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An easy low tech way to teach yourself not to lean. Hold a tray and on the far hand have another place a heavy mug of water and than on and off again. Try to be the form rather than the balance of tensions. Consider what it means to keep form rather than equalize preassures.…
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Try this too. Hold the knife in your hand and run it along your body with the flat of the blade. Use both hands and do it while both standing sitting and prone. Now hold the knife in the crook between the neck and the shoulder and move around. Use the armpit, elbow squeeze,thigh to…
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Roll for a while with a knife in each hand. It serves many porpuses. for one it teaches you awareness to your hands and the space around them. It shows you how much we rely on our ability to grab and mold with our fingers and it’s fun. Try doing things around the house with…
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Many times we rely or lean as I prefer to phrase it on items that are very versitile and we grow accustomed to their comforts. For example I always carry a small swiss army pocket knife with me and it has been of much use over the years. From time to time when I am…
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There is a tendency to lax the logical part of the mind when you do systema work and it robs you a bit just like not using your hips or the like. It’s easy to fix by counting your steps (which will help you move more efficiently) or spelling out words. Try to describe what…
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A few fun variations for rolling: Rol while holding on to an ankle with the same side hand. Roll with two hands held together. roll with both arm at the back. Roll holding onto a baby doll. Roll backwards to a prone position. Roll by jumping ahead and doing the breast stroke with your hands…
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Try this. Lie on the ground facing down and put hand in hand at the back. now tilting the head and the following body twist so you move forward to a state where your shoulders and head along with the feet are supporting your mass just like in the legs overhead and back. Wherever the…
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Try this: Put the key in the hole in one step. Do so slowly and breath and so on. With the knife. Lift up the blade and move it from the elbow forward. Don’t stab in an arch from below and keep all movement to the minimum. If you faint than you have the whole…
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As you are well versed in breathing in and out and breathing through the different body parts as well (try to inhale through your shin for example, not just air but relaxations and awareness) Try to do this with equal parts of pause between the in and out phases and while you are in the…
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A few simple drills to learn efficient movement. For starters you can stand close to each other whith three or more people also can do if they arrange themselves in each other’s blind spot. If you are close to a person than the lower half of you is invisible to bothe of you unless you…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 