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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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A simple drill: have your friend take you down and as you are “going down” use the moment to take him with you. You need to resist in movement a bit so your friend will not feel the heading. Otherwise you can use your friends hits to propel your body in a forward direction. Suppose…
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Good evening. This is a simple idea that can run a lot of paths. If there is something in the way of your movement, move it out of the way. If it’s a hand coming at you slide to the side and if it is YOU who is in the way move the disturbance away.…
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in gymnastics trainers teach skils in break down of plays. It helps the performer to grasp a step at a time and lessens the stress. In systema I don’t follow the same doctorine becasue the goal is different. I try to help reach a freedom of movement and thought. A never ending movement if you…
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Sometimes I try to do something and it goes wrong. You have a thought in your head and the result goes sideways or backwards. One reason I feel there is an attampt on my part to create a certain reality and that is never good. It keep you from being alive at the moment and…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 