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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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a small note on the squat. The head is heavy and directs with the eyes, ears and mass your balance and movement. If you are checking your own form as you squat you are creating a forward tension in your body. Be mindfull of this.
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I have a cold now and I noticed that the main effect of the coughs is breaking my form by bending my spine and putting a stop to the natural breath. By paying attention and letting the cough wave pass through me without tensing the effect almost disappears and the breath is hardly affected. Special…
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Most of what I go for or try to do fails. Many strikes miss, My thoughts stray and so on in the lesson and everyday. We spend a big part of our life doing mistakes so it is important to learn yourself in that situation and grow from it. There is a popular idea that…
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To learn hitting and being hit better there is a natural step from hitting whilestanding. Start with one person standing and the other walking towards him from alldirections and hitting him as he passes without changing the speed or direction.Relaxation is paramount here and understanding how you work doesn harm 🙂 Next do this asboth…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 