Playfight Club

As kids, we engage in daily physical play, learning the boundaries of our bodies and those of others as we poke, balance, fall. As we grow up, we are increasingly taught to hold our bodies in socially acceptable positions, maintaining set boundaries, and increasingly valuing written and verbal communication over other forms.

Playfight club re-introduces physical playfulness to adults and the art of reading and communicating through the body. 

In this workshop, we explore nonverbal communication of boundaries by borrowing from martial arts signals (tapping out, taking a knee) and creating our own. We will go through some consent exercises before learning some grappling technique, followed by entering the playfight arena, and concluding with reflections. 



This session is all about getting acquainted with your physical and mental boundaries, and learning when to maintain them and when you can stretch them.



Past Workshops

2026, BARTALK x The Hang-Out 070, The Hague NL

2026, Lola Lieven, Amsterdam NL