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Start with the static push up as you do usually and modify the angle by placing your feet on a chair or a partner and note how this is changing your experience.
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Breathing can come from many directions. The stomach, the chest and the upper chest. To learn to use them with awareness place your hands on your stomach and breathe so you it remains calm. Do the same for the sides of the chest and the upper chest and move on to the next logical step.…
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To improve your awareness and freedom on different levels start to squat slowly and have a partner place his arm or leg somewhere on you and push lightly. It can be the top of the head going down or his leg on the inner side of the knee. Do this a few times with the…
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Start with a standing position as if you are guarding a passage and move without stepping to keep from getting harmed by the attacks of your partners. Do so for a few minutes and stop. Now consider doing the same drill but now with listening to your intuition and striking and moving (it is all…
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The idea of knowing the distance is covered in the H2H dvd made by Vladimir Vasiliev and it is sometimes easy to let go of this thought as if we are too proud to admit someone’s company makes us uncomfortable or that we want to move away. It is important to listen to your fear…
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Stay in the static push up half way down (90 degrees in the elbow joint) and breath the forming tension out of your upper body and find a position where it is easier to carry yourself using your structure rather than force. Avoid leaning on yourself and keep mobile. This is a good drill to…
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This drill is for relaxation and awareness of the entire body and you can modify it to suit your needs. Start standing up with your arms in a fixed position (cupped over the top of your head for the neck, crossed over your chest for shoulders and chest and crossed across your back for the…
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We often experience strikes while we are in a good posture and relaxed (in class). To learn to deliver better strikes and clean our attachment to strikes stand in a position you know is not good for you on purpose. For example change the angle of the hip or tense up the lower or upper…
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For soldiers and others who carry a lot on their shoulders it is a common thing to have a hunchback or rolled forward shoulders. To relax this tension place your forearm parallel to the ground on your back and rotate your shoulder back and forth while you breath with the movement. Than place your hands…
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Add breath awareness to your rolling. Roll from sitting down, on your knees, on one knee, squatting and standing while you are inhaling, exhaling and on the pause phase. Note how this changes the roll and try variations on your own. For example roll as much as you can while you prolong the inhale or…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 