March 22, 10am – Warrior Yoga w/ Illogik

To anyone who missed this last time, I highly recommend it.  Illogik is a beautiful man who is very nice to work with!

March 22, 10am inside the Rocker – Warrior Yoga w/ Illogik

as part of the Test Their Logik tour with Testament, info below:

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Hey there,

This March through June, Toronto’s most notorious revolutionary hip-hop artists; “Test Their Logik” will be touring across the portion of Turtle Island known as “Kanada” with our long-awaited debut album. We are looking to connect with communities large and small on this journey in order to help develop links between our networks, do shows to bring together radical minds, offer workshops for mind and body, and inspire people to imagine and take action for radical transformation and freedom.

We will be in Winnipeg on march 21st and 22nd and could potentially also stop in on our way back on April 12th!

If you are interested in hosting, drop us a line at testmenthiphop@gmail.com

thanks,

Testament

BACKGROUND

Test Their Logik is made up of two revolutionary MC’s: Testament and Illogik. The pair were recently charged with conspiracy and other indictable offences for a widely-distributed music video they made titled “Crash The Meeting” which encouraged resistance to Toronto’s G20 summit. After 5 months of non-association conditions, these charges were stayed, and the duo are once again able to record and tour together.

Looking to tell their stories and listen to others across this land, they plan on hitting the road with their music, radical literature, workshops and talks. In past tours they have done shows large and small in bars, basements, alternative venues, community centres, schools, and auditoriums. Reaching out to urban and rural, indigenous and settler, young and old, and people of all walks of life and backgrounds, Test Their Logik is breaking the barriers imposed on them. In addition to performing their powerful thought-provoking music, Test Their Logik are happy to speak on the current state and potential of hip-hop, art and resistance.

Testament can also speak on power from below, resistence and repression, and leaderless organizing, with the G20 as a case in study. He can also lead a report-back workshop from his fact-finding trip to Palestine last year. Illogik is a certified and trained yoga instructor and martial arts practitioner who combines the ideas of both into ‘warrior yoga” sessions, basic self-defence workshops, as well as anti-oppression trainings.

“The ways we can connect are endless, the point is that we make contact with each other, build our capacity for grassroots power, lay down roots and build the networks that we will need in the future.”

In addition to performing, here are some workshops that we can facilitate

The G20 Conspiracy.
A discussion-based workshop and presentation about our criminalization during the G20 because of our music which landed us conspiracy charges and several other serious charges, and strict bail conditions that stopped us from working together on our music. We will also focus on what led to that point and its aftermath including the inflitration and the surveillance, the ongoing criminalization of our friends, and the political climate in toronto now that the dust is starting to settle.

Is Hip-hop Dead?
Hip-hop has become a mainstay in pop culture and the effects are being felt everywhere. Yet many hip-hop artists including multi-platinum star “Nas” are claiming Hip-hop is dead. This workshop examines hip-hop culture as either tool of liberation or instrument of oppression by critiquing the way mainstream hip-hop reinforces negative gender roles, perpetuates homophobic tendencies, and promotes a culture of greed and materialism. We then show examples of hip-hop that does the opposite and discuss how best to change this art-form and by extension our culture as a whole. Can we save hip-hop from its own demise and use it to create more positive communities?

Warrior Yoga
lllogik is a certified yoga instructor and martial arts practitioner and often fuses the two into what is called “warrior yoga”. All levels welcome from beginners to yogis.. (preferably a morning workshop).

Self-Defense + De-arresting 101
Learn easy ways to break free and defend yourself from the most common grabs and holds that oppressors use to take away our freedom of mobility.