout Pit, 5040 SE Milwaukie, Portland, OR, around back next to the parking lot.

COST: $50/month two nights/wk, $30/month one night/wk. First night FREE.

Also check out the TrackersNW home page for SHIFT - you’ll get a multimedia extravaganza.

Eagle photo (c) 1999 Don Baccus. All other photos (c) 2008 Thaddeus Koster.