Muay Thai Day: An Embodied Movement Experience for Performers and Creatives

Join us on Friday, February 6, 2026, from 6:30–8:00 PM, at 32 Lisgar Street, Studio 14, in celebration of Black Futures Month, for Muay Thai Day, an embodied movement experience for performers, creatives, and community members seeking to deepen their connection to body, rhythm, and presence.

Muay Thai Day: An Embodied Movement Experience for Performers and Creatives Toronto, ON — February 6, 2026

In celebration of Black Futures Month, Namo Thai Boxing & Fitness, with the support of the Black Theatre School, presents Muay Thai Day, a guided movement experience designed for performers, creatives, and community members seeking a deeper connection to body, breath, and presence.

Taking place on February 6 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at 32 Lisgar Street, Muay Thai Day offers participants an opportunity to experience Muay Thai beyond combat. Rooted in rhythm, ritual, balance, and intentional movement, the session honours the art form as both a physical practice and a cultural tradition.

February 6 is recognised as a day to pay Namo—an homage to the teachers, lineage, and spirit of Muay Thai. This gathering invites participants to move with awareness, explore groundedness and focus, and reconnect to the body as both an instrument and a storyteller.

Led by Josimar, founder of Namo Thai Boxing & Fitness and a seasoned Muay Thai practitioner and instructor, the experience bridges martial arts and creative embodiment, offering tools that support performance, expression, and overall well-being.

The event is Pay What You Can to ensure accessibility for artists and community members. No prior Muay Thai or movement experience is required, and all bodies are welcome.

For performers, dancers, actors, writers, and multidisciplinary creatives, the body is both instrument and conduit. Muay Thai Day offers a rare space where martial arts meet performance practice, emphasising precision, rhythm, breathwork, and presence—skills that are transferable to the stage, studio, and daily life.

At a time when many creative practitioners seek somatic support for burnout, stress, embodiment, and grounding, this experience offers a culturally rooted pathway to reconnect to the body with respect and curiosity.

“Muay Thai is not only about fighting. It is about focus, balance, and humility. It reminds us to honour our teachers, our lineages, and our bodies. For performers and artists, it becomes a powerful way to return to the centre.” — Josimar, Namo Thai Boxing & Fitness

What: Muay Thai Day

When: February 6, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: 32 Lisgar Street, Studio 14, Toronto

Cost: Pay What You Can

Who: Open to performers, creatives, and the community

*PLEASE NOTE WATAH STUDIO THEATRE IS AN ALCOHOL-, CANNABIS-, VAPE- AND TOBACCO-FREE SPACE

Josimar is a Muay Thai instructor, practitioner, and founder of Namo Thai Boxing & Fitness. Known for his grounded and accessible teaching style, he emphasises technique, discipline, and cultural respect. His work integrates martial arts with wellness and somatic awareness, helping students develop focus, confidence, and body literacy.

Black Theatre School is a nine-month immersive professional theatre training residency founded by d’bi.young anitafrika and guided by the Anitafrika Method. Emerging from over two decades of Black-led decolonial theatre training and community-building, the School cultivates holistic Black theatre makers grounded in embodied practice, Black performance aesthetics, and liberatory worldbuilding. Rooted in African diasporic philosophies and Black feminist thought, the School prepares multi-hyphenate practitioners to create original work and assume leadership roles in contemporary theatre.

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