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Ok, so why does systema striking work ? I am not the best to explain but here goes: 1. Being relaxed the strike is smooth, you cannot cut well with a misshaped blade, a smooth one goes in deep. 2. Being relaxed you work without having to work against your antagonist muscles and labor with…
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The simple questions are the hardest to answer. If you give a part of your solution in the question, than the answer the studen comes up with is limited to the set of values you inflict. This applies to many things. If you just think openly than you can really get somewhere: Freedom in the…
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More on shoulder freedom: Hold hand in hand and keep them straight. Now move them as a unit around and use the locomotive movement as in each shoulder is like a pivot point while you are drawing a big elipse. We do that in systema too, Walk and draw shapes and words with your feet…
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OK, Today i woke up tired. Very tired. I allowed for more sleep till I had to get up and as I waited for the water to heat (for the shower, I don’t drink the black stuff) I made the bag for work, bought and ead the paper, made breakfast and lunch for work, got…
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One: walk regularly and start to lower the upper body slowly but keep it perpendicular (I like big words) to the floor. Go till you reach the lowest point you can reach and slowly go up from there, all while walking. This builds endurance and tendon streanth allong with stability. If you have a partner…
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Expectation: Let’s assume we can do something and than try to do it ? Maybe it will go fine but maybe not. To me our set of beliefs are like a filter we view the world with. I don’t mean your values but the, I am better than him or green is better than tan…
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Last thursday I say something very inspiring and it motivated me to follow suit. A girl in my Ballet class can go down to a bridge, do the splits in the air and most impressive, can hold hand in hand and rotate them from front to back. When you see something like this live is…
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I came upon this as I was going to Korindo class and was going down the elevator with my Jo(I opened the evevator door with the end of the Jo). Take a stick and hold it at the end. Start to push objects with it but avoid leaning into it or tensing any part that…
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If you have a pull up bar or anything that serves you as one you can enjoy the benefits of rope climbing by using towels. Just wrap two or one around the bar and do pull ups from them. As you and your grip become more comfortable you can climb a long one that was…
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Ah Nothing like cold water to wake the body up. If you are tired and need a fast wake up, Just wash your face with cold water or better, douse yourself with a bucket of ice cold water. It will jolt your system and bring up the core heat to a high for a short…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 