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When you are prolong your breath in cycles as in 5 steps inhale 5 steps pause 5 steps exhale and so on try to breath slowly and after a while you will know how much you need without taking in too much so it tenses you up from within. Usually we inhale and relax on…
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Tension breeds tension and relaxation likewise. Tense up your fist and notice if your arm is also tense. Now relax the hand and notice if the shoulder relaxes. Now do the same with others. Lay your hands on the shoulders of a partner and relax. Breath smoothly and see him or her as a person.…
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Try this: Tense up the entire body and leave out an arm a leg or the neck. Notice where the activation starts for the limb or neck and make out your own map of nerves from that. You may notice it points to locations where the body is easily levered and hit from. Another thing…
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As you practice prolonging the breath phases in your study be aware to the transition between inhale and exhale. Keep the beginning level with the rest of the phase (inhale exhale) otherwise you are letting a feeling take hold of you. Practice growing circles of breath and advance once you are able to go from…
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Try this to check how free your movement is. Standing back to back interlock your legs and bend forward putting hands on the floor. Now lift your legs off the floor and start moving together. You will gain much awareness to your partner breathing and muscle activation as you go along. You will coordinate movement…
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Many times we design a drill to work a certain way. Scientists make changes to experiments in order to reach a wanted outcome and that is a dangerous path to travel. In order to truely know ourselves and see things as they are we need to keep our minds and hearts open. A strong front…
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A length of rope can be a great training aid if you tie one end to a leg or any other part (no ears) of a student and pull from time to time to help them deal succesfully with an unexpected situation. You don’t need a space station to get most things done. Make the…
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The principle of non completion: On the surface not completing a movement sounds strange and inefective. The idea behind it is to be free from an obligation to complete a movement and be unpredictible (in my opinion) so you are able to change according to what is happening and see things as they are rather…
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Overcoming fear is a big issue to many students of martial arts, soldiers, law enforcers and rescue units. We go somewhere not knowing what is there or will we come out alive or with all our parts. There is a saying that it is ok to break down during the race as long as your…
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Try this: Lie on the ground flat and raise yourself maybe on cm off the ground using your limbs. Now move forward ten meters in any way you wish but keep this distance from the ground. Use what you can to lever and wave yourself forward using you breath to propel you. Anything else will…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 