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To teach yourself to roll without tumbling or losing balance you can use a disposible plastic cup full of water. Start from standing and slowly move toward the floor. A regular sit down and stand up might do for starters and later on roll from the prone position and so on to rolling from standing…
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To suggest the state of mind of panic during surprises and danger you can go through an attack to the finish without being able to breathe (holding your breath) the attackers can circle you waiting for the right time and only then attack. It will force a natural responce out of you and you be…
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Your feet have a lot more going for them in the way of joint freedom than we give them credit for and as all machines, if we neglect to use and maintain the machine will not perform well. Try this: Stand with feet at comfortable width and start to move on the floor without lifting…
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breathe with a long cycle. Meaning in for ## count. Than hold and exhale and hold again for the same count. Keep it as long as you can and than some and as you reach the point where it’s really uncomfortable try to relax the body. For me it’s a lot of tention in the…
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Consider the arm most people bring forward when they roll. If you tense up the arm and shoulder than the impact on you will be much greater than if you relax and just hold the arm in the alignment you require to meet and combine with the floor. Not everything is smooth and straight so…
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One last thing for today: If one thing works great. If it doesn’t do something else. Through natural movement you will get there. Fighting reality not so much.
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Ask yourself what is martial art. For example people call snipers those who can shoot with a special rifle very accuratly and at amazing distances. Most look at the nifty clothes and the painted face and say: that is a sniper. Reality has more to offer. The sniper is a proffetional soldier who’s training and…
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Using a light dumbell such as 4 kg, start to move it forward and backwards so you feel the momentoum. Now try to move your hand with more awareness to each finger, each angle and so on so you move as one unit and are ahead of the torque. This rather weird drill came to…
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With a knife (a tool like all others) Move it around you in cuts and stabs. Remember how a bread knife works and apply what you learned there to this. You will not cut well in a simple arch. You have to draw the blade through it. That is why knives that have bellies (curve)…
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Moving from the core ? Lie on your back and place your arms along your torso. tense and relax each part of the arm and keep it solid from the elbow. meaning it nor stiff nor mushy. Just alive with the right amount of nerve activation (You felt this if you ever played with a…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 