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It is easy to forget the difference between the clothes people usually wear and the training clothers. Check on yourself right now if you have a metal pen in your chest pocket. Do you wear shoes that have sharp points that can be used to assist in your defence of maybe your clothes constrict your…
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To learn to take hits and place hits properly on the head and neck you always have yourself. Stand sit or walk and start to place and push your fists on your own neck and head and let the head follow the motion without jerking or countering and allow the body to lead and assist.…
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Survival or confort gear is limited only by your imagination. For example if you carry 2-3 big industrial trash bags (orange if you are a civilian who wants to be visible) than you add perhaps 15 grams to your kit and hardly any bulk but the operations grow much more: for example: Carrying water to…
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Know yourself also means to know when to quit. If you are practicing chocking and you know you can take more than is given don’t try to prove anything to yourself. See what is in front of you and enjoy it. Also if there is a small temptetion like a candy you are thinking about…
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Take a long heavy staff and start to shadow fight with it. Move with your feet constantly so the staff moves with you and not you moving with it. Don’t use power to wield the staff and try to rely on your breath and structure as much as possible. Do not pull back the staff…
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To strike with effect you need to know what is in front of you. You need to be free from desire to harm anyone and simply defend yourself logically. Your emotions should be kept aside and think of any man as your better so you have respect for him and you can learn from him.…
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It is natural to look forward as we walk. When it is dark or the turrain is uneven, we become afraid of injury and look down. This changes the equalibrium (balance but I have a thing for big words) of the entire body and makes the work a lot more time and effort consuming. To…
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If you have a burn or a rash or even a littls sctatch you can take care of most of the infection possibilities by using these two things: One your saliva, It is a natural thing to put a cut finger in your mouth since saliva does a lot to calm and heal the wound.…
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Stand and place your palms and fingers on th meeting of the small of your back and your behind. Now tilt the hips up and relax and repeat to all sides several times and than relax and breath through this area and feel your body relax against the touch. (This is helpful to relax both…
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Many times it is our ego or perception of the way things should be that sets us for a bad fall. For example if you expect a friend to behave a certain way you will be blind to the hints he is giving you and be surprised as he does what he wishes to do.…