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This is the usual pushing drill where you move with the direction you are pushed and add your own direction to keep you safe or do the job required. Start from standing up and have one or two push you in the body stomach, chest, upper back lower back and so on to twist and…
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Playing with the kids video A little bit of positioning and guiding with kids on their level. a good auther wrote once on how to write for kids. The same, only better. I agree.
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I was away for a few days on a drill in the army. It was a lot of fun to see the guys and to teach a little too. Start from standing and having one or two people climb you. They start from the ground with their hands or feet next to your legs. They…
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A good advice from the forum is to press your tounge to the roof of your mouth when your airway is under pressure. This is good on many levels due to the mental distraction and actual action taken (proactive) and also for the physical protection the wall of muscle the tounge creates to back up…
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A game in light and shadows. There is a mark of our movement in the light and even at night we usually don’t notice. During the morning and the evening when the shadows grow it is easier to grow your awareness to them. Stand and have your back to the group. Now have them approach…
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Try this: Stand with feet flat on the ground and using no bounce or movement in the body, jump straight up. Keep your posture upright and make yourself aware of the natural wave you are making in order to jump. Make use of it where it fits. You decide.
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Remember that anything that has form can break: When you roll and you want to roll as a round shape or even hold the idea of a round roll inside it will manifest and since the ground is not always smooth and flat you will break to some extent (unless you are a self aware…
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When you are practicing your breath holding after the exhale phase there is a gag or throat clenching effect when we think the air supply is in danger (you feel a need to inhale) or at times we stop the exhale or inhale abrubtly and thus the throat clenches. This tension in the throat reflects…
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A very simple drill. Stand at a comfortable distance (to each his own) and place your hands on your partners shoulders. Don’t place your mass on them or lean forward. Now simply feel the pulse and the breath and wait till you feel the natural pendulum (up and down and other direction wave that form…
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A great systema moment. We were playing soccer and as a defender I blocked a strike to the goal and the goali went forward and I kicked the ball to him and sent him forward. he ran the entire field with the ball and smoothly slipped the ball inside the goal. I had such a…