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Balance a leaf on your head as you are walking around and compensate for the wind or your own sharp movements. Hold it in your hand by the edges and keep it whole as you are being hit to maintain a level of tension for work and not over tensing. Place it in any fold…
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Place a staff on the back of your neck and drape your arms around it. Sit down and get up a few times and than roll with care to not harm yourself. Now have a friend hold one of the ends and move you about with first resisting and tensing and after a while relaxing and…
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To survive in the desert you need water. One of the many ways to make water is to dig a whole and line it with a dark plastic bag (like a big trash bag) and put many big stones there. When the temperature is low water condense on the surface of the stones which loose…
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A two people drill with a chain: Start with one person standing against a wall and the other with a chain held tight (no sagging) between two hands works to wrap it around him and you have to escape using just your body, shoulders, neck and head. Progress to having a little slack in the…
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When you start to work with a tool you need to respect it for its qualities and work so you have no apprehension about working with it. You maintain a healthy level of fear from being hit or being careless and gain a measure of knowledge about how to work with it. Start with a…
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This is one from the children dvds by Mikhail. Have one person on his back rise to a bridge or a neck bridge and have the rest crawl under him or in pairs and revers. You can modify the hight and move around if you can to relax in this position and of course learn…
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Take something that is fragile like an old umbrella or a rolled up newspaper and lean it against the wall. Now test placing more tension on it and from various angles slowly and than do the same without looking at it. Work with a partner or against anything you can (a post, a chair) to…
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Take a sturdy staff at least as high as your chest and take it in both hands (vary the width of the grip in your work) facing the same way. Now push and pull your hands with the intention of delivering the tension to the fists and keeping the torso, neck and shoulders relaxed as…
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Take a partner or a heavy object and lie on the ground. Now have the partner relax and hold two of his limbs (only hands or feet or a combination) and start to roll and move with your body as you take your partner with you. Work so your arms remain relaxed as possible and…
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Take your weapon in your hands (stick, gun and anything else that serves you so) and shadow fight people trying to take it away from you and don’t forget they will kick and hit and do more to get the job done so don’t focus on the weapon. Stay calm and do the work.
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 