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I think it is logical to want to know yourself before you start to work with others. To learn to master your spirits try drills with this spirit: One person walks calmly and a partner or more come and try to push him and hit him (the face and the chest and hips produce the…
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This is a variation of the original 5-10 minutes static push up. Simply do it with the chest pointing up or with one fist and one foot on the ground as you balance perpendicular to the ground. and remember to keep the other arm in the same form to support yourself. The simple things are…
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A nice drill to relax and learn how you move using the ground with a partner: First lie on the ground and roll from side to side not using your hands as guides or support. You can use the shoulders by way of creating the shape that works for the movement but no more. Now…
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A very simple drill to help us become aware of the amount of sound we are making: As you wake up go through the works till oyu leave the house, tent bush or wherever you set up in making the least amount of sound. No grunting or yawning, no throwing of clothes in the hamper.…
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Defending yourself with a knife or any other tool or cover (landscape furniture and so on) is a state of mind first. Try to deflect or avoid being hit with a blade and check if you note more options than before for beneficial movement. For example first get out of the way of a strike…
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With a partner walk toward each other and have one grab the other. As you are grabbed tense up the form of the tensed limb or body part and without letting it have an effect of those parts move the rest of your body out of the way and than choose what is best for…
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Start this drill with your hands naturally at your sides and hit each other all over noting and sharing how each strike feels and moves you. Try with open hand, fist, elbow and so on. Next raise the arms from the elbows to the common ready stance people take and repeat the process noting changes…
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Place your fist or hand on your partner standing up and lean on him. Feel were he tenses up and were he is relaxed throughout the motion and you will learn where and how deep to strike from various positions. Go for the legs, torso, arms, neck and use all the angles you can think…
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I have just returned from a seminar with both Vladimir Vasiliev and Mikhail Ryabko hosted in Bern. It was a wonderful event of meeting friends and making new ones from all over the place. We al learned a lot by talk and by movement. The spirit of the teachers stands above all with generosity and…
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A nice humbling way to teach yourself to receive and give (in that order) strikes can be this or a variation of this drill. you take the arm of your partner and he relaxes the arm and shoulder so only the form of the fist (just form no clenching) and the alignement of the wrist…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 