MARTEL is dedicated to advancing physical and mental performance through innovative research and evidence-informed training approaches. Our work focuses on developing and evaluating methods that may enhance human performance beyond what is achievable through conventional training alone, particularly in physically demanding and high-performance environments.

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Current priorities include Neuropotency Training, military human-performance research, spinal health and load carriage, and the translation of traditional martial arts principles into scientifically informed training methods. MARTEL also maintains broader interests in first-responder performance, spinal rehabilitation, and personal safety training. Our programs and concepts are developed through ongoing research, collaboration with subject-matter experts, and peer-reviewed scientific investigation.

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What is Neuropotency Training?

Neuropotency Training is a research-informed training approach developed by MARTEL from principles found within traditional martial arts. It is built around embodied regulation: the ability to use coordinated breathing, internal pressure control, posture, movement and attention to regulate physical and cognitive state during demanding tasks.

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Using specialised instruction and multimodal feedback, Neuropotency Training teaches participants to integrate respiratory-motor control with trunk muscle recruitment, whole-body force production and postural stability. It also incorporates principles aimed at supporting cognitive control, attention and decision-making under physical and psychological demand.

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MARTEL’s current research program is investigating the effects of this integrated approach on physical performance, spinal support, physiological regulation, cognition and decision-making in high-performance military and special operations contexts.