The Turkish Get-Up: Learning to Rise When Rising Gets Hard

Watch someone attempt their first get-up without instruction. They'll muscle through it, jerking and twisting, using momentum to cover for missing stability. They'll make it to standing, probably, but they'll look like they're fighting the ground rather than working with it. Now watch someone who's practiced for six months. The movement becomes almost ceremonial. Each position held, each transition earned, the bell tracking straight overhead like a plumb line measuring their integrity against gravity's indifference.