Open Study Cycle CZ 2026/2027
The Open Study Cycle is a year-long experimental learning process focused on movement, creativity, and human adaptability.
Through a series of hands-on weekend workshops and a summer intensive, we explore our adaptive learning capacities through the ongoing interplay between how we move, perceive, and interact.
Rooted in Fighting Monkey Practice, the Study Cycle is not about collecting techniques. It is a continuous research process in which participants test ideas, observe and reshape behavioural and thinking patterns, and develop practical tools that support long-term adaptations.
What You Will Be Developing
Receive Feedback
Understand yourself better. How is your body structured, how do you learn, and how do you adapt.
Acquire Practical Tools
Games, practices, and ideas to work on what is needed with enjoyment, without depending on a teacher.
Improve Predictions
Adjust your practice, behaviour, and thinking models to shape a more open, engaging and enjoyable future.
Key Areas of Study
Open Games & Play
Keep playing to stay sharp, mobile, and engaged throughout life.
Rhythm & Coordination
Develop clarity, coherence, and whole-body connectivity rather than constantly “fixing” the body.
Creativity & Agency
Build your own practice. Don’t rely on masters or fixed systems.
Action & Perception
Explore how you make sense of the world through movement.
Movement & Communication
Move and express yourself in ways that allow you to resonate and respond flexibly.
Who It’s For
We value diverse learning environments. Our Study Cycle welcomes anyone willing to examine habits, challenge assumptions, and engage in open exploration... curious movers, artists, dancers, athletes, coaches, therapists, educators, and engineers alike.
If you are drawn to joyful learning, play, discovery, and movement as a way of understanding yourself and the world, this process can offer inspiration, stimulating challenges, and support meaningful change.
Structure
10 Weekend Workshops (Prague)
Time to practice, reflect, and apply insights between meetings.
6-Day Summer Intensive (Eagle Mountains)
A deeper immersion for integration and creative research.
📅 Workshop Dates (Prague)
2026:
• September 19–20
• October 17–18
• November 14–15
• December 12–13
2027:
• January 16–17
• February 20–21
• March 13–14
• April 10–11
• May 8–9
• June 5–6
🏕 Summer Intensive:
July 5–10, 2027 (Eagle Mountains)
Teachers
Jakub Zeman
Senior Fighting Monkey Teacher, movement educator, and researcher with a background in martial arts, dance, and information systems. Studying closely with Linda Kapetanea & Jozef Fruček since 2015, Jakub’s work brings together playfulness, dexterity, curiosity, precision, and long-term practice development.
Eliska Benesova
Dancer, performer, and movement teacher with training from the Prague Dance Conservatory, Duncan Centre, and EPDM Mexico. Sharing Fighting Monkey Practice since 2016, Eliska brings musicality, creativity, imagination, and an experimental approach to movement and expression.
Together they create learning environments that are demanding, supportive, and continuously tested across diverse groups in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Investment & Registration
Full Year Study Cycle (2026/2027)
Super Early: 40 000 CZK (1700 EUR)
(until May 31, 2026)Early Bird: 45 000 CZK (1850 EUR)
(until August 31, 2026)Regular: 49 000 CZK (2000 EUR)
Includes:
• 10 weekend workshops
• 6-day summer intensive
(Accommodation and meals not included. Prague accommodation is self-organized; summer intensive lodging approx. 300 CZK/night.)
📩 Registration & Inquiries: info@jakubzeman.net
💡 Custom study plans & instalment options available.