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If you are aware of your leg position and movement, there is little more to be done as you roll. Both limb sets (arms and legs) are capable of rolling the body no matter how the other is set as a rope can be pulled from each end. If you still meet the floor uneasily…
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Air rolls: Two people hold onto your arms and start to rotate in the same direction or opposite. One you cannot remain in that position, use them as support and roll in the air to free yourself. Fun and very healthy when done with care.
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Many times we become entangled with other people feelings (wanting to perform a tecknique, anger, frustration) or limbs and body. To learn to relax the ego muscle do this. Have a person or more come at you and allow them to move and only redirect them so they don’t clash into you. Do this over…
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The importance of the pause phase. It is important to be not too greedy or hurried as you breath. If you rush through it trying to get all you can in than you will become imbalanced. If you are tired or hurting use the puff breathing (short powerful in and out) Allow the breath in…
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Two tips in the forward fall with no hands (you either stand or sit on your knees and fall on your chest forward with hands clapped at the lower back.) First keep your feet or toes on the ground and don’t have them fly up as you pivot on the knees forward. This gives you…
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Walking ? Try this: Take a step to any side you choose and close the gap with the other leg so you start and finish with closed legs. Now walk for a bit toward a point in that fashion: One step (comfortable, not overextended) and close the gap and than with the other leg. Now…
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OK, So you want to protect a friend from a bully and you need to hit him. Consider this: If your movement takes place in relation to his body than you are in a way protecting his form which keeps him up and gives him mobility. If you just stand at a fixed distance from…
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Here’s a good way to learn balance and get to know your ups and downs. Stand on one leg and close your eyes. Surprisingly most people lose their balance before one minute has passes and start to shake and over compansate for the slight loses of balance leading to greater ones. As you are on…
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Try this: Press your hand, leg or fist to a wall. Do it so the muscles flex as they do when you attempt to move something that doesn’t budge. Now try to keep the tention on the contact point and relax the body from that point to the rest of the body. feel with your…
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Leg position and rolling: I watched a few people roll and playing with it got me this thought. I roll from my natural position with legs at 90 degrees to each other or I relax the hips and knees to allow my body to reach this position. Some roll with both feet pointing toward the…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 