Primativ Warrior - The First of it's kind
What's in a name ? Primativ is not a word in the dictionary and is a composite of the words 'Prima' and 'Primitive'.
Prima - Indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance" [syn: leading]
Primative - c.1400, "of a thing from which something is derived, not secondary" (a sense now associated with primary), from O.Fr. primitif (fem. primitive), from L. primitivus "first or earliest of its kind," from primitus "at first," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)). Meaning "of or belonging to the first age" is from c.1526. In Christian sense of "adhering to the qualities of the early Church" it is recorded from 1685. Of untrained artists from 1942.
The composite Primativ represents our relentless primal instinct and drive for survival coupled with the learning from our elders and those that have passed before us.
We aim to create history with a system and philosophy that is new in martial arts but as old as man himself therefore 'the first of it's kind'
Sensei Joe Walker
Logo
The logo was originally a piece of graffitti written on our dojo wall when the school was in Chippendale. For many years I thought it had had been done by an indigenous artist as we were so close to Everleigh st but I finally learned it was a grafitti tag meaning 'Partners in Crime' , whatever it meant before it is now the spirit of Primativ Warrior and for me is a cave drawing of a man holding a stick.