WarYoga

WarYoga WarYoga is a path of ancient Indo-European meta-physical culture rooted in the Vedas, Avesta and European Epics and philosophy.
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WarYoga offers a way to transcendence through the internalisation of the sacrifice and waging of the inner Holy War.

08/23/2026

“Bhakti is devotion. It’s full practice in olves embodying one’s god or guru… Hanumān’s power is on the liminal plane between the supernatural and human. Through Hanumān, the pahalwān is able to see the divine nature of his own strength. The pahalwān carries Hanumān in his heart and personally identifies with him. He lives the mythos of the god through his daily actions.” Tom Billinge, WarYoga

08/22/2026

Ancient Greek Pankrátion allowed all strikes and submissions that are permitted today in MMA, plus a few more. The style was as advanced and complex as any modern combat sport.

08/20/2026

Holding and hitting was an essential skill of bareknuckle boxing under the old rules. Nothing prohibited grabbing wrists, necks, or hair and striking one’s opponent. Gentleman John Jackson grabbed Daniel Mendoza by the hair and kept him from falling to end a round, while continuing to pummel him. The same happened when Tom Johnson fought Ben Brain, but following the incident, Brain’s seconds cut his hair between rounds to stop Johnson from using the tactic a second time.

08/19/2026

Since time immemorial, bridges have been the wrestler’s go to for neck and posterior chain strength.

Whether unweighted, loaded, static, or dynamic, bridges will always be a part of wrestling strength training.

I will be adding more to the free neck training course in the next couple of months. https://resources.waryoga.com/neckcourse

08/18/2026

Which came first, the Indian Jori or the Iranian Mil? I could give you my opinion on that, but it really doesn’t matter.

What matters is whether you practice with either, or both of them, or not. The online argument is perpetuated by people who practice neither. Those who do, just do the work and reap the rewards.

I have trained with great athletes in both India and Iran and the common thread, aside from the tools, is their quiet power. Their humility that tempers their strength.

Honored in gymnásia and palaístrai (wrestling schools), and with Hérmaia contests held in his honor, Hermes was embedded...
08/16/2026

Honored in gymnásia and palaístrai (wrestling schools), and with Hérmaia contests held in his honor, Hermes was embedded in ancient Greek athletic culture. Pausanias records him alongside Herakles and Theseus among divine and heroic figures venerated in these training grounds, while Philostratos preserves a striking statement: “The palaístra of Hermês was the first.”

This is Hermes of agōn: swift, intelligent, opportunistic, always in motion. His qualities are especially appropriate to wrestling when strength alone is insufficient and victory depends upon timing, position, and acuity. In this sense, Hermes represents something fundamental to the ancient Greek martial ideal: using agility and wit to best one's opponent.

Tom Billinge's book "WarYoga: Palaístra" moves from mythological and philosophical foundations of Greek physical culture into its practical expression. The palaístra is a setting in which these principles are embodied through pálē (wrestling), pygmakhía (boxing), and pankrátion (MMA).

What makes the project distinct is recovering these traditions through anámnēsis ("unforgetting"). Ancient systems disappeared as continuous living traditions, but fragments remain in literature, archaeology, artwork, terminology, and technical evidence. Billinge brings these together with practical martial experience to investigate how they may actually have been implemented.

Beneath technique is the greater conception of training as a means of transforming the practitioner. A WarYogin seeks to unite the material and divine, turning discipline into an upward movement toward higher Being. The body is therefore an instrument through which a superior ideal can be expressed.

"WarYoga: Palaístra" offers an opportunity to implement the ancient martial tradition of overcoming practiced by the most legendary figures in myth and history. Hermes is guide of this epic world.

Begin the work of unforgetting by picking up your copy at a.co/d/0h1RqEcO.

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