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  • Defiance

    Defiance

    To me defiance stands for personal freedom. Freedom of thought and action. An attacker wants me to be either frozen and static or responsive in the manner of his or her choosing.  I choose to do it my way. Drills to carve this ability out of the soup of response based conditioning. Have your partner

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  • Philosophy & Fists:      My way in the martial arts as explained through a knife class

    These bits from today’s class show some of the ideas behind the work we do. No one fell of the roof this time 🙂

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  • Teaching our eyes to see “faster”

    A swift bird traveling in the skies is easy to spot even though its speed is considerable. It is much harder to track when it is low and closer to the ground. We have the ability to track and act upon swift movement and it will be much easier if we learn to see the

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  • Using selective tension Berlin 2014

    In this video, we work on placing tension only in the contact point as the rest of the body moves. Choosing where to place your tension will allow you to act rather than react when it comes your way and to avoid trying to be relaxed when tension is needed.

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  • Controlling time

    A clock ticks each second or hums with electricity going through a quartz crystal. We thankfully operate on a different dynamic scale where we can change our perception of time and even act according to our perceptions. Start in a comfortable position and your eyes closed to lower your intake of the outside world.  Count

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  • Looking inside from the outside

    We are often using tools to look inside and probe ourselves. Here are a few things we can do to notice things about ourselves without leaning on tools. 1. Take a reflective surface from water to a mirror and look at your eyes. Breathe and listen to your pulse until you see your pulse in

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  • I will present three drills to replace fear with awareness and movement. Video will follow soon. Start prone on the ground and have a partner stand on your ankles. Breathe and relax and proceed to tense and relax your body parts. Continue with small movements that build on one another (meaning you do not go

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