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  • Have your partner lie on his back with arms to the sides of the body. Place both fists on his body place them on the upper and lower thirds of the big muscles (forearms muscles, thigh forward and backwards and so on) and within a deep breath do a slow push up and relocate to…

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  • From a standing position have you and a partner try to step over each others feet. You can push grab corner and do anything you want but the goal is to step or stomp on the others foot but without anyone stepping on your feet. For the adults you can add a knife to this…

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  • More games: With at least three people have two put their arms across their partners shoulder or connect in any way you choose and have them try to block together the path of the third on his way to the goal which can be a wall or anything else. Alternate and have fun with it.…

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  • A few games for kids and older kids: Stand on one leg and fold the arms on the chest. Now move (jump and pivot and inch on one leg) to push and drop the others. This can be in teams  or in a ring so if you push someone out there is a point or win.…

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  • Learn to hit without giving support to the partner: Stand on one leg and have one or more people come at you with their bodies. You need to either push them away with your fists or hit them so there is no will to advance or the structure is gone. It is easy to do…

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  • Rolling with tension: When we roll in class we choose the place and length of the roll and make our bodies pliable. When we roll out of need there is a tension from the initial ressistance to the force applied on us (body or what we think we see). To learn to be more relaxed…

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  • Consider the options you have in a state of tension. You can funnel the energy toward relaxation and awareness and you can freeze in terror and many other stations on the way. You can have the picture of a young healthy you to feed your nervous system and healing or you can focus on the…

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  • Lie on the ground and place your arms at your sides. Have a partner walk over you with his fists (he keeps his form and places his fists so they fit and do not slip) and than you return the favor and do the same drill as you are on your stomacks. After that relaxing…

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  • From time to time work using uncomfortable grips with a knife or any other tool. For example see what you can do holding the blade instead of the handle of a knife. Hold it in the reverse grip to what you feel is comfortable and work relaxed from there. Another example can be to work…

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  • There is an advantage when you are not seen. With one person on the ground and one free to do as he wishes have them try to reach a point where they see the other but are unseen to him. You can hit, pull or anything else but keep your breath constant and don’t focus…

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