Sharon Friedman – Vigilance and Tranquility

Pain and choices. Many times when we grapple or play fight the ego takes hold of you or you choose to stand your ground for no other reason than simply standing your ground. When someone tries to put you in a hold, a choke or any other form you don’t like we tend to resist and that sounds logical. A different choice to make would be to go or use if you like his movement and add to it your own intention. If for example someone is trying to rotate your arm so you become locked and fall and you resist than you are giving him (or her) support to his movement by tensing up and you will have a harder time letting go of your place and letting the body find a way out. The moment we resist or wait for some pain to register tull we move cause we are tough or realistic than we are helpers in our take down and will suffer for it unles we let go and chose to consider all movement as movement and not as a lock or something. With a partner hold hands in any configuration you want and as one resist the other manipulates the hand with his movement so as to take the resistace down. Try this a few times and seee how resisitance or waiting for the pain in the joint or nerve aids you. After that try to move with the direction you are given and using your position and posture choose the path that keeps you safe and free to move. I will post a vid on this soon.