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  • Stand back to back with a partner and wrap your elbows together so your backs are touching and the inside of the elbow is also touching. One person closes his eyes and the other leads in sitting down and getting up, rolling on the ground and from the ground to up, walking in different directions…

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  • Have one or more people come at you with their hands held at the back of the neck. They learn how to move and use their limbs in this position and also to relax as they are touched (pushed than hit as you become more adept) in the body with the muscles and alignment of…

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  • Take a knife and have a partner come at you. to keep yourself from harm simply place the blade between both of you without giving any protection to the air (away from you) and play with the position of the blade. For example you can place the blade in the middle of your chest pointing…

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  • Have a partner come at you to crush you in a bear hug and have him come with a lot of force and movement but not just forward. Have him move smartly like a gish swiming upstream so he also tries to find where there is an opening and to come forward through it. The…

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  • Stand with one foot forward and one to the back creating a triangle. Now twist to look over the shoulder on the side of the forward leg and hold. Tense up your body from the head down and slowly relax. Inhale and on the exhale relax your body from the feet up and drape your…

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  • Start walking slowly with your eyes closed. At first you can only close your eyes so you see some shadows through your eyelids and become more aware of the light effects on the body. Than have a constant sound source like a radio at some point where you do this drill so you can learn…

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  • Consider this segmentation of blades: Ones that are on you, Ones that others have on them and ones who are neither on you or on another person. There is a fourth category which is possible knives like glass waiting to be broken. Tree limb waiting to be snapped into a sharp point and so on…

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  • To teach yourself to move each part of your body freely use this simple drill: Bring your knee up and balance something like a small ball or a glass of water on it (depending on the area also) and start to go up and down using the leg on the ground. Once you are a…

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