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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…
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balance is a part of us and something our body does without us noticing most of the time. Try standing on one foot and the other in the air not touching anything for one or two minutes for each leg. At first the muscles of the foot and calf will be mobilized in attempts to…
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Next time you spar notice if you pull the fist out after you hit. Many times we approach the form of another as a point of reference and hit it insteqad of changing it. Try to sink in the fist and work from there. Move as a whole, left and right with hits and move…
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A good way to relax the shoulder and loosen the upper back is to place the forearm along the back horizontally to the ground and start moving the shoulder up and down and than in circles in both directions. Listen to the sounds your body is making and the clicks and relaxing tissues do make…
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It is a lot of fun to simply jump around and free your limbs to take flight. Try these variations: Jump up with a tight body and arms at the sides with no looking down and only feet moving. Jump on heels and on toes. jump side to side and than forward and backwards. Jump…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 