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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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a little trick tank drivers use to pass steep hills can be used over bumbs in the road and with some experimentation with body work. As you begin to go over the bump you steer to one side so there is more surface and the scale is devided over greater space. As you continue you…
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There is a difference between out of control and without restraint. One being driven by the forces inside and outside of it and the other simply being. Not always is it going to be fun but doing what is truelly in your heart will bring you closer to being free. As movement goes, we learn…
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Consider embracing systema with both heart and mind. Both are important and need to be there for you at all times, in battle and everywhere else. Be sure to to be guide yourself using all you have been given. Some things can be analysed and others need to be experienced (like my mispelling :)) One…
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The ground is a good teacher and a friend. It will never lie and always be there for you (unless you are in space and no one can hear you scream:) As you roll on rock you begin to apriciate the hard and soft areas in your body and intuitivly learn to use the rule…
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Suppose you are trying to catch a ball. If you swing at it and hit it hard than you are driving it away from you and not really helping yourself. As usual a lesson can be implemented in many ways. Spreading butter too thin on a toast will not do. If you train and feel…
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Today we worked on knife defence and other related subject and the usual stuff came up. When confronted with new ideas or devices, we tend to fix ourselves on them, we attack with just the knife leaving the body elsewhere or defending from just the knife as the rest remains open. Each move can serve…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 