Sharon Friedman – Vigilance and Tranquility

Try this: Put the key in the hole in one step. Do so slowly and breath and so on. With the knife. Lift up the blade and move it from the elbow forward. Don’t stab in an arch from below and keep all movement to the minimum. If you faint than you have the whole body to faint with. Blocking is a move and just like in music one note is not a tune. You have to move continously and avoid having a picture of a state in your head. Go for the logical solution in whichever way the movement allows. Have critics to your movement. Some tend to grab and hit with the rest others tend to lean and than body hit. Keep your hips and legs alive. If you are stuck than it means that some of you is tensed up and you are not aware of it. Remember that even a small step changes all the distances between you and everything. Protect yourself and not the air and don’t be afraid of getting hit. You can lessen a hit by moving and breathing and from there inside you may come up with something you were not aware of before.

On hitting: Stand with you hand touching but not leaning on your partners body. Breath and as the cycle goes let that movement start the strike. Be aware of his breathing too and experiment which works best. Work to be able to strike on all parts of the breath and hit on all as well. For example, sometimes an upward strike will work better on the inhale as the diagfram has past your fist and the route to the head is clear and so on. have gun with it.