My story

My name is Nathan Newman

Who am I and why should you trust me or my method?

MY Mission

Leveraging two decades of experience, I provide a clear, clinically informed pathway for individuals across disciplines to elevate their physical capacity. Whether you're an athlete, artist, or everyday mover,

my method helps you overcome biomechanical barriers, refine body awareness, and build strength and mobility beyond baseline requirements.

This work not only empowers people to move with greater control, resilience, and while investing in long-term functionality and then applying it real world activities

Vision

To enhance the fundamental understanding and appreciation of body control, skill development, health, and wellness, ultimately leading to the improvement of people's unconscious competence.

A training environment where methodology can be separated from ideology, granting practitioners freedom to grow and diversify.

Encourage a community of athlete thinkers, rather than athletes or thinkers.

Journey

My journey started at 16 with Martial Arts and transitioned to Circus at 27. At 33, I embraced Dance and Yoga, adding Pilates at 35

I became a Stunt Man at 36 and at 40 I am still learning and developing more than I ever have.

This journey has spanned 9 counties, countless cities and thousands of unique individuals.

I have learned and trained alongside people from all walks of life ranging from absolute beginners all the way up to Bonafide master's and consummate professionals.

My journey has positioned me well to help guide others as i have been guided. I hope we can become part of each others journey.

Martial Arts

My interest in martial arts began before the internet, leading me on a global journey to find master's to learn from.

Like many Australian children in the 90s, my introduction to martial arts begun with Karate at the age of 16 and persisted for 6 years.

Soon after I discovered Capoeira followed by Chinese Kung Fu. These I focused on for 12 years. As my mind, body and understanding of martial arts developed I sought out Muay Thai and Boxing.

Even though my focus has shifted from Martial Arts, it still features in my life as a stunt man and performer. This includes many years of play in Taekwondo, Silat, Kali, Parkour, BJJ, Judo and so on.

Circus

Capoeira introduced acrobatics and dance into my life and body at 20 years old. I was fascinated by the complexity of these skills and how the attainment of each seemed to permanently upgrade my physical capabilities and understanding of the body, across fields.

Acrobatics, martial arts are Amongst the more difficult things to learn and are often couched in ideology, making finding good teachers difficult. In my attempt to do so I was forced to go to circus school to gain deeper insight and time to practice.

My interests and specialties included

Hand balancing

Aerial Straps

Tumbling (Doing flips 'n' stuff)

During this time, I was fortunate enough to have access to multiple coach's full time for 3 full years. I was able to train alongside Gymnasts (Rhythmic and artistic) Trickers, Breakdancers and many other practitioners. many of whom were working professionals.

Classical methodology allowed me to refine my overall abilities and understanding.

This skill and knowledge lead me to Las Vegas to perform, coach and train full time. Often beside the best in the industry.

Dance

Capoeira also introduced my body to dance and its concepts. Musicality, advanced footwork, shapes, cadence, timing, groove and movement connectivity, to name a few.

My curiosity and desire to develop upon these things lead me to explore dance cultures. My interest in art, music and linguistics made me a natural fan of Hip Hop.

Dance allowed me to explore the spectrum of movement between movement. I discovered that Choreography combined with complicated movement patterns and polyrhythms, dictated by an outside source, challenges the brain and the body in a way that is difficult to replicate. akin to fighting or ball sports.

These skills became pivotal in my transition from Martial Arts and acrobatics, into Stunts

Yoga

Since its introduction into Australia

in the 60s and 70s Yoga has appeared as a staple to many individuals interested in holistic health and wellness. I was no different. Yoga is often employed to teach an athlete reflection, stillness, breath and recovery. A way of managing the software to optimize the hardware.

Due to its global popularity, it is easily accessible

and requires almost no infrastructure to practice.

All of these factors combined meant Yoga is and has been a part of my journey since the beginning.

I used the opportunity afforded by COVID to pursue Yoga more intentionally and became teacher certified.

strength & Fitness

I was blessed to be born in a place and era where Gyms and weights were becoming more commonplace and popular. This gave me access to a training space from early on in life.

This is the humble beginnings of many coaches and performers. Without the internet we were left to explore equipment and experiment with movement.

This curiosity eventually led me to pursue A personal training with a focus on power development.

As I continued with my physical journey, I realized that many professional movers at the time supplemented their specialty training with resistance training.

My specialty as a coach very quickly became helping Movers get strong and lean in a functional way which also developed desirable skill and body control.

calisthenics

After years chasing aesthetics, power, and performance—including time as a circus artist and traveling performer, I found my training naturally led me to calisthenics.

As the estranged cousin of gymnastics and circus, it offers skill-based progression, gamified practice, and lasting upgrades to strength, proprioception, and movement quality without needing anything other than space and an able mind and body.

Calisthenics is more than a gateway to high-level skills—it’s a meeting ground for diverse movement modalities. For any complex mover, it’s a sustainable way to stay strong, mobile, and powerful across disciplines.

Pilates

Post pandemic, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to work in a Pilates studio teaching hybrid athleticism. This is where I met my Pilates mentor who introduced me to both Mat and Reformer Pilates which I practiced and taught for two full years.

While Reformer equipment was commonly available in training facilities, many were unsure how to utilize it effectively.

It took me only a single class to realize the benefits Pilates offered to function and control.

Pilates has heavily influenced my style of teaching and understanding of developing functional mobility.

Mobility

I have explored various approaches for developing strong, mobile, and adaptive athletes. They all shared a common issue: excessive setup, often entangled in layers of ideology or overly specific outcomes.

Having students from many backgrounds and often training without equipment meant I had to extract and apply the components of these methods I found most useful.

I call this simply 'Mobility'

Its purpose.

To create adaptable, mobile, strong and supple Hybrid Athletes

Stunts

I didn't realize it at the time, but pursuing physical culture that I loved, set me up well to become a Stunt Performer for film and T.V.

Stunts requires Body Control, fight skills, timing, cadence, explosiveness. It requires all these things and more when you least expect it under circumstances you could never anticipate. The industry draws many of the most talented athletes on the planet. Masters of all shapes, varieties and disciplines. This makes it a great ecosystem for continued development and challenge.

Body Control

Simple. Inclusive.

Control your body better for any situation.

Improve your unconscious competence. Refine your skillset.

Become a Hybrid Athlete.