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  Over the past few months, I’ve been captivated by a series of four articles published on Bret Miller’s Pilates Intel website, authored by Jonathan Grubb, a historian and Pilates instructor based on the Isle of Man.   These meticulously researched pieces focus on a pivotal period in Joseph Pilates’ life, from his arrest in September 1914 to his internment on the Isle of Man, and finally to his transfer to Alexandra Palace in Muswell Hill London as World War I ended. Grubb’s work offers new insights into Pilates’ time in captivity, dispelling myths and highlighting themes that are as relevant today as they were over a century ago, here’s an overview of the articles and the key lessons they hold for modern Pilates instructors. Arrest and Early Internment (Lancaster Camp) The first article sets the scene with Pilates’ arrest in Blackpool in September 1914, following Britain’s classification of Germans, Austrians, and other nationals from enemy countries as “enemy aliens.” ...