Sharon Friedman – Vigilance and Tranquility

A few games for kids and older kids:

Stand on one leg and fold the arms on the chest. Now move (jump and pivot and inch on one leg) to push and drop the others. This can be in teams  or in a ring so if you push someone out there is a point or win. The arms over the chest is good to learn to use the shoulders and arns better and in small kids prevents damage to the bones of the ribcage.

Stand a comfortable distance from each other and place your palms on your partners palms. Now have them try to switch and slap your backhand without you noticing and getting out of the way. If he or she misses you reverse rolls. For older kids you can change the slap on the back of the hand to a strike to the body or slap to the face with reason.

From the push up position try to have your partner touch the ground with his body. You have to stay off the ground of course and with many players it can be a lot of fun. You can use your hands legs body and other people to have the others touch the ground as long as you are not touching it with your body or above the knees yourself.

Go to a squat and place your hands at the lower back of the back of the neck and try to drop your partners to the ground. Everyone tries to keep their back upright and their feet flat on the ground. A preliminary drill can be to just move each other toward a goal using your body. These a good ways to find out your way of using the body maturally