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Holding your breath is an act of will and when you are tense or emotional an act against your common sense. To learn to relax and breath you need to practice both: For example work against a partner when he is tense and uses power on you and you have to evade and remain relaxed.…
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It is not common to practice strikes as we talk and as a tactic of attack it is very helpful. To learn to work through this start by making a sound like AAAAA and letting a partner tap your chest stomach and back. You will hear and feel the changes in your voice and breathing…
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Stand in front of a wall and place your hand or fist on the wall (or on a pole, whatever serves the purpose) and move to escape from your friend with a stick or anything with a good reach. Keep moving when you are hit and work to disarm the partner. Learning to work while…
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When you climb down a flight of stairs at night take the moment from time to time to do so in the light you already have and avoid going for the light switch. The same goes for electric can openers, finding a way to scratch your own back and so on. Knowing you can work…
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Take a regular movement you do like a push up or jumping up or anything that is useful for you and start doing it with deliberation to do the least amount of effort in each movement. Let your breath start each move (up, down, left , right) and continue past your regular amount or time.…
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The book let every breath gives you a methodology to grow your ability and quality of life and work. For example you can grow work you can do with every breath phase and your awareness and relaxation within it. Lie on the ground and roll from side to side with exhale and inhale, right and…
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Note these point to consider: Is it easier to stay in motion than to start moving? Is it easier to feel the resistance and the relaxation when you are relaxed or tense? Do you see these things coming or do they SURPRISE you and how can you be more aware? Do you use your entire…
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Have a partner lie down face up or down and start applying your knees to his soft tissue (hard on soft and soft on hard) Don’t jump on him but place the knee on the flesh and relax down as you feel with your knee how his tissues deals with this. In the beginning you…