Ido Portal movement is an unorthodox fitness practice that uses an individual’s body weight instead of dumbbells and machines. The technique was developed by Israeli movement trainer, Ido Portal.
Over the years, this technique has evolved into a movement culture followed by individuals who call themselves movers. A mover is classified as a person who desires to understand their body, health, and performance through physical artistic expression.
Ido Portal’s methods are highly influenced by Capoeira, which is an Afro Brazilian form of martial arts. It was formed in the early 16th-century by African slaves in Brazil. Ido’s method also includes facets of yoga, gymnastics, dance, and martial arts.
However, his movements include techniques that are not apart of Capoeira. In his practice, things like touching the floor with the buttocks and back are incorporated as well.
Ido Portal says that his movement techniques came from 15 years of Capoeira practice. Although this is how he started, he suggests that others start where they can. He says to begin by doing martial arts, break dancing, or gymnastics and work your way from there.
In this interview, Ido Portal explains that words don’t properly describe movement culture. He describes movement as a cloud and says it’s a fog floating around. Portal says to embrace this method you have to change your mindset. It’s not fighting, it’s not dancing, it’s movement.
Ido believes that people must move. If they don’t, being stagnant becomes irreversible as the years go by. Portal concludes his statements about movement by saying,” It’s hard to come up with a bigger dogma as a relates to the body, and that’s why I chose it”.
According to Ido Portal, the main purpose behind the movement culture is to create an open discussion and exchange information between different types of movers. Info that was once targeted to a specific practice is very beneficial for other types of movers.
However, over the years the information has not been shared. Secondly, the intention is to provide resources and support the growth of both isolated and wide spectrum movers.
Ido believes that our bodies are meant to move. Unfortunately, most people only focus on a “category” of movement. For instance, those who are sports players or bodybuilders spend years perfecting one type of craft. But, it’s not sustainable and the body breaks down over time.
Portal says there are three zones of learning that everyone should incorporate. Zone 1 is exploring, Zone 2 is perfecting, and Zone 3 is maintaining.
Studies have shown that learning a new movement isn’t just a physical benefit. Zone 1 helps to improve brain development, and when a person learns new motor skills, the white matter in the brain increases.
Therefore, incorporating new movements helps the brain and the body. Also, the more time a person spends practising physical activity, the more the brain develops.
0:03 Words are not a good container for these ideas. Movement is a cloud and it’s something that you cannot find its limit. It’s a fog floating around. And do whole layers. You cannot practice.
0:28 Beautiful practices because certain things have been neglected. It’s not approachable. It’s closed door. Like most people they don’t have all this back reality. You know that acrobats and capoistas have, you know, this thing, right, and it’s the reason I don’t have fear from that, right, you know, I can go there and you have to be able to shift these mindsets because you’re not a dancer, you’re not a fighter, you’re a mover, it’s everything.
1:09 You have to jump into the higher layer which is movement, the movement layer and understanding wow it’s so many things. moment I’ll request certain sensitivities and very isolated fragmented thing and another moment is like I push you and you have to do something really hard and the skin rips or whatever. Everyone must receive at least like way to go or let me show you move the hand like this, this contact super important you’ll die if you don’t get touched for enough time you’ll die.
1:53 The pride of movement, you know, is like I’m hungry, I need to eat, but people are not realizing that oh I need to move now because if I don’t move now in a few more hours it’s going to become a problem and in a few more years it’s going to become irreversible problem. So learning to recognize that and constantly shaking things up and it takes a lot of time to build this awareness. It’s pretty hard to come up with a bigger dogma when it relates to the body, that’s That’s why I chose it.
2:31 Because it’s the biggest one out there. It’s the biggest one out there. Perfect. Perfect Ido style.
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