We tend to over complicate things. Memorize a thousand techniques, Practice the technique ten thousand times and so on. Here is a simple formula to practice and widen your awareness to what is happening. 1. Location – Simply choose not to be where the attack happens – work with your entire body so you do… Read More Location-Angle-Focus
Walking on your fists is great. Walking on your first with a friend is even better. Enjoy both rolls in this movement and note how the body learns to move as one, once tension is healthily distributed throughout the body. Let the breath lead the motion and relax your arms on contacting the ground to… Read More Wheelbarrow walks – old-school tech
Learn to roll safely and freely. Work the progressions and focus on quality. The quantity will come with consistency of working the basics.
I like power. We all do, but power is not the answer against a blade or a verbal attack. One must work consistently on control and thus create a measure of awareness which guides the power and creates the final outcome. Power in impact can reach a point of diminishing return, Grace does not. Here… Read More Awareness makes us graceful
Looking back in history and looking at roles in the tribe and family of old we usually focus on the warriors and leaders, the hunters and not the gatherers. It is a focus which takes a lot from your abilities and what can be had and evolved to aid in any work you take on… Read More The hunter GATHERER
Some things are simple but run deep. Consistent practice of basics is the key. Instead of clenching your fists in preparation, keep your body moving and your arms loose like chains. Close the fist fully only on contact and look up Kime and use this as a principle instead of a specific tip. People… Read More Ten simple tips for smoother movement in a conflict environment
Here is a sequence of movement and holds to align the spine by balancing the tension web inside us Stand inside the door frame and raise your arms to place the palms on the top of the frame. Extend up and down from your center and spread the pressure out for 60 breaths Stand before… Read More Aligning the spine with the door frame
The greatest obstacle in the growth of a martial artist is when they seek a solution instead of negating the problem. If we block an attack, we become a part of that equation and deal on the terms of that engagement. When we MOVE from our own will, instead of TWITCH in a action that… Read More The solution is the problem
Sometimes, Almost always, your brain can avoid a situation your fists will find hard to crack… Drink only from safe looking containers you opened (water bottles, alcohol ) and only if saw the drink being brewed in a safe looking establishment in front of you (coffee, tea, beer). Give your details to no one… Read More Twenty five tips on preventative self defense
Meditation is good for you. So is getting something to eat once in a while. In order to incorporate the two, we must find a path which gives us the benefits of both while allowing us to keep going through our day. Tense and relax (neural layers of actuation if you like big words) – I spend… Read More Healing breath
