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When using tools, there are times when we forget to use the rest of the body and address only the tool. People forget they have another hand when holding a knife and the other person who naturally mirrors the person in front of him will act with one hand too. If you have a chance…
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Short note from the marry army days which applies to everything: Lace your shoes after both of them are on your feet, Not one at a time.
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Today is memorial day in Israel and a big phony cry comes out of all the people who need to be seen and heard. The same thing happens every birthday when you are suddenly in a vortex of strange bearings. I recently adopted the cusom of giving small gifts at my birthday (hobbit wise) .…
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Another note on hitting: Stand in front of your friend and keep a distance that suits you for starting. Raise your arm while you keep the shoulder down and all the muscles relaxed. Now let it fall keeping the forearm and wrist aligned INTO your friend. Breath naturally and attach nothing to the movement. Use…
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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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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 