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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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This is short. Many times we wish to be others, Greater than the way we see ourselves. The people we view as great tell us they are like anyone else. So listen to their advice and most of all listen to yourself. If you feel not untrue simply stop faking. It is not helping you…
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A few tips for knife training: As you move remain balanced and reach only what is comfortable. You can slide to any side on the flat of the foot for some aditional reach but don’t compromize your posture. Let the knife of the opposition finish it’s course and guide it a bit further or sideways…
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When we wake up, we sometimes feel tight and locked. there is a natural way of streaching and releasing you have in you and next time you wake up try to go through it and listen to your body. Remain on your bed or on the ground a little and reach overhead with your hands…
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As you know we do a lot of enclosed plyometrics in systema. here is another one to check out: Stand naturally and inhale. As you exhale drop forward from the hip till your ribcage rests on the knees. The purpose is to relax the hips so you literally fall down to the doubled over “pose”…
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With a partner stand at a comfortable distance from each other and exchange hits. use body movement as tilting half steping and bringing out your chest or stomach and so on to hit the hit. I mean to either deflect the hit or breaking the structure of the hitting limb. For example a fist is…
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Mikhail said on the summit that you have to love the person who is coming at you with the knife. It sounds rather logical for me as you are relaxed and natural with your friends and who else would you like to be in a tight spot. You loose the agressiveness and the tightness you…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 