Borrowed From Animals

Joseph Pilates 最初創建的 500 多個精確練習。從這個系統中學習到以上全面訓練系統. 可以從正宗的普拉提培訓學校 或 可經國際註冊普拉提導師認證查詢.

前者以血統傳承的模式學習(*). 後者可在一些經過正宗學習的導師或老字號行內熟悉及認可的培訓學校提供. 如Basi. Balanced Body. Polestar. ...

完整普拉提訓練需經過接近500小時以上學習訓練.

(*) 這是由Joseph Pilates 的學生(第一代導師) 傳授給第二代, 再由第二代傳授給第三代....

因應市場所需, 市場上也有一些入門課程提供數十小時培訓學習. 學費大概幾千至一萬不等. 可作為入門級. 不過有一些只利用"普拉提"名字自創一堆訓練, 當成普拉提訓練開辦教練課程. 學費還高於正宗血統的啊! 因此不能以學費來判斷專業程度.

那些未有真正學習過普拉提方法的導師, 將錯誤概念傳授給學生, 如認為"普拉提不是一套動作" , 只是一種方法....? 意味了這一種導師大機會沒有接受過正規訓練及考核. 才不知道 Joseph Pilates 在世的時候,拍攝了一系列不同動作訓練照片給學生跟隨練習的.

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以下是舊日報紙的文章. 可以了解到 Joesph Pilates 本人設計的訓練其中來自那裡? 呼吸是否重要？及普拉提是否不是講求動作?

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Longview Daily News，1954 Dec. 20

NEW YORK (UP)-The chances are, if you're the average American citizen, you can play Santa Claus this year without any padding.

At least, that's the way body builder Joe Pilates sees it.

Joe says: "Most people are 90 per cent dead and don't know it. They have round shoulders, hollow chests, bow legs, spinal curvature and stomachs that hang over their belts. They don't even know how to breathe correctly."

Pilates, who is 74 and breathes with elegant correctness, likes to single out himself as a happy example of how body-building can contribute to life, liberty and the pursuit of dapperness.

He has beer in the body building business almost 60 years, the last 30 of it in the United States. Right now Pilates runs a studio-gymnasium in West Manhattan where his clients are twisted on a series of infernal machines-a process he labels "contrology."

Borrowed From Animals

Joe, who claims among other things to be a direct descendant of the inventor of Judo, explains that contrology is borrowed from the animals. He says, "Watch animals. Look at cats. They stretch, they twist, they turn. Animals are in good shape. Human beings do nothing. Most of them are slobs."

His roster of clients over the years has been impressive. Among those who have emulated the animals with a fair degree of facility. he says, are Laurence Olivier and his wife, Vivien Leigh, Katherine Hepburn, Clifton Webb and Ma- dame Schiaparelli and a group of distinguished musicians that have included Yehudi Menuhin, Roberta Peters and Carmen Lombardo. )

Pilates takes on all comers. He claims he can cure everything from arthritis to television squat with the aid of his exercises. And as proof he likes to point to some of his more conspicuous successes.

Joe says, "Jose Ferrer was a customer and was he sloppy! I took 20 pounds off him and sent him, out like a new man. I also treated Zachary Scott's mother-in- law who had backache. She went out feeling wonderful.

Pilates takes pains to emphasize that he does not aim to put muscles on his clients, as a matter of fact, he thinks over-develop ment is tragic. He says, "There is nothing uglier than big muscles They make a man look like he is suffering from a bad case of bumps.

Suppleness Stressed

But Pilates does stress suppleness and coordination. He says, "Your body should be your church contribute to it regularly and it will pay off in the end."

As an example of how body care can pay off. Pilates lists a young girl who came into his studio. She was so unattractive that her friends called "her "Tom Tom" she looked all beat. But after a few sessions with Pilates, she began to glow. Now, he says, she's happily pursued by males up and down New York.

But the most rewarding client in Pilates' history was a fellow who came in a wheel chair. Says Joe: "When he completed the course, he went out of here carrying the chair over his shoulder."

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紐約（上）——如果你是普通美國公民，今年你很有可能在沒有任何填充物的情況下扮演聖誕老人。

至少，健美運動員喬·普拉提是這麼認為的。

喬說：“大多數人90%已經死了，但他們不知道。他們有圓肩、凹陷的胸部、羅圈腿、脊柱彎曲和懸在腰帶上的胃。他們甚至不知道如何正確呼吸。 ”

普拉提現年 74 歲，呼吸優雅而正確，他喜歡將自己作為一個快樂的例子，說明健身如何為生活、自由和追求整潔做出貢獻。

他從事啤酒健身行業近 60 年，其中最後 30 年是在美國。 目前，普拉提在曼哈頓西區經營一家工作室健身房，他的客戶在一系列地獄般的機器上扭動——他將這一過程稱為「控制學」。

從動物那裡借來的

喬自稱是柔道發明者的直系後裔，他解釋說控制學是從動物那裡借來的。 他說，“觀察動物。看看貓。它們伸展，它們扭曲，它們轉動。動物的狀態很好。人類什麼都不做。他們大多數都是懶蟲。”

多年來他的客戶名單令人印象深刻。 在那些以相當程度的能力模仿動物的人中。 他說，他們是勞倫斯·奧利維爾和他的妻子費雯·麗、凱瑟琳·赫本、克利夫頓·韋伯和夏帕瑞麗夫人，以及包括耶胡迪·梅紐因、羅伯塔·彼得斯和卡門·隆巴多在內的一群傑出音樂家。 ）

普拉提無所畏懼。 他聲稱，借助練習，他可以治癒從關節炎到電視深蹲等各種疾病。 作為證據，他喜歡指出他的一些更引人注目的成功。

喬說：「何塞·費雷爾是一名顧客，他馬虎嗎？我給他減掉了20 磅，然後把他送出去，就像換了一個人一樣。我還治療了扎卡里·斯科特背痛的婆婆。她出去時感覺很好。”

普拉提煞費苦心地強調，他的目的不是為了讓客戶長出肌肉，事實上，他認為過度發展是悲劇性的。 他說：「沒有什麼比大塊的肌肉更醜陋的了，它們讓一個男人看起來像是長了嚴重的腫塊。

強調柔軟度

但普拉提確實強調柔軟性和協調性。 他說：“你的身體應該定期為你的教會做出貢獻，最終會得到回報。”

作為身體護理如何獲得回報的一個例子。 普拉提列出了一位來到他工作室的年輕女孩。 她太沒有吸引力了，以至於她的朋友們稱她為“湯姆湯姆”，她看起來很疲憊。但在練習了幾次普拉提之後，她開始煥發活力。現在，他說，她很疲憊。但在練習了幾次普拉提之後，她開始煥發活力。現在，他說，她很高興受到紐約上下的男性追求。

但普拉提史上最有價值的客戶是一位坐在輪椅上的顧客。 喬說：“當他完成課程後，他就扛著椅子走出了這裡。”