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To learn to move upright and freely we need to learn with the body first. Hold your arms at your back (hands clapped or if you can hands holding onto opposing elbows) and stand up. Now move about a little, sit down and get up and than lie down and get up in various ways.…
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Yesterday my students showed me how giving a drill more time can really help you develop. Try to go further than before in your studies. Do a 10 minutes static push up. Roll without stop for 10 minutes. See how you can get to know yourself better.
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Some poeple work in teams to get things done. If you are attacked by more than one person than you know you overlooked something or got pulled by a trick. For example if the smaller attacker comes by and sneezes it catches your attension long enough for the other guy to get the club out.…
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With one person standing up and the other on the ground or as you wish move, rotate twist and lever a limb or anything else and let your partner solve the problem without rushing. Once this is not creating tension you can add more people to the pool of twisting or anything you want. A…
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Another way to train the eyes to see is to use one at a time. As we learn to move better by using one arm to work with people using both you can do the same for the eyes. Close one eye and do any drill you care to and note how it changes your…
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Have two friends or partners walk around you and try to get to your back and move so they are always or almost always in your sight. Check if you are choosing your response or reacting and see what tactics are natural for you. For example if you want to turn a 180, you will…
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With a partner standing place your shoulder on his stomach or chest and rotate so the shoulder stays on the body but you do a full turn (no switching and no moving about in the location of the shoulder on the body) Next do the same for the neck as you respond to the tension…
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Lie on the ground or against a wall and have a partner press his fists or knees on your big muscles and stay there for a while as you breath and relax under the tension. For example have him place his knees (en mass) on the upper and lower third of the thigh muscles from…
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Take a stick like a broom or anything that matches the drill purpose. Hold it in one hand in the middle or on any end and find out how you can manouver it and use it to click on switches, move chairs and defend yourself. Next hold it using both hands choosing different placement each time…
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It is stressed everywhere that the good are very good at the basics. Try this dril from the systema guide book and see what you can learn from it: From the ground have two people hold your arms or hands or any combination of your limbs (the head is more dangerous with its nerves and…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 