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Here are a few drills for good movement close to the ground: Put a bottle on the ground or anything you wish and walk toward it. pick it up without changing pace or direction and repeat. You may want to roll and pick it up, turn crouch and pick it up, Walk backwards and pick…
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I’ve been doing a lot of rope climbing and it has been tensing me up becasue I went through it too fast, expecting to reach heaven in one step if you would. Here is a fun rope release you may like as I do. Take a rope length about from one outstreatched hand to another…
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When doing the legs overhead movement, Notice how your shoulders are in relation on the floor. My experience showed that if I rotate the shoulders so the inside of the elbow leans a bit to the side and resting on the floor it is easier to go over the hurdle as you reach a spot…
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try taking hold of your elbow around the back with your other hand and pulling it. Now twist the held elbow so you follow the curve of the rib cage and back while slightly ressisting and than again. This felt really liberation for me and you can do a self level role change since if…
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Take the knife and hold it naturally. Stand and lift the knife up and see how high you can reach without loosing balance. Now keep one foot on the floor and see how far you can move while keeping the torso aligned and one leg aligned with it now move the blade as you sit…
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One way to remove mental crutches is to read a book without a marker. I had no way to mark the page I was reading one day so I decided to remember the number instead and though I read a few books at once (No I am not a spider, just rotation) I can still…
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Just a little little note. As you lift your legs to the legs overhead, consider drawing the hip bones to their sockets. It’s a different approach to the movement than drawing an arch with your feet in the air and such and may help you to become free from tension coming from perception. Another note…
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Sometimes doing two things at once can enhance your performance. For example start moving your head in flat circles, as if your head is drawing a circle from an overhead view. As you do this be aware and relax your shoulders. The same happens at the last stages of climbing a rope as the effort…
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Breathing wise. If you don’t have much time in the morning to do anything, you can just do this on the fly. First relax your stomach as you inhale and let the air in. As you exhale you release the upper diagphram and important, be aware to the tention in the throat and mouth. They…
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A little bit about blade fighting. Consider you are struggling for the hold or manouver of the blade (movie bit where the hero and the bad juy do faces as they move the knife here and there…) Remember you can use levers on yourself. For example: grab your elbow and pull it away so you…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 