playfight xberg

playfully fighting
grappling like as a child
joyfully rolling around
like animal kids
boisterously rollicking

guided and with set rules

Every 2nd and 4th Saturday per month, from 8pm-11pm (Doors open 19:45)
admission fee 15€ at the door, reduced price 10€ if you reserved a spot via email, info@playfight-xberg.de, www.playfight-xberg.de

What is playfight xberg all about?

Playfight consolidates creative ideas with exuberant playing and mindfull fighting, in a safe and respectfull environment.
We are fighting together, not against each other.
We’re all about having fun, not about defeating.
We use our strength and abilities without a will to to hurt.
Carefully, playfully, more vigorously, mindfully.
With us, there’s a lot of laughing.
Playfighting is absolutely fun, and sometimes even make feelings of deep happiness come up.
There’s no need for prior experience in fighting, or for a special sportive fitness.
We gladly welcome all fair co-players.
We are considerate with each other and encounter each other other with respect and curiosity.
It is about body contact without sexual context, about motion and about having intense joy.

Rules

Maximum height when playfighting is kneeling, as to keep the falling distance low.
Everybody can say STOP anytime. The ongoing action is halted immediately.
This does not necessarily mean that the fight has to end, it can just mean to halt and to resolve the problem.
Explicitly forbidden: fighting techniques that are meant to cause injury, so NO strangling, kicking, beating, levers, biting, hard hair pulling…
Before each fight, arrangements about special wishes and/or personal sensitivities can be stipulated.
Or you can simply try and find out how the energy of the interaction evolves, it’s also possible to make further arrangements whilst playing, and also you can always say STOP and clear up things.

Course of Events

warm-up and mini-workshop

• we activate our body with a set of exercises
• practise to set our own boundaries and to respect the boundaries of our partner
• test a number of ideas about how we can fight
• do some rolling and breakfall exercises
• and of course get to know each other a little bit already.

main part

For fighting, 2 persons meet in the middle of the circle.
The fight partners can find each other in a couple of ways. to decline an invitation, simply say or signal “no”, no further explanation is required.
The other participants are sitting in a cycle around the fighters, and observe the fight, and thus help to provide a safe space.

Also good to know:

• please take out or put tape over your jewellery.
• also bring something to drink for yourself (or an empty bottle for tap water)
• our floor mats are rather harmless in regards to skin abrasions, but to be sure to completely avoid them, bring clothing with long sleeves and pants, and socks with you.

There´s no need for prior experience or a special sportive fitness.

Also notice:

Playfight is sport.
Bruises and abrasions are normal in playfighting.
More serious injuries are extremely rare.
We assume no liability, everyone takes part on their own responsibility.

For information about the location and the host Ulf, visit our homepage.

We are a safe space for LGBTQ+ and everyone else.