Gracie Combatives & MovNat Combatives will give you the most practical skills and mindsets you need to be able to defend yourself and others. We'll build confidence through competence.

MovNat/Natural Movement will give you real world physical fitness by taking universal, practical human movement skills, and transforming them from effective, to efficient, to adaptable.

Animal Flow will grow your strength, mobility, and creative expression via ground-based movement sequences that encourage flow states, body awareness, and improvisational capacities.

Elevate your movement to new heights

Sit, talk, and eat by the fire with tribe

Explore your true Nature

There’s a life before and after our MovNat Reconnect Retreat for me. I believe that how we move and how we eat is how we live our lives, and this retreat really made that come alive!

I had been practicing MovNat and other forms of “exercise” (CrossFit, Yoga) for a while but always in very urban environments, and being able to move and use what I knew (and all that I learned at the retreat, which was a lot!) out in nature was truly life-changing! I was so proud of all my cuts and bruises and what my body was able to “unlock” with the right cues and instruction. The whole days were a blast, the people were super supportive and fun, the food was delicious, and the place was stunning. If you’re thinking about signing up - think no more. ;)

John is an excellent trainer and teacher. He trains people with his heart and passion. He is very good at taking complicated concepts and making them seem simple.

With his help I've improved my physical fitness, and learned many things, not only about my body, but also about life.

After working with John, I now approach my days with greater confidence than before, and this helps me personally and professionally.

I decided to join this Retreat because, well... Bali, duh! ;) Also, I love learning new skills, and training, and moving with other people, and connecting through movement. That's one of my favorite past times. Before signing up for this retreat, I felt excited! Excited, committed, and ready to do it! During the retreat I felt good, it was challenging, for sure. I had some moments of resistance, and I had moments of bliss and joy. A lot of ups and downs, it was a really good challenge. My biggest challenge was the cold water plunges first thing in the morning, obviously! That's not something I do at home, jumping into freezing cold waterfalls first thing in the morning - that definitely put me outside of my comfort zone. But you know, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity! I overcame the challenge by reminding myself - now's the time, either do it or go home. My advice to anyone who wants to join - bring a friend! The more the merrier. :)

I originally met Johnathon through a weekly strength and conditioning class that he conducted at Hanuma Muay Thai in Shanghai.

His classes were fun, rigorous, and progressive. I enjoyed them greatly, and I enjoyed the measurable results that began coming to me.

Later, I decided to work with Johnathon one on one for private coaching.

Because of the diet, mindset, and training methods that he introduced me to, I look better, I feel better, and my sports (Basketball and Muay Thai) performance improved week by week.

I give my recommendation for RECON JOHN (Johnathon) with zero reservations.

Such a great day of learning and movement! Nate's instruction is fun, professional, and very insightful. I am viscerally reminded how resilient, strong, and agile my body is when it moves how it is designed, and I feel so much more confident and aware in my body's movements. This is especially powerful for me as I am stepping back into being active after a long period of injury recovery. Thank you, Nate!

“Attending this movement seminar revealed to me how I complicate my daily movements by adding unnecessary things to it. Me and my daughter, who was 6 years old at the time, attended the seminar and she had a blast.

The instruction was incredible, simple, and easy to follow. I’m limited in my range of motion in my left shoulder and Nate showed some stretching and some hanging that allows for me now to be able to move about without so much restriction. This class ROCKS! I highly recommend this for those who are looking to get back into fitness and those who want to become more familiar with their bodies!”

“I have a million and one things to say that are AWESOME! You’ve really helped me build mobility and confidence to use my left shoulder from what I learned in that class.“