“Be strong to be useful.” Georges Hebert, Creator of the French physical fitness system called “Natural Method” Once again, we are reminded through the Nice, France tragedy of what skills are “required” during an emergency. One’s ability to physically move quickly can make a huge difference—if there is a chance at all for evasive actions.…… More
Lean Berets Founder Ron Jones is teaching a nice one-day workshop on the “Art & Practice of Restorative Movement” in Santa Barbara, CA on Saturday, July 9th. This will be a great PE 101 overview of many classical PE fundamentals like Indian Clubs, Health Wands, Philosophy of Classical PE, how brain-based neuroscience today supports these…… More
Lean Berets founder Ron Jones was recently interviewed by Paul Wolkowinski of Indian Clubs Australia on how he got into Indian Clubs and why he feels they are important from a physical education and brain science standpoint. Check out the full post and more great information on Indian Clubs, Persian Meel Clubs, and Mace…… More
Memorial Day. This day has been called the most solemn American holiday. The last Monday in May was originally called “Decoration Day” and set aside to commemorate the soldiers who died in the Civil War but now includes all American soldiers who have died in battle. Memorial Day became a national holiday in 1971…while it…… More
Lean Berets Founder Ron Jones is teaching a nice one-day workshop on the “Art of Restorative Movement” in Phoenix on Saturday, May 7th. This will be a great PE 101 overview of many classical PE fundamentals like Indian Clubs, Health Wands, Philosophy of Classical PE, how brain-based neuroscience today supports these classical methods, and a…… More
We are honored to be part of an important podcast on our LaSierra High Film PE Project with the Veterans For Liberty. Filmmaker Doug Orchard joins VFL’s show hosts Chris Fox, Chase Millsap, and Dustin (a current SOF military training instructor) to discuss the importance of this growing “Great National Effort” to bring back…… More
To quickly review, “Indian Clubs” were one of the Four Horsemen of Restorative Art tools during the Golden Era of American Physical Education from 1985-1920. Indian Clubs have been around thousands of years and long before they made their way into American PE and fitness. Specific to children, smaller “youth-size” clubs were used extensively with…… More
This is the fourth and final video post of our introductory series featuring Philippe Til, translator of George Hebert’s “The Natural Method,” who joins us for an overview of this amazing French movement system and its influences on global and American physical education and fitness. In this video, Philippe layers the basic fundamental movements with…… More
This is the third video post of four we will be featuring with Philippe Til, translator of George Hebert’s “The Natural Method,” who joins us for an overview of this amazing French movement system and its influences on global and American physical education and fitness. In this video, Philippe layers the basic fundamental movements with…… More
This is the second video post of four we will be featuring with Philippe Til, translator of George Hebert’s “The Natural Method,” who joins us for an overview of this amazing French movement system and its influences on global and American physical education and fitness. In this video, Philippe lays out the basic fundamental movements…… More