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A good way to gain awareness to hight and distance is through using tools withing buildings. Low cielings and narrow corridors are venues to learn manipulation of long staffs and swords or a chain if you own the property ! Start by holding the staff in your hands. See how it moves as you hold…
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A simple drill to relax the foot. Put on a pair of thongs, flip flops or those oversized crocks and start walking. Instead of skrunching your toes and foot to keep the shoe with you, relax the toes and foot and allow the shoe to move around a bit as you walk. Over time this…
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Last thing for today I promise. Put palm to palm and fingers against fingers in the front and start to move them and see how and where you can go. Can you reach the back of the head. How much can you turn, can you reach set point in the back and so on. Now…
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A slight detail that will help you move more freelly and realistically. Start with one person on the ground either face up or down and the other standing. Press your heel straight down on any part of him and keep it stable. he job is to move away but in a manner that will not…
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Try this: Hold one hand and try to step on your friends feet as he moves away. Try with both hands and no hands too. After this fun game try to catch his hands with yours as he slides away and diverts your attempts. Once this is done go for another body part like knees…
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three very simple drills: 1. Alone walk on your feet and fists silently. Make no bumping sound as you walk backwards and forward. Flip from belly up to back up and side to side. With partner, avoid getting tangled (as in stopped) or hit by a standing or a crouching tige err person. 2. Not…
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If you are frustrated about hitting than: Go for the push up on the fists using hard floor and try to relax the fists as much as possible. See how you balance your mass on all the surface of the fists. Now try to push the ground away and relax and again a few times…
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A short stick in the car can be very helpfull. It can go anywhere with no attention and you can use it to brace a Jack or Mr Jack. To open a jammed door or window and many other uses. By yourself hit all parts of the body with the stick. Use the middle, the…
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Just got back from a small job. Consider you see a pretty girl in the street of a two children fighting seriously. Most likely your attention will be averted to this creating a very thin cone of attention. You will still register the same amount of information unless you cup your ears to better your…
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Nothing special today in terms of movement but than nothing really is. It is the adjustment and learning that matters. The bad fall, the bad practice which leaves you restless but makes you think and see yourself better. Try walking with your palms and fingers from the regular push up position all the way to…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 