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Playfight Amsterdam

Think of two puppies, lions or children, rolling around on the ground together. That's playfight. Or in Dutch: Stoeien!

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Events from Playfight Amsterdam

Tuesday, 16 Dec at 18:00
Playfight Amsterdam: Weekly Circle + Intro for 1st-time Participants
Playfight Amsterdam
Playfulness Personal Leadership Other workshops
Sunday, 25 Jan at 11:00
Playfight & Ecstatic Dance
Playfight Amsterdam
Ecstatic Dance Playfulness Authentic Relating
“"Playfight is connection"”

About the organisation

Hi, we are Elena and Joris, the organisers of Playfight Amsterdam. We have a background in communication through Non-violent Communication and Radical Honesty, and as movers with Hidden Body Amsterdam.

We love to play and live life through our bodies and create this space to host a growing community of happily embodied humans who also like to connect to each other beyond words.

We love the many forms humans can connect that is neither verbal, nor sexual, nor sports, nor martial arts or fighting, but simply that timeless, free activity: playing.


CULTURE OF OUR SPACE

Our playfight space is an intentional space. It is structured through simple rituals, and it is also explicitly a space for personal growth.

That does NOT mean…

…you need to stretch yourself further than you want in the moment

…you need to expose anything of yourself that you don’t want

…you need to follow all of our suggestions.

…you need to be serious.

It DOES mean…

…we build in explicit elements that go beyond enjoying the playfight in the moment itself, that encourage reflection and integration of learning.

...we ask that you give our rituals a chance, even when they feel weird or awkward. Not in terms of following the exact form, but in terms of following the intention.

ADVICE, COACHING, REFLECTIONS

Before giving any of these, take two steps:

1. Check your own motivation.

Do you want distract yourself from something? Do you want them to change so your life is easier? do you want to purely support the person?

2. Ask for consent to share your advice, coaching or reflection on that person's actions.

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Playfight Amsterdam

  • Tom van den Ban
    Voice Liberation & Playfight

    It was very empowering for me! I felt in good hands and it was a beautiful group. Thank you so much 🙏🏽

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    07 December 2025 at 14:04
  • M B
    Playfight Amsterdam: Playfight Birthday + Free Introduction

    Connect, community, learn, grow, play, joy, cry ...

    I go almost every week. That says it all I think.

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    19 November 2025 at 12:14
  • Tijmen Tieleman
    Playfight Amsterdam: Weekly Circle

    I enjoyed the theme of peace in conflict, and found Mish's leadership inspiring. This playfight meeting felt special. Thanks all who were there.

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    30 October 2025 at 11:56
  • Anaïs Puig
    Playfight Amsterdam: Weekly Circle + Intro for 1st-time Participants

    These sessions are amazing!!authentic and beautiful people getting together exploring strenght and playfulness.. It's really a safe space for body expression and real connection. Also sessions are very nicely guided with a lot of mindfulness.

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    23 October 2025 at 18:34
  • Paolo Orlandi
    Playfight Amsterdam: Weekly Circle + Intro for 1st-time Participants

    Playfight is just the best way to exercise and connect at the same time. If you never tried, you definitely should.

    Elena is just another level! Passionate, giving clear instructions, safe & caring before, during and after the practice.

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    08 October 2025 at 21:08
  • Lex
    Voice Liberation & Playfight

    They day was intense and fun at the same time, definitely would go again

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    07 October 2025 at 07:46
  • Bella C.
    Playfight Amsterdam: Weekly Circle

    It was lovely. The introduction and the event was well organised. And Elena, the one that organises it, brings so much genuine care and kindness, and understanding of what she does and why. She explained a bit about how it is about learning to enjoy conflict. And she intimately knows and embodies the matter of non violent communication, and the wheel of consent, among other methods. And she leads by example, and from a place of kindness, understanding, equality, clarity, and has a lot of patience, but can also communicate boundaries and desires really well, for herself, and for the group.

    And it was warm and playful. Got to play with and experience different dynamics, and different sides of myself.

    And it's really nice and healing to let my inner 🦁 out to play with people who really enjoy my inner 🦁, and bring theirs too. And it's nice to do that while staying in connection too. And to let my inner 🐱 out too.

    I am also learning to be and feel softer, more trusting, and playful while play fighting.

    One of the people that I played with wanted to practice with being 'sneaky'. And that turned out to be absolutely wonderful and so much fun!

    And watching others play, bring themselves, their creativity, was really nice too.

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    21 September 2025 at 15:37
  • Lody Meijer
    Play! Let your playfulness serve you

    Clowning and playfight... I love the way Suzanne and Elena combine their practices. It is fun, playful and allowed me to go deeper when it comes to my authentic expression! More please!

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    14 September 2025 at 08:31
  • Ymje Sköld
    Play! Let your playfulness serve you

    It was absolutely what I needed and wanted.
    So much creativity in one day 🥰

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    13 September 2025 at 11:06
  • Nikita
    Playfight Amsterdam: Weekly Circle + Intro for 1st-time Participants

    Wonderful experience. I felt like a kid and so so happy. It's the next day now and I can't wait for it to be Tuesday again!!

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    03 September 2025 at 12:22
  • Martijn Hoekman
    Playfight meets Tarzan Movement

    Super nice experience! Very nice combination of focus and playfullness. Tarzan Movement made me connect with my body through testing my balance while trying to crawl along a big treebranch. Playfight let me release my playfull energy and connect with my oponents. The people are super loving and gentle, but they will try their hardest to wrestle you to the ground :)

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    18 August 2025 at 10:53
  • Mira Hibbel
    Playfight Amsterdam: Weekly Circle + Intro for 1st-time Participants

    Wat een heerlijke manier om met thema's als competitie en conflict te werken! In een veilige setting te kunnen ervaren en lol te hebben in de strijd. In verbinding met jezelf en de ander.

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    13 August 2025 at 21:49
  • Lex
    Embodied Connection: the Playfight-Cuddle Experience

    Had a lot of fun with lovely people in a safe environment

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    14 July 2025 at 10:12
  • Tijmen Tieleman
    Embodied Connection: the Playfight-Cuddle Experience

    This was a great introduction to two embodied connection practices that are closely related.

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    14 July 2025 at 09:54
  • Fruu Georgakopoulou
    Playfight Amsterdam: regular Tuesday

    A very freeing, playful and connecting experience. If you want to connect with your inner child's joy, this experience could be for you!

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    25 June 2025 at 14:12

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