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May times we will be concerned about our way. Does it really work? Am I spending my time properly ? Ask yourself these questions honestly and see what you come up with. Do not take this as a set course or something we do. For example if you had a bad day in class and…
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Many times the simple concepts are the hardest to apply. Today I let my students to hold and pin me and than released and returned. The purpose being to show that with natural movement and a calm mind you can see and do a lot in a place where others tense up. I also had…
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Notice as you squat: Do you back away your behind ? Try to squat and especially slow squat with a direct down motion with the end of the spine pointing down and the hips and behind muscles alive (as in you are aware of it fully) and aligned with the rest of the body. As…
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Getting lost can be a positive experience if you can keep the inner relaxation. Consider a tough guy with big muscle out in the desert. If he is free inside to navigate by the stars and realize he is mortal and move in the night and use for example his urine as liquid (living is …
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Sitting or standing, shake your hands for a while and than relax them and breathe. Feel the blood flowing through the hand and filling it. Once your hands feel heavy go up the arm and once the arm is heavy, lift it overhead without raising the shoulder to keep the movement economical and free and…
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Take a real knife and work slow. Bring the knife at you in a slash, stab or flat hit and with the other hand avoid being cut (to the body head or limbs) and remove the knife. Start very slowly and use this to become aware of the knife parts and the hand and how…
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When working with a sword or any other long tool, it can help to consider your place in space. If you are training with a Katana or Shashka move as to not hurt your mates. For example if you need to turn and strike at the back, you can swipe from overheadin an arch that…
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Try this: squat and try to fell your friends (1 or 2 also squating) if one is fell than he should try to take the one that fell him with him. this is fun, builds a healthy body and movement and will teach you to work without leaning on others and taking yourself out of…
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hold hand in hand (fingers not interlacing so you have to keep the tension rather than rely on structure) and mimic the action of the push up, the pull up and all around the body. Keep the ressistance even and change direction as to which pulls and which pushes to work all angles. I have…
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Aliveness or density to me means that you Have awareness to all your nerves and tissues and are at a balance of posture and tension. Try this: shake your hands up and down like wiping water from them. Keep the movement in the hands and don’t have it afect the rest of the body. Now…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 