Sometimes training can be isolating and frustrating, with access to knowledge expensive or far afield. MAD has been developed by Aerialist, Kim Charnock and Remedial Massage Therapist, Adrian Thomas. Together they have spent years training, learning, teaching, building technique specifics and troubleshooting particular common and not so common problems. MAD is the product of this journey.
Body knowledge has been a crucial element of this process, to understand what needs strengthening, lengthening and mobilising, and most importantly of all, how to do it. MAD gives you access to exercises that help target your problem areas and the knowledge centre is a blog full of fascinating content to keep you up-to-date with your body and get the best out of it. Knowledge is power.
Kim Wildborne is an aerialist with twelve years experience, the Director of West Midlands Circus Centre, Producer of TILT Festival and devoted Mum of two. Kim’s journey through aerial has always been driven by a thirst for knowledge, understanding what the body is capable of in the air, and training her socks off. She is known for her strong dynamic technique on the most romantic of the aerial apparatus; silk, but she is a lover of all things vertical and her style carries through into her passion for rope, straps, hoop and trapeze.
Kim has been teaching for many years, learning many of the common problems and developing a huge series of exercises to help overcome them. Her teaching practice focuses on building stronger, more efficient bodies without injury and promoting safe practice.
She is dedicated to sharing that practice and helping others learn.
Adrian Wildborne is a level 5 qualified Remedial Therapist specialising in working with circus artists. He graduated from the Active School of Complementary Therapy (ASCT) gaining a Diploma in clinical sports and remedial massage, which is currently the highest qualification that can be held in the UK. Adrian’s primary concern is to educate and enable people to keep training whilst reducing their pain, helping them to recover quickly and equip them with the knowledge they need to move their practice forwards.
He has had a varied sporting life playing Basketball, Rock Climbing and Capoeira. This sporting life gives Adrian a genuine understanding of the body and how important it is to keep it in good shape in order to continue doing what you do. His primary concern is to help people keep training and keep working, whilst reducing their pain and help them to recover quickly.