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A fun game for kids and adults. Sit in front of each other with only your behind on the ground and work with your feet to bring your partner on his back with any move you like. Alternate by trying to keep his feet on the ground and change rolls. You can do the same…
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Put your arm over each others shoulder and start to walk in union. If someone wants to go left you go with him so he feels no resistance and you can change your course as you wish. After you do this for a while have one of you lead and the other closes his eyes…
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Work on the part of the approach that is visible. Many times a bully or a gang will approach slowly to threten and to show their power while they expect the other side to remain polite and stay as they are and on the same speed. Once the bird is scared still they start a…
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Sit or lie on the ground and let someone step on you or place a knee or hand and work to kep you there. Let the part under pressure relax and roll your body over or under it so you escape and keep your mobility. Start slowly and don’t let the standing or people working…
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This is a regular drill in seminars given by Mikhail and Vladimir: One person is in the center and the people around him start to push him all around using hands and fists and later on legs too. The one in the center needs to let the movement pass through him without attaching to it…
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If you have a hight difference as a person on the ground and a standing person or someone on top of the stairs and someone at the bottom you can use this to your advantange if you work with what you have in the moment. If the person is taller than you or you are…
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To unlimber the body after a long walk with load on you can hang on a bar and gently twist and tilt your body and also stand on your feet and hands with belly down and move the entire body in circles as you shift the mass from limb to limb a few times each…
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Many people are very strong and can tense up and maintain their reative pose. If someone tenses up as you start to move together take his little finger and move downward yourself and see if he fails to come with you. Do this slowly enough not to harm him and remember not to take your…
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In many cases people want to take you to the ground and stay standing. If you are already out of balance (they catch you when you are sliding on some ice or simply not paying attention to what is around you) you can go down and take them with you as you help yourself up…
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Stand and let a partner or two come at you in walking speed. Place your fist or hand on him relaxed and let his movement coil the springs that are your arm tendons and joints. As you feel charged or feel he is too close for comfort you feel through your contact where you can…